SWITZERLAND VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,399	8	1,949	+ 2,450
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,269	1	10,713	- 6,444
Stroke	3	3,642	3	3,918	- 275
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,378	34	193	+ 2,185
Kidney Disease	5	1,736	13	1,261	+ 475
Tuberculosis	6	1,635	56	21	+ 1,613
Lung Disease	7	1,625	5	2,902	- 1,277
Liver Disease	8	1,604	21	677	+ 927
Low Birth Weight	9	1,210	43	105	+ 1,105
Birth Trauma	10	1,107	52	32	+ 1,075
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,071	31	305	+ 766
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	947	35	186	+ 761
Asthma	13	880	46	95	+ 785
Falls	14	608	9	1,919	- 1,311
Lung Cancers	15	579	4	3,520	- 2,941
Stomach Cancer	16	539	24	614	- 75
Diabetes Mellitus	17	519	17	1,022	- 503
Other Injuries	18	513	30	410	+ 103
Violence	19	480	51	42	+ 438
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	478	2	7,192	- 6,714
Endocrine Disorders	21	378	25	593	- 215
Liver Cancer	22	376	19	805	- 429
Cervical Cancer	23	354	42	105	+ 249
Malnutrition	24	354	47	84	+ 269
Hypertension	25	274	6	2,471	- 2,197
Breast Cancer	26	237	11	1,577	- 1,340
Pertussis	27	232	73	0	+ 232
Prostate Cancer	28	231	10	1,579	- 1,348
Inflammatory/Heart	29	222	16	1,027	- 805
Maternal Conditions	30	210	64	4	+ 206
Meningitis	31	200	57	20	+ 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	168	7	1,995	- 1,826
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	167	48	78	+ 89
Parkinson's Disease	34	159	18	857	- 699
Drownings	35	158	50	49	+ 109
Bladder Cancer	36	154	23	669	- 516
Syphilis	37	135	65	2	+ 134
Epilepsy	38	131	39	159	- 27
Suicide	39	126	14	1,249	- 1,123
Encephalitis	40	124	68	1	+ 124
Ovary Cancer	41	117	29	457	- 341
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	103	41	122	- 20
Drug Use	43	69	36	176	- 107
Skin Disease	44	65	40	129	- 65
Tetanus	45	62	70	0	+ 62
Alcohol	46	57	32	229	- 172
Poisonings	47	57	60	13	+ 44
Hepatitis B	48	55	63	5	+ 51
Leukemia	49	54	22	671	- 617
Measles	50	54	75	0	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	51	44	28	491	- 447
Fires	52	28	55	21	+ 6
Malaria	53	18	77	0	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	54	15	20	681	- 667
Appendicitis	55	9	59	15	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	38	160	- 152
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	7	49	68	- 61
Lymphomas	58	6	15	1,131	- 1,126
Schistosomiasis	59	4	72	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	60	4	58	15	- 11
Upper Respiratory	61	3	61	11	- 8
Ascariasis	62	3	82	0	+ 3
War	63	1	67	1	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	1	12	1,486	- 1,485
Oral Cancer	65	1	26	500	- 500
Diphtheria	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Dengue	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	27	493	- 493
Uterin Cancer	70	0	33	224	- 224
Anemia	71	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	45	96	- 96
Osteoarthritis	75	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	77	0	62	8	- 8
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	54	29	- 29
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	66	1	- 1
Chagas disease	84	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Sao Tome

Switzerland

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.