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Maldives
COUNTRY #1
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MALDIVES VS SAO TOME

Compare Maldives 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
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Maldives Population Pyramid
586,102
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%
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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
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sao Tome SAO TOME
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sao Tome SAO TOME
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.1
42.6
43.9
111
140
124
  
49.3
52.3
50.8
92
93
91
1970
51.5
48.9
50.2
109
132
120
  
54.2
57.2
55.7
96
95
95
1980
57.4
54.8
56.1
110
132
123
  
58.2
61.0
59.6
104
110
107
1990
61.8
59.2
60.5
112
138
128
  
60.9
63.7
62.2
116
120
119
2000
68.9
70.4
69.6
71
108
96
  
60.8
64.4
62.6
123
126
127
2010
75.6
78.0
76.7
34
53
36
  
64.3
68.1
66.2
124
129
128
2019
78.6
80.8
79.6
28
41
33
  
68.8
72.0
70.4
115
123
120
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sao Tome SAO TOME
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
80.8
28
41
68.8
72.0
115
123
Age
78.6
80.8
28
41
68.8
72.0
115
123
Age 5
79.3
81.3
27
43
71.2
74.0
104
124
Age 10
79.4
81.4
27
43
71.4
74.2
104
124
Age 15
79.5
81.5
26
43
71.6
74.4
103
125
Age 20
79.6
81.6
26
43
71.9
74.5
102
126
Age 25
79.7
81.7
28
44
72.2
74.7
104
126
Age 30
79.8
81.8
28
44
72.5
74.9
107
126
Age 35
79.9
81.9
29
45
72.8
75.2
107
129
Age 40
80.0
81.9
31
46
73.2
75.5
110
129
Age 45
80.1
82.1
31
46
73.7
76.0
113
132
Age 50
80.4
82.2
34
48
74.4
76.7
116
136
Age 55
80.7
82.5
39
52
75.4
77.5
122
142
Age 60
81.4
83.1
40
55
76.7
78.6
126
142
Age 65
82.2
83.7
41
59
78.4
80.0
132
145
Age 70
83.5
84.5
48
67
80.6
81.7
133
145
Age 75
85.5
86.3
47
61
83.2
83.9
134
151
Age 80
87.7
88.3
54
60
86.1
86.5
131
157
Age 85
90.4
91.0
57
56
89.3
89.6
146
162
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sao Tome SAO TOME
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
103.55
102
133.60
64
2. Stroke
52.95
123
107.87
61
3. Lung Disease
34.69
38
50.70
16
4. Kidney Disease
29.04
65
46.72
13
5. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
10.59
153
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.30
78
17.73
86
7. Diabetes Mellitus
17.38
114
14.76
128
8. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
14.88
57
9. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
13.51
84
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.61
151
99.50
24
11. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
9.21
34
12. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
18.78
70
13. Liver Disease
7.83
143
38.72
28
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
4.11
165
15. Endocrine Disorders
6.80
39
6.27
48
16. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
4.99
68
17. Hypertension
6.22
151
7.94
145
18. Falls
5.80
86
14.27
7
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.42
73
5.57
31
20. Tuberculosis
4.39
87
30.26
36
21. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
0.01
182
22. Other Injuries
4.22
145
7.20
97
23. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.20
83
12.46
66
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.18
130
6.30
79
25. Asthma
3.60
99
24.13
16
26. Drownings
3.18
70
1.67
124
27. Skin Disease
3.03
27
1.66
89
28. Low Birth Weight
2.91
126
5.99
82
29. Leukemia
2.87
126
1.16
167
30. Suicide
2.76
165
2.20
176
31. Lymphomas
2.62
159
0.07
183
32. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
3.77
32
33. Violence
1.95
133
6.18
77
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.85
177
42.59
17
35. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
0.00
183
36. Inflammatory/Heart
1.71
170
5.37
78
37. Dengue
1.54
4
0.00
60
38. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
0.01
182
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
137
2.84
88
40. Epilepsy
1.14
126
2.19
55
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.04
114
4.25
22
42. Malnutrition
1.00
102
5.35
50
43. Birth Trauma
0.99
123
5.51
60
44. Fires
0.99
114
0.48
142
45. Encephalitis
0.76
43
1.71
7
46. Other Neoplasms
0.75
66
0.47
91
47. Maternal Conditions
0.75
98
2.97
59
48. Drug Use
0.46
161
1.30
84
49. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
11.50
27
50. Meningitis
0.30
137
3.20
51
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sao Tome SAO TOME
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279
23.13
108
12.11
2. Stroke
143
11.86
92
10.31
3. Lung Disease
91
7.55
41
4.60
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.63
44
4.93
5. Diabetes Mellitus
47
3.90
13
1.46
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
47
3.90
12
1.35
7. Lung Cancers
36
2.99
15
1.68
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
33
2.74
111
12.44
9. Breast Cancer
28
2.32
6
0.67
10. Liver Cancer
27
2.24
9
1.01
11. Liver Disease
24
1.99
40
4.48
12. Cervical Cancer
22
1.82
9
1.01
13. Endocrine Disorders
22
1.82
10
1.12
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.74
4
0.45
15. Congenital Anomalies
19
1.58
27
3.03
16. Falls
19
1.58
15
1.68
17. Hypertension
16
1.33
7
0.78
18. Other Injuries
16
1.33
13
1.46
19. Low Birth Weight
15
1.24
31
3.48
20. Oral Cancer
15
1.24
0
0.00
21. Suicide
15
1.24
3
0.34
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
14
1.16
24
2.69
23. Drownings
14
1.16
4
0.45
24. Leukemia
13
1.08
1
0.11
25. Parkinson's Disease
12
1.00
4
0.45
26. Tuberculosis
11
0.91
41
4.60
27. Prostate Cancer
11
0.91
6
0.67
28. Asthma
10
0.83
22
2.47
29. Violence
10
0.83
12
1.35
30. Ovary Cancer
9
0.75
3
0.34
31. Road Traffic Accidents
9
0.75
60
6.73
32. Dengue
8
0.66
0
0.00
33. Skin Disease
8
0.66
2
0.22
34. Lymphomas
7
0.58
0
0.00
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.41
5
0.56
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.41
28
3.14
37. Bladder Cancer
5
0.41
4
0.45
38. Epilepsy
5
0.41
3
0.34
39. Inflammatory/Heart
5
0.41
6
0.67
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.33
0
0.00
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4
0.33
3
0.34
42. Fires
4
0.33
1
0.11
43. Encephalitis
3
0.25
3
0.34
44. Malnutrition
3
0.25
9
1.01
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.25
4
0.45
46. Uterin Cancer
2
0.17
0
0.00
47. Other Neoplasms
2
0.17
0
0.00
48. Drug Use
2
0.17
2
0.22
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
5
0.56
50. Stomach Cancer
1
0.08
14
1.57
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sao Tome SAO TOME
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
10.59
153
2. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
14.88
57
3. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
13.51
84
4. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
9.21
34
5. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
18.78
70
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
4.11
165
7. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
4.99
68
8. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
0.01
182
9. Leukemia
2.87
126
1.16
167
10. Lymphomas
2.62
159
0.07
183
11. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
3.77
32
12. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
0.00
183
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
0.01
182
14. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
11.50
27
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.03
182
0.96
156
16. Skin Cancers
0.01
178
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.