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Sao Tome
COUNTRY #1
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
SAO TOME VS SINGAPORE

Compare Sao Tome and Singapore 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.

Singapore
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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Singapore Population Pyramid
6,407,528
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Singapore SINGAPORE
       
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
  
61.7
65.7
63.7
47
50
45
1970
54.2
57.2
55.7
96
95
95
  
65.4
70.2
67.7
45
45
44
1980
58.2
61.0
59.6
104
110
107
  
68.9
74.2
71.5
33
36
29
1990
60.9
63.7
62.2
116
120
119
  
71.9
76.9
74.3
28
30
30
2000
60.8
64.4
62.6
123
126
127
  
75.9
80.9
78.3
11
17
13
2010
64.3
68.1
66.2
124
129
128
  
79.2
84.7
82.0
8
3
3
2019
68.8
72.0
70.4
115
123
120
  
81.0
85.5
83.2
6
4
4
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Singapore SINGAPORE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.8
72.0
115
123
81.0
85.5
6
4
Age
68.8
72.0
115
123
81.0
85.5
6
4
Age 5
71.2
74.0
104
124
81.3
85.6
6
4
Age 10
71.4
74.2
104
124
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 15
71.6
74.4
103
125
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 20
71.9
74.5
102
126
81.4
85.8
6
4
Age 25
72.2
74.7
104
126
81.5
85.8
6
4
Age 30
72.5
74.9
107
126
81.7
85.9
6
4
Age 35
72.8
75.2
107
129
81.9
86.0
5
4
Age 40
73.2
75.5
110
129
82.1
86.1
5
4
Age 45
73.7
76.0
113
132
82.4
86.3
5
4
Age 50
74.4
76.7
116
136
82.7
86.5
4
4
Age 55
75.4
77.5
122
142
83.2
86.8
4
4
Age 60
76.7
78.6
126
142
83.8
87.2
5
4
Age 65
78.4
80.0
132
145
84.7
87.8
6
5
Age 70
80.6
81.7
133
145
85.8
88.5
8
6
Age 75
83.2
83.9
134
151
87.2
89.4
8
4
Age 80
86.1
86.5
131
157
89.2
90.8
4
3
Age 85
89.3
89.6
146
162
91.7
92.6
3
4
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Singapore SINGAPORE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
133.60
64
60.68
149
2. Stroke
107.87
61
18.41
175
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.50
24
61.08
56
4. Lung Disease
50.70
16
4.45
183
5. Kidney Disease
46.72
13
12.04
135
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.59
17
1.69
181
7. Liver Disease
38.72
28
2.40
180
8. Tuberculosis
30.26
36
0.34
146
9. Asthma
24.13
16
0.45
167
10. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
8.49
138
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.73
86
0.43
183
12. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
1.97
167
13. Diabetes Mellitus
14.76
128
1.28
183
14. Falls
14.27
7
2.93
153
15. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
17.56
69
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
12.46
66
0.34
168
17. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
4.80
117
18. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
13.37
129
19. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
8.32
46
20. Hypertension
7.94
145
8.44
138
21. Other Injuries
7.20
97
1.03
183
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.30
79
1.92
178
23. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
48
0.49
182
24. Violence
6.18
77
0.22
182
25. Low Birth Weight
5.99
82
0.65
176
26. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
31
1.09
174
27. Birth Trauma
5.51
60
0.07
183
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.37
78
2.67
148
29. Malnutrition
5.35
50
0.00
181
30. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
4.49
89
31. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.25
22
0.28
173
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
13.72
36
33. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
1.40
133
34. Meningitis
3.20
51
0.10
179
35. Maternal Conditions
2.97
59
0.06
167
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
88
0.78
161
37. Suicide
2.20
176
9.65
75
38. Epilepsy
2.19
55
0.42
180
39. Encephalitis
1.71
7
0.00
176
40. Drownings
1.67
124
0.44
175
41. Skin Disease
1.66
89
1.60
93
42. Pertussis
1.65
50
0.00
155
43. Drug Use
1.30
84
0.26
178
44. Alcohol
1.23
102
0.12
181
45. Leukemia
1.16
167
3.16
115
46. Hepatitis B
1.12
32
0.04
160
47. Tetanus
1.06
24
0.00
180
48. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
1.56
122
49. Syphilis
0.81
46
0.00
182
50. Poisonings
0.75
77
0.02
181
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
111
12.44
5,189
21.83
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108
12.11
5,292
22.26
3. Stroke
92
10.31
1,559
6.56
4. Road Traffic Accidents
60
6.73
121
0.51
5. Kidney Disease
44
4.93
1,028
4.32
6. Tuberculosis
41
4.60
26
0.11
7. Lung Disease
41
4.60
383
1.61
8. Liver Disease
40
4.48
209
0.88
9. Low Birth Weight
31
3.48
25
0.11
10. Birth Trauma
28
3.14
3
0.01
11. Congenital Anomalies
27
3.03
80
0.34
12. Diarrhoeal diseases
24
2.69
28
0.12
13. Asthma
22
2.47
37
0.16
14. Lung Cancers
15
1.68
1,540
6.48
15. Falls
15
1.68
218
0.92
16. Stomach Cancer
14
1.57
405
1.70
17. Diabetes Mellitus
13
1.46
108
0.45
18. Other Injuries
13
1.46
79
0.33
19. Violence
12
1.35
15
0.06
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
12
1.35
32
0.13
21. Endocrine Disorders
10
1.12
30
0.13
22. Malnutrition
9
1.01
0
0.00
23. Liver Cancer
9
1.01
746
3.14
24. Cervical Cancer
9
1.01
85
0.36
25. Hypertension
7
0.78
732
3.08
26. Breast Cancer
6
0.67
605
2.55
27. Pertussis
6
0.67
0
0.00
28. Prostate Cancer
6
0.67
303
1.27
29. Inflammatory/Heart
6
0.67
215
0.90
30. Maternal Conditions
5
0.56
3
0.01
31. Meningitis
5
0.56
8
0.03
32. Bladder Cancer
4
0.45
120
0.50
33. Drownings
4
0.45
29
0.12
34. Parkinson's Disease
4
0.45
90
0.38
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.45
22
0.09
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4
0.45
1,203
5.06
37. Syphilis
3
0.34
0
0.00
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.34
69
0.29
39. Encephalitis
3
0.34
0
0.00
40. Ovary Cancer
3
0.34
204
0.86
41. Suicide
3
0.34
650
2.73
42. Epilepsy
3
0.34
25
0.11
43. Skin Disease
2
0.22
136
0.57
44. Drug Use
2
0.22
19
0.08
45. Tetanus
2
0.22
0
0.00
46. Measles
1
0.11
0
0.00
47. Alcohol
1
0.11
10
0.04
48. Hepatitis B
1
0.11
4
0.02
49. Fires
1
0.11
7
0.03
50. Oesophagus Cancer
1
0.11
137
0.58
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
8.49
138
2. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
1.97
167
3. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
17.56
69
4. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
4.80
117
5. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
13.37
129
6. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
8.32
46
7. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
4.49
89
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
13.72
36
9. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
1.40
133
10. Leukemia
1.16
167
3.16
115
11. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
1.56
122
12. Lymphomas
0.07
183
4.76
87
13. Pancreas Cancer
0.01
182
6.08
55
14. Oral Cancer
0.01
182
3.49
71
15. Skin Cancers
0.00
179
0.71
150
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
183
3.27
42
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.