URUGUAY VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,701	6	1,370	+ 330
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,650	1	4,265	- 2,614
Stroke	3	1,408	2	2,850	- 1,442
Road Traffic Accidents	4	919	16	512	+ 408
Kidney Disease	5	671	8	1,040	- 369
Tuberculosis	6	632	41	81	+ 551
Lung Disease	7	628	4	1,706	- 1,078
Liver Disease	8	620	27	206	+ 414
Low Birth Weight	9	468	42	73	+ 394
Birth Trauma	10	428	53	22	+ 406
Congenital Anomalies	11	414	30	170	+ 244
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	366	35	134	+ 232
Asthma	13	340	37	127	+ 213
Falls	14	235	47	55	+ 180
Lung Cancers	15	224	5	1,463	- 1,239
Stomach Cancer	16	208	18	480	- 272
Diabetes Mellitus	17	201	11	747	- 547
Other Injuries	18	198	10	774	- 576
Violence	19	186	23	295	- 109
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	185	3	1,899	- 1,714
Endocrine Disorders	21	146	17	487	- 341
Liver Cancer	22	145	34	147	- 2
Cervical Cancer	23	137	29	172	- 35
Malnutrition	24	137	43	73	+ 64
Hypertension	25	106	15	648	- 542
Breast Cancer	26	92	9	848	- 756
Pertussis	27	90	72	0	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	28	89	13	707	- 618
Inflammatory/Heart	29	86	22	314	- 228
Maternal Conditions	30	81	60	9	+ 72
Meningitis	31	77	58	10	+ 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	65	7	1,245	- 1,180
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	65	50	39	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	34	61	21	320	- 259
Drownings	35	61	45	65	- 4
Bladder Cancer	36	59	26	276	- 217
Syphilis	37	52	66	3	+ 49
Epilepsy	38	51	40	86	- 35
Suicide	39	49	12	735	- 687
Encephalitis	40	48	64	4	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	41	45	32	160	- 115
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	40	46	57	- 17
Drug Use	43	27	49	41	- 14
Skin Disease	44	25	36	130	- 105
Tetanus	45	24	71	0	+ 24
Alcohol	46	22	39	104	- 82
Poisonings	47	22	55	17	+ 6
Hepatitis B	48	21	63	4	+ 17
Leukemia	49	21	25	280	- 259
Measles	50	21	74	0	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	51	17	24	286	- 269
Fires	52	11	48	54	- 44
Malaria	53	7	79	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	54	6	19	464	- 458
Appendicitis	55	3	59	9	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	56	13	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	3	51	35	- 32
Lymphomas	58	2	20	457	- 455
Schistosomiasis	59	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	60	2	65	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	1	62	5	- 4
Ascariasis	62	1	80	0	+ 1
War	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	14	656	- 655
Oral Cancer	65	0	31	167	- 167
Diphtheria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	33	149	- 149
Uterin Cancer	70	0	38	115	- 115
Anemia	71	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	54	18	- 18
Osteoarthritis	75	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	77	0	68	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	67	2	- 2
HIV/AIDS	82	0	28	195	- 195
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Sao Tome

Uruguay

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.