SINGAPORE VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,993	2	5,189	- 2,196
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,904	1	5,292	- 2,387
Stroke	3	2,478	3	1,559	+ 920
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,618	26	121	+ 1,497
Kidney Disease	5	1,181	6	1,028	+ 153
Tuberculosis	6	1,112	40	26	+ 1,087
Lung Disease	7	1,106	14	383	+ 723
Liver Disease	8	1,091	20	209	+ 882
Low Birth Weight	9	823	41	25	+ 798
Birth Trauma	10	753	55	3	+ 750
Congenital Anomalies	11	728	31	80	+ 649
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	645	39	28	+ 617
Asthma	13	598	35	37	+ 561
Falls	14	414	18	218	+ 196
Lung Cancers	15	394	4	1,540	- 1,147
Stomach Cancer	16	367	12	405	- 38
Diabetes Mellitus	17	353	28	108	+ 245
Other Injuries	18	349	32	79	+ 270
Violence	19	327	46	15	+ 312
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	325	36	32	+ 293
Endocrine Disorders	21	257	37	30	+ 227
Liver Cancer	22	256	7	746	- 490
Cervical Cancer	23	241	30	85	+ 156
Malnutrition	24	241	63	0	+ 241
Hypertension	25	187	8	732	- 545
Breast Cancer	26	161	10	605	- 444
Pertussis	27	158	62	0	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	28	157	16	303	- 145
Inflammatory/Heart	29	151	19	215	- 64
Maternal Conditions	30	143	53	3	+ 139
Meningitis	31	136	48	8	+ 128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	114	5	1,203	- 1,088
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	114	43	22	+ 92
Parkinson's Disease	34	108	29	90	+ 18
Drownings	35	108	38	29	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	36	104	27	120	- 16
Syphilis	37	92	65	0	+ 92
Epilepsy	38	89	42	25	+ 65
Suicide	39	86	9	650	- 565
Encephalitis	40	85	61	0	+ 85
Ovary Cancer	41	79	21	204	- 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	70	33	69	+ 1
Drug Use	43	47	44	19	+ 28
Skin Disease	44	44	25	136	- 92
Tetanus	45	42	73	0	+ 42
Alcohol	46	39	47	10	+ 29
Poisonings	47	39	60	1	+ 38
Hepatitis B	48	38	52	4	+ 34
Leukemia	49	37	17	249	- 213
Measles	50	37	72	0	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	51	30	24	137	- 107
Fires	52	19	49	7	+ 12
Malaria	53	12	75	0	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	54	10	22	195	- 185
Appendicitis	55	6	50	6	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	57	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	5	58	2	+ 3
Lymphomas	58	4	13	397	- 393
Schistosomiasis	59	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	60	3	56	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	61	2	54	3	- 1
Ascariasis	62	2	67	0	+ 2
War	63	1	59	2	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	11	537	- 537
Oral Cancer	65	0	15	317	- 317
Diphtheria	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	34	56	- 56
Uterin Cancer	70	0	23	147	- 147
Anemia	71	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	45	18	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Sao Tome

Singapore

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.