SWAZILAND VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	565	2	921	- 356
Coronary Heart Disease	2	548	5	755	- 207
Stroke	3	468	4	800	- 333
Road Traffic Accidents	4	305	7	384	- 79
Kidney Disease	5	223	8	381	- 158
Tuberculosis	6	210	13	256	- 46
Lung Disease	7	209	12	264	- 56
Liver Disease	8	206	11	274	- 68
Low Birth Weight	9	155	14	233	- 78
Birth Trauma	10	142	18	166	- 24
Congenital Anomalies	11	138	19	160	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	122	6	517	- 395
Asthma	13	113	20	150	- 37
Falls	14	78	32	41	+ 37
Lung Cancers	15	74	46	17	+ 58
Stomach Cancer	16	69	53	7	+ 62
Diabetes Mellitus	17	67	3	892	- 825
Other Injuries	18	66	17	190	- 124
Violence	19	62	16	212	- 151
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	61	27	77	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	21	49	28	74	- 26
Liver Cancer	22	48	37	29	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	23	45	15	215	- 169
Malnutrition	24	45	22	106	- 60
Hypertension	25	35	10	292	- 257
Breast Cancer	26	30	35	37	- 6
Pertussis	27	30	33	39	- 9
Prostate Cancer	28	30	31	45	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	29	28	24	94	- 65
Maternal Conditions	30	27	21	116	- 89
Meningitis	31	26	23	97	- 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	22	43	19	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	21	39	26	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	34	20	41	24	- 3
Drownings	35	20	25	87	- 67
Bladder Cancer	36	20	55	6	+ 14
Syphilis	37	17	45	17	- 0
Epilepsy	38	17	30	46	- 29
Suicide	39	16	9	338	- 321
Encephalitis	40	16	59	5	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	41	15	52	10	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	13	29	51	- 38
Drug Use	43	9	38	27	- 18
Skin Disease	44	8	40	25	- 17
Tetanus	45	8	62	4	+ 4
Alcohol	46	7	48	16	- 9
Poisonings	47	7	34	37	- 30
Hepatitis B	48	7	57	6	+ 1
Leukemia	49	7	47	16	- 9
Measles	50	7	64	1	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	51	6	44	18	- 13
Fires	52	4	26	84	- 80
Malaria	53	2	67	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	54	2	61	4	- 2
Appendicitis	55	1	54	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	63	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	1	58	5	- 4
Lymphomas	58	1	36	31	- 30
Schistosomiasis	59	1	49	13	- 12
Hepatitis C	60	1	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	0	60	4	- 4
Ascariasis	62	0	66	0	+ 0
War	63	0	71	0	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	56	6	- 6
Oral Cancer	65	0	51	10	- 10
Diphtheria	66	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	42	20	- 20
Uterin Cancer	70	0	50	11	- 11
Anemia	71	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	68	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	1	2,314	- 2,314
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	77	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Sao Tome

Swaziland

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.