ZAMBIA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	10,326	2	9,517	+ 809
Coronary Heart Disease	2	10,021	10	4,432	+ 5,589
Stroke	3	8,550	3	7,948	+ 602
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,582	11	3,654	+ 1,928
Kidney Disease	5	4,076	18	1,760	+ 2,316
Tuberculosis	6	3,837	6	5,941	- 2,104
Lung Disease	7	3,815	21	1,273	+ 2,542
Liver Disease	8	3,765	9	4,501	- 736
Low Birth Weight	9	2,840	8	4,857	- 2,017
Birth Trauma	10	2,599	7	5,062	- 2,463
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,513	12	3,146	- 632
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	2,224	5	6,275	- 4,052
Asthma	13	2,065	26	741	+ 1,324
Falls	14	1,428	28	596	+ 832
Lung Cancers	15	1,358	41	226	+ 1,133
Stomach Cancer	16	1,265	42	206	+ 1,058
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1,218	14	2,395	- 1,177
Other Injuries	18	1,204	19	1,729	- 524
Violence	19	1,128	23	1,153	- 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	1,122	29	590	+ 532
Endocrine Disorders	21	888	37	354	+ 534
Liver Cancer	22	883	46	177	+ 706
Cervical Cancer	23	831	17	1,799	- 968
Malnutrition	24	830	15	2,303	- 1,473
Hypertension	25	644	13	2,616	- 1,973
Breast Cancer	26	557	35	366	+ 191
Pertussis	27	545	25	743	- 198
Prostate Cancer	28	542	30	561	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	29	521	33	501	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	30	493	22	1,188	- 695
Meningitis	31	470	16	1,976	- 1,506
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	395	43	203	+ 192
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	393	45	190	+ 203
Parkinson's Disease	34	372	47	164	+ 208
Drownings	35	372	27	689	- 317
Bladder Cancer	36	360	50	132	+ 229
Syphilis	37	317	24	885	- 568
Epilepsy	38	309	38	332	- 23
Suicide	39	296	20	1,303	- 1,006
Encephalitis	40	292	59	70	+ 222
Ovary Cancer	41	274	57	82	+ 191
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	241	40	246	- 4
Drug Use	43	163	53	122	+ 40
Skin Disease	44	152	52	126	+ 26
Tetanus	45	147	44	190	- 43
Alcohol	46	135	49	140	- 5
Poisonings	47	134	34	456	- 322
Hepatitis B	48	130	55	104	+ 26
Leukemia	49	127	39	261	- 134
Measles	50	127	61	48	+ 78
Oesophagus Cancer	51	103	36	359	- 255
Fires	52	65	32	546	- 482
Malaria	53	42	4	7,882	- 7,840
Other Neoplasms	54	34	65	20	+ 15
Appendicitis	55	21	56	84	- 63
Multiple Sclerosis	56	17	67	13	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	17	63	30	- 13
Lymphomas	58	13	31	548	- 534
Schistosomiasis	59	10	51	128	- 118
Hepatitis C	60	9	66	18	- 8
Upper Respiratory	61	8	60	68	- 60
Ascariasis	62	7	68	9	- 2
War	63	3	69	6	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	64	2	62	42	- 41
Oral Cancer	65	1	48	155	- 154
Diphtheria	66	1	73	3	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	71	3	- 2
Dengue	68	1	74	1	- 0
Skin Cancers	69	1	54	108	- 107
Uterin Cancer	70	0	64	30	- 30
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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	86	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	70	5	- 5
HIV/AIDS	82	0	1	17,234	- 17,234
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	86	0	58	72	- 72
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

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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.