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Sao Tome
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Sao Tome and Yemen 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.

Yemen
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
Yemen Population Pyramid
48,080,012
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Yemen YEMEN
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Yemen YEMEN
       
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
 
34.5
34.9
34.7
164
167
166
1970
54.2
57.2
55.7
96
95
95
 
38.5
38.9
38.7
164
167
167
1980
58.2
61.0
59.6
104
110
107
 
46.9
47.4
47.1
150
158
155
1990
60.9
63.7
62.2
116
120
119
 
53.8
55.2
54.5
146
150
150
2000
60.8
64.4
62.6
123
126
127
 
59.5
62.2
60.8
131
131
131
2010
64.3
68.1
66.2
124
129
128
 
63.1
65.8
64.4
129
135
134
2019
68.8
72.0
70.4
115
123
120
 
64.4
68.9
66.6
136
139
137
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Yemen YEMEN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.8
72.0
115
123
64.4
68.9
136
139
Age
68.8
72.0
115
123
64.4
68.9
136
139
Age 5
71.2
74.0
104
124
68.7
72.8
137
134
Age 10
71.4
74.2
104
124
69.1
73.3
136
134
Age 15
71.6
74.4
103
125
69.5
73.6
137
134
Age 20
71.9
74.5
102
126
69.9
73.9
137
134
Age 25
72.2
74.7
104
126
70.7
74.2
129
133
Age 30
72.5
74.9
107
126
71.3
74.6
123
132
Age 35
72.8
75.2
107
129
71.9
75.0
122
132
Age 40
73.2
75.5
110
129
72.6
75.4
122
134
Age 45
73.7
76.0
113
132
73.3
76.0
122
135
Age 50
74.4
76.7
116
136
74.2
76.7
123
137
Age 55
75.4
77.5
122
142
75.3
77.6
123
140
Age 60
76.7
78.6
126
142
76.8
78.7
124
139
Age 65
78.4
80.0
132
145
78.6
80.2
120
141
Age 70
80.6
81.7
133
145
80.8
82.0
121
137
Age 75
83.2
83.9
134
151
83.4
84.2
121
133
Age 80
86.1
86.5
131
157
86.3
86.9
121
131
Age 85
89.3
89.6
146
162
89.6
90.1
119
128
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Yemen YEMEN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
133.60
64
278.48
14
2. Stroke
107.87
61
127.49
32
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.50
24
44.65
63
4. Lung Disease
50.70
16
30.33
49
5. Kidney Disease
46.72
13
22.46
95
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.59
17
34.92
36
7. Liver Disease
38.72
28
21.23
84
8. Tuberculosis
30.26
36
9.58
68
9. Asthma
24.13
16
17.56
26
10. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
0.88
183
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.73
86
19.18
65
12. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
1.52
178
13. Diabetes Mellitus
14.76
128
15.42
120
14. Falls
14.27
7
6.19
82
15. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
4.89
137
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
12.46
66
13.11
64
17. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
7.79
67
18. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
14.77
121
19. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
4.88
102
20. Hypertension
7.94
145
52.65
11
21. Other Injuries
7.20
97
8.91
78
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.30
79
8.06
29
23. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
48
2.84
118
24. Violence
6.18
77
10.22
49
25. Low Birth Weight
5.99
82
12.37
16
26. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
31
4.06
95
27. Birth Trauma
5.51
60
8.05
39
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.37
78
3.58
121
29. Malnutrition
5.35
50
4.37
57
30. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
2.25
166
31. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.25
22
4.35
21
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
7.78
107
33. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
1.50
129
34. Meningitis
3.20
51
3.13
52
35. Maternal Conditions
2.97
59
3.12
56
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
88
7.19
30
37. Suicide
2.20
176
7.06
115
38. Epilepsy
2.19
55
1.86
77
39. Encephalitis
1.71
7
1.02
20
40. Drownings
1.67
124
3.37
65
41. Skin Disease
1.66
89
0.40
148
42. Pertussis
1.65
50
2.74
26
43. Drug Use
1.30
84
2.68
29
44. Alcohol
1.23
102
0.44
145
45. Leukemia
1.16
167
3.41
101
46. Hepatitis B
1.12
32
2.02
7
47. Tetanus
1.06
24
0.63
37
48. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
6.92
24
49. Syphilis
0.81
46
0.33
73
50. Poisonings
0.75
77
1.93
46
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Yemen YEMEN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
111
12.44
11,978
7.70
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108
12.11
30,158
19.39
3. Stroke
92
10.31
13,570
8.72
4. Road Traffic Accidents
60
6.73
8,561
5.50
5. Kidney Disease
44
4.93
2,679
1.72
6. Tuberculosis
41
4.60
1,899
1.22
7. Lung Disease
41
4.60
3,196
2.05
8. Liver Disease
40
4.48
2,891
1.86
9. Low Birth Weight
31
3.48
8,810
5.66
10. Birth Trauma
28
3.14
5,939
3.82
11. Congenital Anomalies
27
3.03
4,291
2.76
12. Diarrhoeal diseases
24
2.69
4,372
2.81
13. Asthma
22
2.47
2,106
1.35
14. Lung Cancers
15
1.68
569
0.37
15. Falls
15
1.68
1,170
0.75
16. Stomach Cancer
14
1.57
902
0.58
17. Diabetes Mellitus
13
1.46
1,794
1.15
18. Other Injuries
13
1.46
2,225
1.43
19. Violence
12
1.35
2,839
1.83
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
12
1.35
1,405
0.90
21. Endocrine Disorders
10
1.12
738
0.47
22. Malnutrition
9
1.01
1,058
0.68
23. Liver Cancer
9
1.01
609
0.39
24. Cervical Cancer
9
1.01
119
0.08
25. Hypertension
7
0.78
5,293
3.40
26. Breast Cancer
6
0.67
1,134
0.73
27. Pertussis
6
0.67
1,239
0.80
28. Prostate Cancer
6
0.67
39
0.03
29. Inflammatory/Heart
6
0.67
585
0.38
30. Maternal Conditions
5
0.56
890
0.57
31. Meningitis
5
0.56
1,018
0.65
32. Bladder Cancer
4
0.45
160
0.10
33. Drownings
4
0.45
1,142
0.73
34. Parkinson's Disease
4
0.45
362
0.23
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.45
707
0.45
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4
0.45
913
0.59
37. Syphilis
3
0.34
175
0.11
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.34
833
0.54
39. Encephalitis
3
0.34
369
0.24
40. Ovary Cancer
3
0.34
188
0.12
41. Suicide
3
0.34
1,699
1.09
42. Epilepsy
3
0.34
539
0.35
43. Skin Disease
2
0.22
44
0.03
44. Drug Use
2
0.22
613
0.39
45. Tetanus
2
0.22
395
0.25
46. Measles
1
0.11
3,019
1.94
47. Alcohol
1
0.11
78
0.05
48. Hepatitis B
1
0.11
299
0.19
49. Fires
1
0.11
991
0.64
50. Oesophagus Cancer
1
0.11
765
0.49
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   Yemen YEMEN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
0.88
183
2. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
1.52
178
3. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
4.89
137
4. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
7.79
67
5. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
14.77
121
6. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
4.88
102
7. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
2.25
166
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
7.78
107
9. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
1.50
129
10. Leukemia
1.16
167
3.41
101
11. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
6.92
24
12. Lymphomas
0.07
183
2.30
168
13. Pancreas Cancer
0.01
182
2.35
134
14. Oral Cancer
0.01
182
3.26
77
15. Skin Cancers
0.00
179
0.81
144
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
183
0.05
181
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.