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Sao Tome
COUNTRY #1
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SAO TOME VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Sao Tome and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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
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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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
54.2
57.2
55.7
96
95
95
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
58.2
61.0
59.6
104
110
107
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
60.9
63.7
62.2
116
120
119
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
60.8
64.4
62.6
123
126
127
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
64.3
68.1
66.2
124
129
128
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
68.8
72.0
70.4
115
123
120
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.8
72.0
115
123
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
68.8
72.0
115
123
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
71.2
74.0
104
124
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
71.4
74.2
104
124
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
71.6
74.4
103
125
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
71.9
74.5
102
126
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
72.2
74.7
104
126
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
72.5
74.9
107
126
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
72.8
75.2
107
129
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
73.2
75.5
110
129
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
73.7
76.0
113
132
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
74.4
76.7
116
136
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
75.4
77.5
122
142
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
76.7
78.6
126
142
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
78.4
80.0
132
145
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
80.6
81.7
133
145
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
83.2
83.9
134
151
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
86.1
86.5
131
157
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
89.3
89.6
146
162
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
133.60
64
83.76
128
2. Stroke
107.87
61
80.50
93
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.50
24
83.23
40
4. Lung Disease
50.70
16
31.41
47
5. Kidney Disease
46.72
13
35.72
35
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.59
17
22.70
61
7. Liver Disease
38.72
28
18.41
95
8. Tuberculosis
30.26
36
39.83
26
9. Asthma
24.13
16
13.63
45
10. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
35.20
22
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.73
86
16.44
118
12. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
20.99
37
13. Diabetes Mellitus
14.76
128
74.67
16
14. Falls
14.27
7
2.99
150
15. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
18.34
64
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
12.46
66
33.37
46
17. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
3.68
137
18. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
18.21
76
19. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
5.46
87
20. Hypertension
7.94
145
33.86
36
21. Other Injuries
7.20
97
10.77
57
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.30
79
6.23
83
23. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
48
11.70
14
24. Violence
6.18
77
37.54
8
25. Low Birth Weight
5.99
82
7.16
63
26. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
31
3.36
130
27. Birth Trauma
5.51
60
3.36
78
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.37
78
12.75
17
29. Malnutrition
5.35
50
4.41
56
30. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
3.85
115
31. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.25
22
2.04
70
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
8.90
89
33. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
2.19
83
34. Meningitis
3.20
51
6.74
41
35. Maternal Conditions
2.97
59
2.65
62
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
88
4.52
65
37. Suicide
2.20
176
23.49
8
38. Epilepsy
2.19
55
3.28
22
39. Encephalitis
1.71
7
0.43
87
40. Drownings
1.67
124
4.06
44
41. Skin Disease
1.66
89
2.91
30
42. Pertussis
1.65
50
1.79
48
43. Drug Use
1.30
84
1.52
67
44. Alcohol
1.23
102
1.93
61
45. Leukemia
1.16
167
3.34
108
46. Hepatitis B
1.12
32
0.28
86
47. Tetanus
1.06
24
0.07
91
48. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
8.50
16
49. Syphilis
0.81
46
1.56
17
50. Poisonings
0.75
77
1.62
54
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
111
12.44
39,341
8.65
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108
12.11
32,739
7.20
3. Stroke
92
10.31
30,693
6.75
4. Road Traffic Accidents
60
6.73
13,014
2.86
5. Kidney Disease
44
4.93
15,302
3.37
6. Tuberculosis
41
4.60
21,965
4.83
7. Lung Disease
41
4.60
11,895
2.62
8. Liver Disease
40
4.48
9,013
1.98
9. Low Birth Weight
31
3.48
6,250
1.37
10. Birth Trauma
28
3.14
3,004
0.66
11. Congenital Anomalies
27
3.03
4,351
0.96
12. Diarrhoeal diseases
24
2.69
15,843
3.49
13. Asthma
22
2.47
5,966
1.31
14. Lung Cancers
15
1.68
7,705
1.70
15. Falls
15
1.68
1,399
0.31
16. Stomach Cancer
14
1.57
1,535
0.34
17. Diabetes Mellitus
13
1.46
30,188
6.64
18. Other Injuries
13
1.46
6,014
1.32
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
12
1.35
4,676
1.03
20. Violence
12
1.35
21,000
4.62
21. Endocrine Disorders
10
1.12
5,890
1.30
22. Malnutrition
9
1.01
2,381
0.52
23. Liver Cancer
9
1.01
2,383
0.52
24. Cervical Cancer
9
1.01
5,555
1.22
25. Hypertension
7
0.78
12,789
2.81
26. Pertussis
6
0.67
1,142
0.25
27. Breast Cancer
6
0.67
4,533
1.00
28. Prostate Cancer
6
0.67
4,374
0.96
29. Inflammatory/Heart
6
0.67
5,408
1.19
30. Meningitis
5
0.56
3,660
0.81
31. Maternal Conditions
5
0.56
1,700
0.37
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4
0.45
3,587
0.79
33. Bladder Cancer
4
0.45
829
0.18
34. Parkinson's Disease
4
0.45
1,077
0.24
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.45
1,015
0.22
36. Drownings
4
0.45
2,403
0.53
37. Syphilis
3
0.34
1,130
0.25
38. Encephalitis
3
0.34
234
0.05
39. Ovary Cancer
3
0.34
951
0.21
40. Epilepsy
3
0.34
1,870
0.41
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.34
1,894
0.42
42. Suicide
3
0.34
13,774
3.03
43. Tetanus
2
0.22
38
0.01
44. Drug Use
2
0.22
770
0.17
45. Skin Disease
2
0.22
1,101
0.24
46. Measles
1
0.11
270
0.06
47. Hepatitis B
1
0.11
139
0.03
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1
0.11
3,486
0.77
49. Leukemia
1
0.11
1,464
0.32
50. Alcohol
1
0.11
987
0.22
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
35.20
22
2. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
20.99
37
3. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
18.34
64
4. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
3.68
137
5. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
18.21
76
6. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
5.46
87
7. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
3.85
115
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
8.90
89
9. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
2.19
83
10. Leukemia
1.16
167
3.34
108
11. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
8.50
16
12. Lymphomas
0.07
183
6.08
39
13. Pancreas Cancer
0.01
182
4.98
65
14. Oral Cancer
0.01
182
3.18
80
15. Skin Cancers
0.00
179
2.47
53
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
183
2.15
99
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.