SAMOA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		SAMOA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	217	1	241	- 24
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	182	5	53	+ 129
Lung Disease	3	103	4	57	+ 46
Stroke	4	102	2	148	- 46
Kidney Disease	5	60	6	52	+ 8
Lung Cancers	6	45	9	26	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	40	22	12	+ 28
Breast Cancer	8	31	13	19	+ 12
Diabetes Mellitus	9	30	3	108	- 77
Road Traffic Accidents	10	28	10	26	+ 2
Hypertension	11	26	7	30	- 4
Other Injuries	12	25	20	13	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	13	24	29	7	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	14	20	40	4	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	15	20	24	11	+ 9
Liver Disease	16	18	8	27	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	17	18	31	6	+ 12
Suicide	18	17	11	25	- 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	17	14	19	- 2
Stomach Cancer	20	16	17	16	- 0
Other Neoplasms	21	14	53	1	+ 14
Skin Disease	22	14	41	3	+ 11
Violence	23	12	34	6	+ 7
Lymphomas	24	12	33	6	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	25	11	32	6	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	26	11	15	18	- 7
Leukemia	27	10	42	3	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	28	10	16	16	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	29	9	51	1	+ 8
Liver Cancer	30	9	30	7	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	31	7	38	5	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	32	7	73	0	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	33	6	25	10	- 4
Skin Cancers	34	5	47	2	+ 3
Oral Cancer	35	5	39	4	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	36	4	28	7	- 3
Uterin Cancer	37	4	36	5	- 1
Malnutrition	38	4	43	3	+ 1
Drug Use	39	4	55	1	+ 3
Anemia	40	3	83	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	41	3	50	2	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	3	21	12	- 9
Falls	43	2	27	8	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	2	26	9	- 7
Chagas disease	45	2	77	0	+ 2
Alcohol	46	2	46	2	- 0
Asthma	47	2	12	21	- 19
Drownings	48	2	19	13	- 12
Birth Trauma	49	2	35	5	- 4
Epilepsy	50	1	45	2	- 1
Meningitis	51	1	44	2	- 1
Fires	52	1	48	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	53	1	37	5	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	1	59	0	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	52	1	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	1	23	11	- 11
Hepatitis C	57	1	64	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	58	0	60	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	59	0	81	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	0	56	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	61	0	85	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	62	0	57	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	0	80	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	64	0	54	1	- 0
Syphilis	65	0	49	2	- 2
Oral conditions	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	58	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	70	0	+ 0
War	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	18	16	- 16
Dengue	80	0	61	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAMOA

Argentina

Samoa

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.