NORWAY VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,735	6	1,797	+ 939
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,655	1	5,321	- 2,666
Stroke	3	2,265	4	2,475	- 211
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,479	42	114	+ 1,365
Kidney Disease	5	1,080	14	611	+ 469
Tuberculosis	6	1,016	56	15	+ 1,001
Lung Disease	7	1,011	3	2,723	- 1,712
Liver Disease	8	997	30	214	+ 784
Low Birth Weight	9	752	52	23	+ 729
Birth Trauma	10	688	54	17	+ 671
Congenital Anomalies	11	666	34	136	+ 530
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	589	37	128	+ 461
Asthma	13	547	43	85	+ 462
Falls	14	378	9	777	- 399
Lung Cancers	15	360	5	2,320	- 1,960
Stomach Cancer	16	335	22	343	- 8
Diabetes Mellitus	17	323	16	560	- 237
Other Injuries	18	319	15	583	- 264
Violence	19	299	50	32	+ 267
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	297	2	4,464	- 4,167
Endocrine Disorders	21	235	19	359	- 124
Liver Cancer	22	234	26	259	- 25
Cervical Cancer	23	220	39	125	+ 95
Malnutrition	24	220	35	135	+ 85
Hypertension	25	170	28	230	- 59
Breast Cancer	26	148	11	698	- 550
Pertussis	27	144	64	1	+ 143
Prostate Cancer	28	144	8	1,172	- 1,029
Inflammatory/Heart	29	138	29	221	- 83
Maternal Conditions	30	130	66	1	+ 129
Meningitis	31	124	58	14	+ 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	105	7	1,787	- 1,682
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	104	46	61	+ 43
Parkinson's Disease	34	99	17	554	- 456
Drownings	35	98	45	65	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	36	95	20	356	- 261
Syphilis	37	84	67	1	+ 83
Epilepsy	38	82	40	119	- 38
Suicide	39	78	13	633	- 555
Encephalitis	40	77	70	0	+ 77
Ovary Cancer	41	72	24	309	- 236
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	64	33	160	- 96
Drug Use	43	43	25	264	- 221
Skin Disease	44	40	38	128	- 87
Tetanus	45	39	69	0	+ 38
Alcohol	46	36	31	205	- 169
Poisonings	47	36	57	14	+ 21
Hepatitis B	48	34	63	3	+ 31
Leukemia	49	34	21	354	- 320
Measles	50	34	72	0	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	51	27	27	248	- 221
Fires	52	17	48	45	- 27
Malaria	53	11	84	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	54	9	23	324	- 315
Appendicitis	55	6	59	12	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	41	119	- 114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	5	47	60	- 56
Lymphomas	58	4	12	646	- 642
Schistosomiasis	59	3	83	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	60	2	55	17	- 14
Upper Respiratory	61	2	60	12	- 10
Ascariasis	62	2	76	0	+ 2
War	63	1	68	1	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	10	770	- 770
Oral Cancer	65	0	32	168	- 167
Diphtheria	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	18	407	- 407
Uterin Cancer	70	0	36	134	- 134
Anemia	71	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	53	23	- 23
Osteoarthritis	75	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	77	0	62	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	65	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	82	0	61	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.