TRINIDAD/TOB. VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	700	10	205	+ 494
Coronary Heart Disease	2	679	1	1,476	- 797
Stroke	3	579	3	822	- 243
Road Traffic Accidents	4	378	15	130	+ 248
Kidney Disease	5	276	5	439	- 163
Tuberculosis	6	260	43	22	+ 238
Lung Disease	7	258	16	129	+ 129
Liver Disease	8	255	14	136	+ 119
Low Birth Weight	9	192	23	83	+ 109
Birth Trauma	10	176	40	25	+ 151
Congenital Anomalies	11	170	22	93	+ 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	151	45	18	+ 133
Asthma	13	140	35	40	+ 100
Falls	14	97	33	43	+ 54
Lung Cancers	15	92	8	217	- 125
Stomach Cancer	16	86	26	69	+ 17
Diabetes Mellitus	17	83	2	1,275	- 1,193
Other Injuries	18	82	30	61	+ 21
Violence	19	76	4	549	- 473
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	76	9	215	- 139
Endocrine Disorders	21	60	18	119	- 59
Liver Cancer	22	60	28	66	- 6
Cervical Cancer	23	56	21	97	- 41
Malnutrition	24	56	47	17	+ 40
Hypertension	25	44	11	201	- 158
Breast Cancer	26	38	7	258	- 221
Pertussis	27	37	67	0	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	28	37	6	330	- 293
Inflammatory/Heart	29	35	25	72	- 37
Maternal Conditions	30	33	50	10	+ 23
Meningitis	31	32	52	9	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	27	13	196	- 169
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	27	49	11	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	34	25	32	51	- 26
Drownings	35	25	39	31	- 6
Bladder Cancer	36	24	34	41	- 16
Syphilis	37	21	61	0	+ 21
Epilepsy	38	21	37	32	- 11
Suicide	39	20	17	121	- 101
Encephalitis	40	20	54	6	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	41	19	24	80	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	16	31	52	- 36
Drug Use	43	11	44	19	- 8
Skin Disease	44	10	36	39	- 29
Tetanus	45	10	65	0	+ 10
Alcohol	46	9	42	23	- 14
Poisonings	47	9	59	1	+ 8
Hepatitis B	48	9	60	0	+ 8
Leukemia	49	9	29	62	- 54
Measles	50	9	76	0	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	51	7	41	24	- 17
Fires	52	4	48	16	- 12
Malaria	53	3	72	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	54	2	51	10	- 8
Appendicitis	55	1	56	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	58	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	1	53	8	- 7
Lymphomas	58	1	20	111	- 111
Schistosomiasis	59	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	60	1	62	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	1	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	62	0	66	0	+ 0
War	63	0	46	17	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	19	114	- 114
Oral Cancer	65	0	38	31	- 31
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	55	5	- 5
Skin Cancers	69	0	57	4	- 4
Uterin Cancer	70	0	27	68	- 68
Anemia	71	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	12	196	- 196
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Sao Tome

Trinidad/Tob.

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.