SENEGAL VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,357	1	7,184	+ 2,173
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,081	2	6,224	+ 2,856
Stroke	3	7,748	4	5,342	+ 2,405
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,059	6	3,832	+ 1,227
Kidney Disease	5	3,693	12	2,210	+ 1,483
Tuberculosis	6	3,477	9	2,678	+ 799
Lung Disease	7	3,457	18	1,351	+ 2,106
Liver Disease	8	3,412	13	2,147	+ 1,265
Low Birth Weight	9	2,573	7	3,636	- 1,063
Birth Trauma	10	2,355	8	3,448	- 1,093
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,278	11	2,364	- 87
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	2,015	3	5,343	- 3,328
Asthma	13	1,871	25	936	+ 935
Falls	14	1,294	30	622	+ 672
Lung Cancers	15	1,231	44	180	+ 1,051
Stomach Cancer	16	1,146	31	557	+ 589
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1,104	10	2,395	- 1,291
Other Injuries	18	1,091	16	1,512	- 420
Violence	19	1,022	19	1,247	- 224
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	1,017	26	879	+ 138
Endocrine Disorders	21	804	23	1,041	- 237
Liver Cancer	22	800	22	1,087	- 287
Cervical Cancer	23	753	17	1,405	- 652
Malnutrition	24	752	32	494	+ 258
Hypertension	25	583	21	1,095	- 512
Breast Cancer	26	505	27	861	- 356
Pertussis	27	494	28	771	- 278
Prostate Cancer	28	492	29	642	- 150
Inflammatory/Heart	29	472	36	426	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	30	446	14	1,669	- 1,222
Meningitis	31	425	15	1,628	- 1,203
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	358	37	384	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	356	46	166	+ 190
Parkinson's Disease	34	337	41	273	+ 64
Drownings	35	337	33	494	- 157
Bladder Cancer	36	327	50	155	+ 172
Syphilis	37	287	53	122	+ 165
Epilepsy	38	280	38	330	- 51
Suicide	39	269	24	978	- 709
Encephalitis	40	264	57	85	+ 179
Ovary Cancer	41	248	42	220	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	218	35	433	- 214
Drug Use	43	147	52	138	+ 9
Skin Disease	44	137	47	159	- 22
Tetanus	45	133	58	85	+ 48
Alcohol	46	122	59	74	+ 48
Poisonings	47	122	40	315	- 193
Hepatitis B	48	118	60	70	+ 47
Leukemia	49	115	54	113	+ 2
Measles	50	115	49	158	- 44
Oesophagus Cancer	51	93	55	99	- 6
Fires	52	59	34	448	- 390
Malaria	53	38	5	4,595	- 4,557
Other Neoplasms	54	31	62	24	+ 7
Appendicitis	55	19	61	38	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	56	16	64	20	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	15	67	15	+ 1
Lymphomas	58	12	39	315	- 303
Schistosomiasis	59	9	45	176	- 167
Hepatitis C	60	8	68	11	- 3
Upper Respiratory	61	7	66	15	- 8
Ascariasis	62	6	65	18	- 12
War	63	2	69	4	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	64	2	48	159	- 158
Oral Cancer	65	1	43	208	- 206
Diphtheria	66	1	70	3	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	71	2	- 0
Dengue	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	69	1	51	147	- 146
Uterin Cancer	70	0	56	94	- 94
Anemia	71	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	20	1,186	- 1,186
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	63	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Sao Tome

Senegal

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.