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Sao Tome
COUNTRY #1
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SAO TOME VS GHANA

Compare Sao Tome and Ghana 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.

Ghana
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
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Ghana GHANA
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Ghana GHANA
       
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
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
54.2
57.2
55.7
96
95
95
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
58.2
61.0
59.6
104
110
107
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
60.9
63.7
62.2
116
120
119
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
60.8
64.4
62.6
123
126
127
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
64.3
68.1
66.2
124
129
128
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
68.8
72.0
70.4
115
123
120
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.8
72.0
115
123
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
68.8
72.0
115
123
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
71.2
74.0
104
124
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
71.4
74.2
104
124
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
71.6
74.4
103
125
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
71.9
74.5
102
126
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
72.2
74.7
104
126
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
72.5
74.9
107
126
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
72.8
75.2
107
129
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
73.2
75.5
110
129
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
73.7
76.0
113
132
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
74.4
76.7
116
136
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
75.4
77.5
122
142
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
76.7
78.6
126
142
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
78.4
80.0
132
145
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
80.6
81.7
133
145
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
83.2
83.9
134
151
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
86.1
86.5
131
157
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.3
89.6
146
162
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
133.60
64
119.93
79
2. Stroke
107.87
61
124.02
35
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.50
24
99.08
26
4. Lung Disease
50.70
16
26.48
69
5. Kidney Disease
46.72
13
30.38
56
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.59
17
31.33
46
7. Liver Disease
38.72
28
36.74
35
8. Tuberculosis
30.26
36
44.25
21
9. Asthma
24.13
16
13.95
42
10. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
24.21
50
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.73
86
17.79
85
12. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
24.53
27
13. Diabetes Mellitus
14.76
128
44.68
47
14. Falls
14.27
7
8.85
34
15. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
1.71
177
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
12.46
66
30.48
50
17. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
6.41
86
18. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
19.09
60
19. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
17.60
10
20. Hypertension
7.94
145
17.73
94
21. Other Injuries
7.20
97
10.75
58
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.30
79
7.03
51
23. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
48
6.88
37
24. Violence
6.18
77
6.73
72
25. Low Birth Weight
5.99
82
9.43
38
26. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
31
4.48
70
27. Birth Trauma
5.51
60
8.81
36
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.37
78
11.13
23
29. Malnutrition
5.35
50
8.62
36
30. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
8.00
7
31. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.25
22
1.73
80
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
6.86
121
33. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
1.91
102
34. Meningitis
3.20
51
13.70
21
35. Maternal Conditions
2.97
59
6.87
40
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
88
2.19
103
37. Suicide
2.20
176
10.54
64
38. Epilepsy
2.19
55
1.45
103
39. Encephalitis
1.71
7
1.69
8
40. Drownings
1.67
124
2.38
93
41. Skin Disease
1.66
89
1.87
77
42. Pertussis
1.65
50
1.62
51
43. Drug Use
1.30
84
3.31
22
44. Alcohol
1.23
102
1.37
94
45. Leukemia
1.16
167
1.38
163
46. Hepatitis B
1.12
32
0.55
64
47. Tetanus
1.06
24
0.59
40
48. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
2.61
87
49. Syphilis
0.81
46
0.88
41
50. Poisonings
0.75
77
2.15
42
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
111
12.44
16,262
9.29
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108
12.11
14,103
8.06
3. Stroke
92
10.31
15,163
8.67
4. Road Traffic Accidents
60
6.73
7,808
4.46
5. Kidney Disease
44
4.93
4,161
2.38
6. Tuberculosis
41
4.60
10,214
5.84
7. Lung Disease
41
4.60
3,120
1.78
8. Liver Disease
40
4.48
6,053
3.46
9. Low Birth Weight
31
3.48
6,662
3.81
10. Birth Trauma
28
3.14
6,194
3.54
11. Congenital Anomalies
27
3.03
3,935
2.25
12. Diarrhoeal diseases
24
2.69
6,538
3.74
13. Asthma
22
2.47
1,979
1.13
14. Lung Cancers
15
1.68
237
0.14
15. Falls
15
1.68
1,168
0.67
16. Stomach Cancer
14
1.57
870
0.50
17. Diabetes Mellitus
13
1.46
5,929
3.39
18. Other Injuries
13
1.46
2,433
1.39
19. Violence
12
1.35
1,857
1.06
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
12
1.35
1,294
0.74
21. Endocrine Disorders
10
1.12
1,965
1.12
22. Malnutrition
9
1.01
1,868
1.07
23. Liver Cancer
9
1.01
2,851
1.63
24. Cervical Cancer
9
1.01
2,161
1.24
25. Hypertension
7
0.78
2,231
1.28
26. Breast Cancer
6
0.67
1,937
1.11
27. Pertussis
6
0.67
744
0.43
28. Prostate Cancer
6
0.67
1,031
0.59
29. Inflammatory/Heart
6
0.67
1,615
0.92
30. Maternal Conditions
5
0.56
1,991
1.14
31. Meningitis
5
0.56
2,983
1.70
32. Bladder Cancer
4
0.45
245
0.14
33. Drownings
4
0.45
740
0.42
34. Parkinson's Disease
4
0.45
387
0.22
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.45
256
0.15
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4
0.45
803
0.46
37. Syphilis
3
0.34
483
0.28
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.34
321
0.18
39. Encephalitis
3
0.34
357
0.20
40. Ovary Cancer
3
0.34
698
0.40
41. Suicide
3
0.34
1,993
1.14
42. Epilepsy
3
0.34
329
0.19
43. Skin Disease
2
0.22
264
0.15
44. Drug Use
2
0.22
630
0.36
45. Tetanus
2
0.22
220
0.13
46. Measles
1
0.11
135
0.08
47. Alcohol
1
0.11
244
0.14
48. Hepatitis B
1
0.11
101
0.06
49. Fires
1
0.11
729
0.42
50. Oesophagus Cancer
1
0.11
285
0.16
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
24.21
50
2. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
24.53
27
3. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
1.71
177
4. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
6.41
86
5. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
19.09
60
6. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
17.60
10
7. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
8.00
7
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
6.86
121
9. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
1.91
102
10. Leukemia
1.16
167
1.38
163
11. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
2.61
87
12. Lymphomas
0.07
183
5.70
55
13. Pancreas Cancer
0.01
182
2.52
128
14. Oral Cancer
0.01
182
2.86
86
15. Skin Cancers
0.00
179
1.57
114
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
183
2.86
68
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.