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Sao Tome
COUNTRY #1
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SAO TOME VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Sao Tome and South Korea 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 Korea
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
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South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
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
  
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
54.2
57.2
55.7
96
95
95
  
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
58.2
61.0
59.6
104
110
107
  
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
60.9
63.7
62.2
116
120
119
  
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
60.8
64.4
62.6
123
126
127
  
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
64.3
68.1
66.2
124
129
128
  
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
68.8
72.0
70.4
115
123
120
  
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.8
72.0
115
123
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
68.8
72.0
115
123
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
71.2
74.0
104
124
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
71.4
74.2
104
124
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
71.6
74.4
103
125
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
71.9
74.5
102
126
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
72.2
74.7
104
126
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
72.5
74.9
107
126
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
72.8
75.2
107
129
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
73.2
75.5
110
129
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
73.7
76.0
113
132
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
74.4
76.7
116
136
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
75.4
77.5
122
142
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
76.7
78.6
126
142
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
78.4
80.0
132
145
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
80.6
81.7
133
145
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
83.2
83.9
134
151
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
86.1
86.5
131
157
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
89.3
89.6
146
162
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
133.60
64
27.78
183
2. Stroke
107.87
61
25.48
155
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.50
24
25.21
100
4. Lung Disease
50.70
16
8.14
175
5. Kidney Disease
46.72
13
9.92
142
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.59
17
5.76
150
7. Liver Disease
38.72
28
7.50
148
8. Tuberculosis
30.26
36
1.93
110
9. Asthma
24.13
16
1.08
129
10. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
6.10
155
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.73
86
11.04
154
12. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
2.29
160
13. Diabetes Mellitus
14.76
128
6.84
160
14. Falls
14.27
7
3.34
142
15. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
20.90
49
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
12.46
66
0.91
139
17. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
9.13
50
18. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
6.59
180
19. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
12.57
21
20. Hypertension
7.94
145
3.45
163
21. Other Injuries
7.20
97
3.88
154
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.30
79
1.82
181
23. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
48
2.11
148
24. Violence
6.18
77
0.68
170
25. Low Birth Weight
5.99
82
1.62
152
26. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
31
3.78
114
27. Birth Trauma
5.51
60
0.39
164
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.37
78
1.55
172
29. Malnutrition
5.35
50
0.09
158
30. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
2.84
149
31. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.25
22
0.23
175
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
10.56
68
33. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
1.74
111
34. Meningitis
3.20
51
0.07
181
35. Maternal Conditions
2.97
59
0.07
158
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
88
0.54
171
37. Suicide
2.20
176
21.16
12
38. Epilepsy
2.19
55
0.72
166
39. Encephalitis
1.71
7
0.05
137
40. Drownings
1.67
124
0.71
161
41. Skin Disease
1.66
89
0.67
126
42. Pertussis
1.65
50
0.03
116
43. Drug Use
1.30
84
0.20
181
44. Alcohol
1.23
102
1.34
97
45. Leukemia
1.16
167
2.65
138
46. Hepatitis B
1.12
32
0.61
58
47. Tetanus
1.06
24
0.00
135
48. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
1.84
115
49. Syphilis
0.81
46
0.10
96
50. Poisonings
0.75
77
0.15
158
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
111
12.44
26,650
10.63
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108
12.11
28,043
11.19
3. Stroke
92
10.31
25,596
10.21
4. Road Traffic Accidents
60
6.73
4,399
1.76
5. Kidney Disease
44
4.93
10,107
4.03
6. Tuberculosis
41
4.60
1,950
0.78
7. Lung Disease
41
4.60
8,526
3.40
8. Liver Disease
40
4.48
6,348
2.53
9. Low Birth Weight
31
3.48
370
0.15
10. Birth Trauma
28
3.14
88
0.04
11. Congenital Anomalies
27
3.03
518
0.21
12. Diarrhoeal diseases
24
2.69
929
0.37
13. Asthma
22
2.47
1,150
0.46
14. Lung Cancers
15
1.68
20,293
8.10
15. Falls
15
1.68
2,934
1.17
16. Stomach Cancer
14
1.57
8,625
3.44
17. Diabetes Mellitus
13
1.46
6,812
2.72
18. Other Injuries
13
1.46
3,634
1.45
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
12
1.35
12,145
4.85
20. Violence
12
1.35
386
0.15
21. Endocrine Disorders
10
1.12
1,891
0.75
22. Malnutrition
9
1.01
88
0.04
23. Liver Cancer
9
1.01
11,589
4.62
24. Cervical Cancer
9
1.01
1,065
0.42
25. Hypertension
7
0.78
3,711
1.48
26. Pertussis
6
0.67
6
0.00
27. Breast Cancer
6
0.67
2,880
1.15
28. Prostate Cancer
6
0.67
2,316
0.92
29. Inflammatory/Heart
6
0.67
1,325
0.53
30. Meningitis
5
0.56
51
0.02
31. Maternal Conditions
5
0.56
34
0.01
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4
0.45
10,180
4.06
33. Bladder Cancer
4
0.45
1,768
0.71
34. Parkinson's Disease
4
0.45
3,951
1.58
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.45
224
0.09
36. Drownings
4
0.45
501
0.20
37. Syphilis
3
0.34
27
0.01
38. Encephalitis
3
0.34
19
0.01
39. Ovary Cancer
3
0.34
1,330
0.53
40. Epilepsy
3
0.34
524
0.21
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.34
540
0.22
42. Suicide
3
0.34
14,636
5.84
43. Tetanus
2
0.22
5
0.00
44. Drug Use
2
0.22
154
0.06
45. Skin Disease
2
0.22
704
0.28
46. Measles
1
0.11
0
0.00
47. Hepatitis B
1
0.11
526
0.21
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1
0.11
1,733
0.69
49. Leukemia
1
0.11
2,140
0.85
50. Alcohol
1
0.11
1,081
0.43
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sao Tome SAO TOME   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.78
70
6.10
155
2. Cervical Cancer
14.88
57
2.29
160
3. Lung Cancers
13.51
84
20.90
49
4. Stomach Cancer
11.50
27
9.13
50
5. Breast Cancer
10.59
153
6.59
180
6. Liver Cancer
9.21
34
12.57
21
7. Ovary Cancer
4.99
68
2.84
149
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
165
10.56
68
9. Bladder Cancer
3.77
32
1.74
111
10. Leukemia
1.16
167
2.65
138
11. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
156
1.84
115
12. Lymphomas
0.07
183
3.72
131
13. Pancreas Cancer
0.01
182
7.34
34
14. Oral Cancer
0.01
182
1.60
154
15. Skin Cancers
0.00
179
0.60
157
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
183
0.89
165
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.