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Sao Tome
COUNTRY #1
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SAO TOME VS CHINA

Compare Sao Tome and China health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

China
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Sao Tome Population Pyramid
394,163
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China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   China CHINA
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   China CHINA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
49.3
52.3
50.8
92
93
91
  
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
54.2
57.2
55.7
96
95
95
  
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
58.2
61.0
59.6
104
110
107
  
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
60.9
63.7
62.2
116
120
119
  
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
60.8
64.4
62.6
123
126
127
  
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
64.3
68.1
66.2
124
129
128
  
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
68.8
72.0
70.4
115
123
120
  
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.8
72.0
115
123
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
68.8
72.0
115
123
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
71.2
74.0
104
124
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
71.4
74.2
104
124
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
71.6
74.4
103
125
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
71.9
74.5
102
126
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
72.2
74.7
104
126
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
72.5
74.9
107
126
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
72.8
75.2
107
129
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
73.2
75.5
110
129
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
73.7
76.0
113
132
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
74.4
76.7
116
136
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
75.4
77.5
122
142
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
76.7
78.6
126
142
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
78.4
80.0
132
145
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
80.6
81.7
133
145
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
83.2
83.9
134
151
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
86.1
86.5
131
157
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
89.3
89.6
146
162
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
133.60
64
97.57
115
2. Stroke
107.87
61
110.80
58
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.50
24
11.28
152
4. Lung Disease
50.70
16
54.18
13
5. Kidney Disease
46.72
13
10.39
141
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.59
17
15.09
96
7. Liver Disease
38.72
28
7.57
146
8. Tuberculosis
30.26
36
1.88
111
9. Asthma
24.13
16
1.29
123
10. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
6.41
152
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.73
86
17.36
97
12. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
5.16
124
13. Diabetes Mellitus
14.76
128
8.56
148
14. Falls
14.27
7
8.04
50
15. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
36.63
5
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
12.46
66
0.72
150
17. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
20.55
3
18. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
8.95
169
19. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
9.30
33
20. Hypertension
7.94
145
16.80
98
21. Other Injuries
7.20
97
3.50
161
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.30
79
3.32
150
23. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
48
1.51
162
24. Violence
6.18
77
0.73
166
25. Low Birth Weight
5.99
82
1.76
150
26. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
31
3.95
98
27. Birth Trauma
5.51
60
1.40
108
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.37
78
1.73
168
29. Malnutrition
5.35
50
0.78
107
30. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
2.76
153
31. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.25
22
3.53
34
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
13.02
42
33. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
2.04
94
34. Meningitis
3.20
51
0.39
128
35. Maternal Conditions
2.97
59
0.26
128
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
88
2.05
106
37. Suicide
2.20
176
6.67
121
38. Epilepsy
2.19
55
0.74
163
39. Encephalitis
1.71
7
0.21
117
40. Drownings
1.67
124
3.66
56
41. Skin Disease
1.66
89
0.30
162
42. Pertussis
1.65
50
0.05
112
43. Drug Use
1.30
84
1.34
79
44. Alcohol
1.23
102
1.05
111
45. Leukemia
1.16
167
3.48
97
46. Hepatitis B
1.12
32
0.15
113
47. Tetanus
1.06
24
0.03
105
48. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
12.42
6
49. Syphilis
0.81
46
0.16
84
50. Poisonings
0.75
77
1.55
57
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
111
12.44
183,342
1.91
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108
12.11
1.772m
18.44
3. Stroke
92
10.31
2.043m
21.27
4. Road Traffic Accidents
60
6.73
250,272
2.61
5. Kidney Disease
44
4.93
192,302
2.00
6. Tuberculosis
41
4.60
34,802
0.36
7. Lung Disease
41
4.60
968,607
10.08
8. Liver Disease
40
4.48
145,603
1.52
9. Low Birth Weight
31
3.48
21,631
0.23
10. Birth Trauma
28
3.14
17,644
0.18
11. Congenital Anomalies
27
3.03
36,613
0.38
12. Diarrhoeal diseases
24
2.69
8,719
0.09
13. Asthma
22
2.47
23,147
0.24
14. Lung Cancers
15
1.68
714,311
7.44
15. Falls
15
1.68
138,878
1.45
16. Stomach Cancer
14
1.57
398,439
4.15
17. Diabetes Mellitus
13
1.46
161,672
1.68
18. Other Injuries
13
1.46
54,087
0.56
19. Violence
12
1.35
11,115
0.12
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
12
1.35
304,455
3.17
21. Endocrine Disorders
10
1.12
25,613
0.27
22. Malnutrition
9
1.01
12,995
0.14
23. Liver Cancer
9
1.01
180,952
1.88
24. Cervical Cancer
9
1.01
51,650
0.54
25. Hypertension
7
0.78
301,183
3.14
26. Breast Cancer
6
0.67
92,757
0.97
27. Pertussis
6
0.67
484
0.01
28. Prostate Cancer
6
0.67
51,056
0.53
29. Inflammatory/Heart
6
0.67
29,954
0.31
30. Maternal Conditions
5
0.56
3,596
0.04
31. Meningitis
5
0.56
5,704
0.06
32. Bladder Cancer
4
0.45
37,873
0.39
33. Drownings
4
0.45
52,807
0.55
34. Parkinson's Disease
4
0.45
70,699
0.74
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.45
65,350
0.68
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4
0.45
248,388
2.59
37. Syphilis
3
0.34
1,824
0.02
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.34
37,723
0.39
39. Encephalitis
3
0.34
2,796
0.03
40. Ovary Cancer
3
0.34
28,078
0.29
41. Suicide
3
0.34
116,324
1.21
42. Epilepsy
3
0.34
11,365
0.12
43. Skin Disease
2
0.22
5,222
0.05
44. Drug Use
2
0.22
24,214
0.25
45. Tetanus
2
0.22
491
0.01
46. Measles
1
0.11
558
0.01
47. Alcohol
1
0.11
19,071
0.20
48. Hepatitis B
1
0.11
2,757
0.03
49. Fires
1
0.11
10,498
0.11
50. Oesophagus Cancer
1
0.11
242,891
2.53
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
6.41
152
2. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
5.16
124
3. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
36.63
5
4. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
20.55
3
5. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
8.95
169
6. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
9.30
33
7. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
2.76
153
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
13.02
42
9. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
2.04
94
10. Leukemia
1.16
167
3.48
97
11. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
12.42
6
12. Lymphomas
0.07
183
3.04
145
13. Pancreas Cancer
0.01
182
5.72
59
14. Oral Cancer
0.01
182
2.81
89
15. Skin Cancers
0.00
179
1.05
137
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
183
1.16
157
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.