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Iran
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

Compare Iran and Sao Tome 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.

Sao Tome
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
Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Sao Tome SAO TOME
  Iran IRAN   Sao Tome SAO TOME
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
 
49.3
52.3
50.8
92
93
91
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
 
54.2
57.2
55.7
96
95
95
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
 
58.2
61.0
59.6
104
110
107
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
 
60.9
63.7
62.2
116
120
119
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
 
60.8
64.4
62.6
123
126
127
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
 
64.3
68.1
66.2
124
129
128
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
 
68.8
72.0
70.4
115
123
120
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Sao Tome SAO TOME
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
68.8
72.0
115
123
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
68.8
72.0
115
123
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
71.2
74.0
104
124
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
71.4
74.2
104
124
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
71.6
74.4
103
125
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
71.9
74.5
102
126
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
72.2
74.7
104
126
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
72.5
74.9
107
126
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
72.8
75.2
107
129
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
73.2
75.5
110
129
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
73.7
76.0
113
132
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
74.4
76.7
116
136
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
75.4
77.5
122
142
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
76.7
78.6
126
142
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
78.4
80.0
132
145
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
80.6
81.7
133
145
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
83.2
83.9
134
151
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
86.1
86.5
131
157
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
89.3
89.6
146
162
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Sao Tome SAO TOME
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
133.60
64
2. Stroke
57.21
120
107.87
61
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
7.94
145
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
42.59
17
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
14.76
128
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
17.73
86
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
46.72
13
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
50.70
16
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
99.50
24
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
11.50
27
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
18.78
70
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
13.51
84
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
10.59
153
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
38.72
28
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
4.11
165
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
1.16
167
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
9.21
34
18. Suicide
5.13
140
2.20
176
19. Asthma
5.07
88
24.13
16
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
7.20
97
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
6.30
79
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
5.57
31
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
5.99
82
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
0.07
183
25. Falls
3.88
128
14.27
7
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
0.96
156
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
0.01
182
28. Violence
3.01
113
6.18
77
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
6.27
48
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
0.00
178
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
1.30
84
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
4.99
68
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
12.46
66
34. Fires
2.30
67
0.48
142
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
5.37
78
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
5.51
60
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
3.77
32
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
2.84
88
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
14.88
57
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
4.25
22
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
30.26
36
42. Drownings
1.16
143
1.67
124
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
0.00
183
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
0.75
77
45. War
0.96
19
0.01
111
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
0.01
182
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
2.19
55
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
3.20
51
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
0.00
179
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
1.12
32
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   Sao Tome SAO TOME
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
108
12.11
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
92
10.31
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
60
6.73
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
7
0.78
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
13
1.46
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
44
4.93
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
41
4.60
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
111
12.44
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
12
1.35
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
14
1.57
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
15
1.68
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
40
4.48
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
31
3.48
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
27
3.03
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
4
0.45
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
3
0.34
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
13
1.46
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
1
0.11
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
6
0.67
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
9
1.01
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
6
0.67
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
22
2.47
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
0
0.00
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
15
1.68
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
28
3.14
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
4
0.45
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
12
1.35
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
0
0.00
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
0
0.00
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
1
0.11
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
2
0.22
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
10
1.12
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
24
2.69
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
1
0.11
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
6
0.67
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
4
0.45
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
3
0.34
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
4
0.45
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
3
0.34
40. Drownings
930
0.28
4
0.45
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
41
4.60
42. War
848
0.26
0
0.00
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
1
0.11
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
3
0.34
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
0
0.00
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
5
0.56
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
0
0.00
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
9
1.01
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
1
0.11
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Sao Tome SAO TOME
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
11.50
27
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
18.78
70
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
13.51
84
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
10.59
153
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
4.11
165
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
1.16
167
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
9.21
34
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
0.07
183
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
0.96
156
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
0.01
182
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
4.99
68
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
3.77
32
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
14.88
57
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
0.00
183
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
0.01
182
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
0.00
179
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.