SYRIA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,849	4	2,958	+ 8,890
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,498	1	28,203	- 16,705
Stroke	3	9,810	2	8,088	+ 1,722
Road Traffic Accidents	4	6,405	5	2,550	+ 3,855
Kidney Disease	5	4,677	6	2,329	+ 2,348
Tuberculosis	6	4,403	56	23	+ 4,379
Lung Disease	7	4,377	13	1,601	+ 2,776
Liver Disease	8	4,320	11	1,720	+ 2,600
Low Birth Weight	9	3,258	12	1,652	+ 1,606
Birth Trauma	10	2,982	21	744	+ 2,238
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,884	8	2,077	+ 806
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	2,551	7	2,156	+ 396
Asthma	13	2,369	17	1,052	+ 1,317
Falls	14	1,638	29	383	+ 1,255
Lung Cancers	15	1,559	9	2,048	- 489
Stomach Cancer	16	1,451	22	725	+ 727
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1,398	15	1,534	- 136
Other Injuries	18	1,382	24	521	+ 861
Violence	19	1,294	25	444	+ 850
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	1,287	14	1,551	- 263
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,019	26	418	+ 601
Liver Cancer	22	1,013	31	366	+ 646
Cervical Cancer	23	953	42	188	+ 765
Malnutrition	24	952	51	73	+ 880
Hypertension	25	738	23	707	+ 31
Breast Cancer	26	639	10	1,953	- 1,314
Pertussis	27	625	37	289	+ 336
Prostate Cancer	28	622	28	404	+ 218
Inflammatory/Heart	29	597	32	337	+ 260
Maternal Conditions	30	565	45	105	+ 461
Meningitis	31	539	35	295	+ 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	453	16	1,224	- 770
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	451	41	197	+ 253
Parkinson's Disease	34	427	30	367	+ 60
Drownings	35	426	40	215	+ 211
Bladder Cancer	36	413	20	757	- 344
Syphilis	37	364	55	31	+ 333
Epilepsy	38	354	48	92	+ 262
Suicide	39	340	33	333	+ 7
Encephalitis	40	335	50	77	+ 258
Ovary Cancer	41	314	34	328	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	277	49	79	+ 197
Drug Use	43	186	39	249	- 63
Skin Disease	44	174	61	8	+ 166
Tetanus	45	168	52	57	+ 111
Alcohol	46	155	53	51	+ 104
Poisonings	47	154	46	98	+ 56
Hepatitis B	48	149	63	5	+ 144
Leukemia	49	146	19	796	- 650
Measles	50	145	70	0	+ 145
Oesophagus Cancer	51	118	47	97	+ 21
Fires	52	74	43	179	- 104
Malaria	53	48	79	0	+ 48
Other Neoplasms	54	39	57	21	+ 18
Appendicitis	55	24	54	36	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	56	20	59	14	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	20	62	7	+ 13
Lymphomas	58	15	18	827	- 812
Schistosomiasis	59	12	60	11	+ 0
Hepatitis C	60	11	68	1	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	61	9	66	3	+ 6
Ascariasis	62	8	67	1	+ 7
War	63	3	3	7,760	- 7,757
Pancreas Cancer	64	2	27	411	- 409
Oral Cancer	65	2	36	289	- 288
Diphtheria	66	2	64	5	- 3
Chlamydia	67	1	69	1	+ 1
Dengue	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	69	1	38	276	- 276
Uterin Cancer	70	0	44	146	- 146
Anemia	71	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	86	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	58	15	- 15
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	65	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Sao Tome

Syria

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.