SAMOA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		SAMOA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	264	2	148	+ 116
Coronary Heart Disease	2	246	1	241	+ 5
Diabetes Mellitus	3	179	3	108	+ 71
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	152	5	53	+ 99
Prostate Cancer	5	113	24	11	+ 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	79	22	12	+ 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	78	14	19	+ 59
Breast Cancer	8	65	13	19	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	9	64	31	6	+ 58
Kidney Disease	10	63	6	52	+ 11
Other Injuries	11	54	20	13	+ 41
Lung Disease	12	51	4	57	- 6
Hypertension	13	49	7	30	+ 20
Skin Disease	14	43	41	3	+ 39
Lymphomas	15	35	33	6	+ 29
Lung Cancers	16	29	9	26	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	17	27	29	7	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	18	27	40	4	+ 23
Violence	19	22	34	6	+ 17
Leukemia	20	20	42	3	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	21	19	73	0	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	22	19	17	16	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	23	19	32	6	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	24	18	53	1	+ 17
Road Traffic Accidents	25	16	10	26	- 10
Liver Disease	26	16	8	27	- 12
Uterin Cancer	27	15	36	5	+ 9
Oral Cancer	28	12	39	4	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	29	12	15	18	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	12	80	0	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	31	11	28	7	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	32	11	25	10	+ 1
Liver Cancer	33	10	30	7	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	10	26	9	+ 1
Asthma	35	9	12	21	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	36	8	51	1	+ 7
Anemia	37	8	83	0	+ 8
Epilepsy	38	6	45	2	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	39	6	38	5	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	5	21	12	- 7
Falls	41	5	27	8	- 3
Low Birth Weight	42	4	16	16	- 13
Birth Trauma	43	4	35	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	3	59	0	+ 3
Meningitis	45	3	44	2	+ 1
Alcohol	46	3	46	2	+ 1
Skin Cancers	47	3	47	2	+ 1
Poisonings	48	1	52	1	+ 1
Malnutrition	49	1	43	3	- 1
Osteoarthritis	50	1	81	0	+ 1
Suicide	51	1	11	25	- 24
Hepatitis B	52	1	57	0	+ 1
Drug Use	53	1	55	1	+ 0
Dengue	54	1	61	0	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	1	23	11	- 11
Maternal Conditions	56	1	37	5	- 4
Drownings	57	1	19	13	- 12
Upper Respiratory	58	1	68	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	59	1	85	0	+ 1
Tuberculosis	60	1	50	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	60	0	+ 0
Fires	62	0	48	2	- 1
Oral conditions	63	0	82	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	49	2	- 1
Appendicitis	65	0	56	0	- 0
War	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	58	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	18	16	- 16
Diphtheria	69	0	63	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	62	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	67	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	54	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	83	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAMOA

Barbados

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.