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Liberia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Liberia 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
Liberia Population Pyramid
9,339,755
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
  Liberia LIBERIA   Sao Tome SAO TOME
  Liberia LIBERIA   Sao Tome SAO TOME
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
38.9
41.3
40.1
149
144
146
 
49.3
52.3
50.8
92
93
91
1970
41.3
43.1
42.2
156
156
157
 
54.2
57.2
55.7
96
95
95
1980
43.4
45.5
44.4
162
163
162
 
58.2
61.0
59.6
104
110
107
1990
41.8
44.1
42.9
177
178
177
 
60.9
63.7
62.2
116
120
119
2000
51.2
52.6
51.9
155
163
156
 
60.8
64.4
62.6
123
126
127
2010
58.4
61.0
59.7
151
152
152
 
64.3
68.1
66.2
124
129
128
2019
63.2
65.0
64.1
149
163
155
 
68.8
72.0
70.4
115
123
120
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Sao Tome SAO TOME
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.2
65.0
149
163
68.8
72.0
115
123
Age
63.2
65.0
149
163
68.8
72.0
115
123
Age 5
69.4
70.4
131
154
71.2
74.0
104
124
Age 10
69.9
70.9
126
155
71.4
74.2
104
124
Age 15
70.3
71.3
123
155
71.6
74.4
103
125
Age 20
70.7
71.6
122
155
71.9
74.5
102
126
Age 25
71.1
72.0
121
155
72.2
74.7
104
126
Age 30
71.6
72.5
121
155
72.5
74.9
107
126
Age 35
72.2
73.1
120
155
72.8
75.2
107
129
Age 40
72.9
73.8
117
153
73.2
75.5
110
129
Age 45
73.7
74.6
112
154
73.7
76.0
113
132
Age 50
74.8
75.5
106
155
74.4
76.7
116
136
Age 55
76.0
76.7
103
154
75.4
77.5
122
142
Age 60
77.4
78.0
102
155
76.7
78.6
126
142
Age 65
79.2
79.7
98
151
78.4
80.0
132
145
Age 70
81.3
81.7
102
147
80.6
81.7
133
145
Age 75
83.8
84.1
89
139
83.2
83.9
134
151
Age 80
86.7
86.9
92
132
86.1
86.5
131
157
Age 85
89.9
90.1
85
115
89.3
89.6
146
162
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Sao Tome SAO TOME
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
98.87
112
133.60
64
2. Tuberculosis
89.99
7
30.26
36
3. Stroke
79.84
94
107.87
61
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
78.43
44
99.50
24
5. Road Traffic Accidents
55.89
4
42.59
17
6. Malaria
52.62
4
0.19
54
7. HIV/AIDS
50.98
23
0.00
178
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
47.97
37
12.46
66
9. Prostate Cancer
38.87
16
18.78
70
10. Cervical Cancer
35.18
16
14.88
57
11. Liver Disease
34.32
44
38.72
28
12. Diabetes Mellitus
31.63
86
14.76
128
13. Measles
31.33
2
0.38
35
14. Kidney Disease
27.80
69
46.72
13
15. Maternal Conditions
20.74
5
2.97
59
16. Hypertension
18.52
90
7.94
145
17. Breast Cancer
17.79
81
10.59
153
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.56
92
17.73
86
19. Liver Cancer
17.19
11
9.21
34
20. Lung Disease
15.39
139
50.70
16
21. Violence
13.13
34
6.18
77
22. Low Birth Weight
11.72
21
5.99
82
23. Meningitis
11.52
30
3.20
51
24. Birth Trauma
11.43
14
5.51
60
25. Malnutrition
10.21
29
5.35
50
26. Other Injuries
9.64
70
7.20
97
27. Asthma
8.98
68
24.13
16
28. Congenital Anomalies
7.74
37
6.30
79
29. Suicide
7.37
108
2.20
176
30. Falls
7.14
68
14.27
7
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.75
50
2.84
88
32. Endocrine Disorders
5.61
58
6.27
48
33. Stomach Cancer
5.47
99
11.50
27
34. Inflammatory/Heart
4.81
91
5.37
78
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.57
66
5.57
31
36. Syphilis
3.93
2
0.81
46
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.79
170
4.11
165
38. Ovary Cancer
3.65
123
4.99
68
39. Fires
3.65
35
0.48
142
40. Lymphomas
3.62
132
0.07
183
41. Lung Cancers
2.68
165
13.51
84
42. Pertussis
2.42
33
1.65
50
43. Uterin Cancer
2.31
91
0.00
183
44. Drownings
2.30
99
1.67
124
45. Skin Cancers
2.29
61
0.00
179
46. Epilepsy
2.16
56
2.19
55
47. Schistosomiasis
2.09
21
0.11
54
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.08
67
4.25
22
49. Oral Cancer
2.01
131
0.01
182
50. Poisonings
1.76
50
0.75
77
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Liberia LIBERIA   Sao Tome SAO TOME
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Tuberculosis
2,766
8.21
41
4.60
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,693
7.99
111
12.44
3. Measles
2,554
7.58
1
0.11
4. Malaria
2,428
7.21
0
0.00
5. Road Traffic Accidents
1,920
5.70
60
6.73
6. HIV/AIDS
1,919
5.70
0
0.00
7. Coronary Heart Disease
1,885
5.60
108
12.11
8. Low Birth Weight
1,652
4.90
31
3.48
9. Birth Trauma
1,601
4.75
28
3.14
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,592
4.73
24
2.69
11. Stroke
1,578
4.68
92
10.31
12. Maternal Conditions
870
2.58
5
0.56
13. Liver Disease
858
2.55
40
4.48
14. Congenital Anomalies
833
2.47
27
3.03
15. Diabetes Mellitus
650
1.93
13
1.46
16. Kidney Disease
609
1.81
44
4.93
17. Meningitis
552
1.64
5
0.56
18. Violence
477
1.42
12
1.35
19. Cervical Cancer
474
1.41
9
1.01
20. Liver Cancer
439
1.30
9
1.01
21. Syphilis
394
1.17
3
0.34
22. Other Injuries
380
1.13
13
1.46
23. Hypertension
371
1.10
7
0.78
24. Malnutrition
353
1.05
9
1.01
25. Prostate Cancer
297
0.88
6
0.67
26. Lung Disease
294
0.87
41
4.60
27. Breast Cancer
246
0.73
6
0.67
28. Endocrine Disorders
245
0.73
10
1.12
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
235
0.70
12
1.35
30. Suicide
220
0.65
3
0.34
31. Asthma
200
0.59
22
2.47
32. Pertussis
197
0.58
6
0.67
33. Falls
155
0.46
15
1.68
34. Fires
153
0.45
1
0.11
35. Drownings
127
0.38
4
0.45
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
126
0.37
3
0.34
37. Stomach Cancer
122
0.36
14
1.57
38. Inflammatory/Heart
115
0.34
6
0.67
39. Lymphomas
93
0.28
0
0.00
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
90
0.27
4
0.45
41. Poisonings
82
0.24
1
0.11
42. Epilepsy
81
0.24
3
0.34
43. Parkinson's Disease
72
0.21
4
0.45
44. Lung Cancers
66
0.20
15
1.68
45. Schistosomiasis
51
0.15
0
0.00
46. Skin Cancers
51
0.15
0
0.00
47. Oral Cancer
50
0.15
0
0.00
48. Ovary Cancer
50
0.15
3
0.34
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.15
4
0.45
50. Drug Use
42
0.12
2
0.22
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Sao Tome SAO TOME
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
38.87
16
18.78
70
2. Cervical Cancer
35.18
16
14.88
57
3. Breast Cancer
17.79
81
10.59
153
4. Liver Cancer
17.19
11
9.21
34
5. Stomach Cancer
5.47
99
11.50
27
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.79
170
4.11
165
7. Ovary Cancer
3.65
123
4.99
68
8. Lymphomas
3.62
132
0.07
183
9. Lung Cancers
2.68
165
13.51
84
10. Uterin Cancer
2.31
91
0.00
183
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
61
0.00
179
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
131
0.01
182
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.56
152
0.01
182
14. Bladder Cancer
0.83
163
3.77
32
15. Leukemia
0.66
178
1.16
167
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.64
174
0.96
156
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.