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HEALTH PROFILE: Sao Tome

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Sao Tome SAO TOME POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    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 SAO TOME LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    68.8
    72.0
    115
    123
    Age 5
    71.2
    74.0
    104
    124
    Age 10
    71.4
    74.2
    104
    124
    Age 15
    71.6
    74.4
    103
    125
    Age 20
    71.9
    74.5
    102
    126
    Age 25
    72.2
    74.7
    104
    126
    Age 30
    72.5
    74.9
    107
    126
    Age 35
    72.8
    75.2
    107
    129
    Age 40
    73.2
    75.5
    110
    129
    Age 45
    73.7
    76.0
    113
    132
    Age 50
    74.4
    76.7
    116
    136
    Age 55
    75.4
    77.5
    122
    142
    Age 60
    76.7
    78.6
    126
    142
    Age 65
    78.4
    80.0
    132
    145
    Age 70
    80.6
    81.7
    133
    145
    Age 75
    83.2
    83.9
    134
    151
    Age 80
    86.1
    86.5
    131
    157
    Age 85
    89.3
    89.6
    146
    162
    Sao Tome SAO TOME TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    133.60
    64
    2. Stroke
    107.87
    61
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    99.50
    24
    4. Lung Disease
    50.70
    16
    5. Kidney Disease
    46.72
    13
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    42.59
    17
    7. Liver Disease
    38.72
    28
    8. Tuberculosis
    30.26
    36
    9. Asthma
    24.13
    16
    10. Prostate Cancer
    18.78
    70
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17.73
    86
    12. Cervical Cancer
    14.88
    57
    13. Diabetes Mellitus
    14.76
    128
    14. Falls
    14.27
    7
    15. Lung Cancers
    13.51
    84
    16. Diarrhoeal diseases
    12.46
    66
    17. Stomach Cancer
    11.50
    27
    18. Breast Cancer
    10.59
    153
    19. Liver Cancer
    9.21
    34
    20. Hypertension
    7.94
    145
    21. Other Injuries
    7.20
    97
    22. Congenital Anomalies
    6.30
    79
    23. Endocrine Disorders
    6.27
    48
    24. Violence
    6.18
    77
    25. Low Birth Weight
    5.99
    82
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Parkinson's Disease
    5.57
    31
    27. Birth Trauma
    5.51
    60
    28. Inflammatory/Heart
    5.37
    78
    29. Malnutrition
    5.35
    50
    30. Ovary Cancer
    4.99
    68
    31. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    4.25
    22
    32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.11
    165
    33. Bladder Cancer
    3.77
    32
    34. Meningitis
    3.20
    51
    35. Maternal Conditions
    2.97
    59
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2.84
    88
    37. Suicide
    2.20
    176
    38. Epilepsy
    2.19
    55
    39. Encephalitis
    1.71
    7
    40. Drownings
    1.67
    124
    41. Skin Disease
    1.66
    89
    42. Pertussis
    1.65
    50
    43. Drug Use
    1.30
    84
    44. Alcohol
    1.23
    102
    45. Leukemia
    1.16
    167
    46. Hepatitis B
    1.12
    32
    47. Tetanus
    1.06
    24
    48. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.96
    156
    49. Syphilis
    0.81
    46
    50. Poisonings
    0.75
    77
    Sao Tome SAO TOME TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    111
    12.44
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    108
    12.11
    3. Stroke
    92
    10.31
    4. Road Traffic Accidents
    60
    6.73
    5. Kidney Disease
    44
    4.93
    6. Tuberculosis
    41
    4.60
    7. Lung Disease
    41
    4.60
    8. Liver Disease
    40
    4.48
    9. Low Birth Weight
    31
    3.48
    10. Birth Trauma
    28
    3.14
    11. Congenital Anomalies
    27
    3.03
    12. Diarrhoeal diseases
    24
    2.69
    13. Asthma
    22
    2.47
    14. Lung Cancers
    15
    1.68
    15. Falls
    15
    1.68
    16. Stomach Cancer
    14
    1.57
    17. Diabetes Mellitus
    13
    1.46
    18. Other Injuries
    13
    1.46
    19. Violence
    12
    1.35
    20. Alzheimers & Dementia
    12
    1.35
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    10
    1.12
    22. Malnutrition
    9
    1.01
    23. Liver Cancer
    9
    1.01
    24. Cervical Cancer
    9
    1.01
    25. Hypertension
    7
    0.78
      Deaths %
    26. Breast Cancer
    6
    0.67
    27. Pertussis
    6
    0.67
    28. Prostate Cancer
    6
    0.67
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    6
    0.67
    30. Maternal Conditions
    5
    0.56
    31. Meningitis
    5
    0.56
    32. Bladder Cancer
    4
    0.45
    33. Drownings
    4
    0.45
    34. Parkinson's Disease
    4
    0.45
    35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    4
    0.45
    36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4
    0.45
    37. Syphilis
    3
    0.34
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    3
    0.34
    39. Encephalitis
    3
    0.34
    40. Ovary Cancer
    3
    0.34
    41. Suicide
    3
    0.34
    42. Epilepsy
    3
    0.34
    43. Skin Disease
    2
    0.22
    44. Drug Use
    2
    0.22
    45. Tetanus
    2
    0.22
    46. Measles
    1
    0.11
    47. Alcohol
    1
    0.11
    48. Hepatitis B
    1
    0.11
    49. Fires
    1
    0.11
    50. Oesophagus Cancer
    1
    0.11
    Sao Tome SAO TOME CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Prostate Cancer
    18.78
    70
    2. Cervical Cancer
    14.88
    57
    3. Lung Cancers
    13.51
    84
    4. Stomach Cancer
    11.50
    27
    5. Breast Cancer
    10.59
    153
    6. Liver Cancer
    9.21
    34
    7. Ovary Cancer
    4.99
    68
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.11
    165
      Rate World Rank
    9. Bladder Cancer
    3.77
    32
    10. Leukemia
    1.16
    167
    11. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.96
    156
    12. Lymphomas
    0.07
    183
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    0.01
    182
    14. Oral Cancer
    0.01
    182
    15. Skin Cancers
    0.00
    179
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.00
    183
    Sao Tome SAO TOME HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    5.8
    92
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    9.3
    1.3
    159
    143
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    7.2
    16.9
    129
    129
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    N/D
    N/D
    Sao Tome SAO TOME LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    49.3
    52.3
    50.8
    92
    93
    91
    1970
    54.2
    57.2
    55.7
    96
    95
    95
    1980
    58.2
    61.0
    59.6
    104
    110
    107
    1990
    60.9
    63.7
    62.2
    116
    120
    119
    2000
    60.8
    64.4
    62.6
    123
    126
    127
    2010
    64.3
    68.1
    66.2
    124
    129
    128
    2019
    68.8
    72.0
    70.4
    115
    123
    120
    Sao Tome SAO TOME DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    213,948
    173
    Sex Ratio M / F
    1.00
    77
    Population 0-14
    39.8%
    29
    Population 15-64
    57.4%
    161
    Population 65 +
    2.9%
    176
    Birth Rate / 1000
    28.19
    36
    Death Rate / 1000
    6.20
    129
    Fertility Rate
    3.69
    33
    Infant Mortality
    45.30
    32
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.03
    177
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.03
    132
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    0.98
    126
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.77
    114
    Net Migration
    -7.57
    181
    Population Growth
    1.50%
    56
    Literacy Total
    92.8%
    101
    Literacy Male
    96.2%
    72
    Literacy Female
    89.5%
    88
    Unemployment
    12.2%
    44
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    70.4
    120
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    61.6
    120
    GDP per Capita USD
    $4,100
    147

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    6,759
    80
    4/1/24
    Sao Tome COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Sao Tome causes.

     
     
    Sao Tome COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Sao Tome COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    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.