SAMOA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		SAMOA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	142	73	0	+ 142
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	136	5	53	+ 83
Tuberculosis	3	136	50	2	+ 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	89	21	12	+ 77
Coronary Heart Disease	5	89	1	241	- 152
Stroke	6	81	2	148	- 67
Birth Trauma	7	77	35	5	+ 72
Low Birth Weight	8	69	16	16	+ 53
Malaria	9	67	76	0	+ 67
Road Traffic Accidents	10	61	10	26	+ 35
Liver Disease	11	40	8	27	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	12	37	15	18	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	13	33	37	5	+ 27
Diabetes Mellitus	14	31	3	108	- 77
Kidney Disease	15	26	6	52	- 26
Meningitis	16	25	44	2	+ 23
Other Injuries	17	23	20	13	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	18	22	31	6	+ 16
Pertussis	19	21	58	0	+ 21
Lung Disease	20	19	4	57	- 38
Hypertension	21	17	7	30	- 12
Violence	22	17	34	6	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	23	15	32	6	+ 9
Asthma	24	15	12	21	- 6
Measles	25	14	18	16	- 1
Suicide	26	13	11	25	- 12
Malnutrition	27	12	43	3	+ 9
Liver Cancer	28	11	30	7	+ 5
Breast Cancer	29	9	13	19	- 10
Drownings	30	9	19	13	- 4
Syphilis	31	8	49	2	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	8	26	9	- 1
Falls	33	7	27	8	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	7	14	19	- 12
Fires	35	6	48	2	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	36	5	17	16	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	37	5	29	7	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	5	22	12	- 7
Epilepsy	39	5	45	2	+ 2
Tetanus	40	5	62	0	+ 5
Poisonings	41	4	52	1	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	42	4	24	11	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	3	23	11	- 8
Schistosomiasis	44	3	74	0	+ 3
Lymphomas	45	3	33	6	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	46	3	28	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	47	2	57	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	48	2	25	10	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	49	2	51	1	+ 1
Lung Cancers	50	2	9	26	- 25
Bladder Cancer	51	2	38	5	- 3
Skin Cancers	52	2	47	2	- 0
Skin Disease	53	2	41	3	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	54	1	40	4	- 2
Drug Use	55	1	55	1	+ 1
Oral Cancer	56	1	39	4	- 3
Alcohol	57	1	46	2	- 1
Encephalitis	58	1	54	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	59	1	36	5	- 4
Appendicitis	60	1	56	0	+ 0
Leukemia	61	1	42	3	- 3
Ascariasis	62	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	64	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	0	60	0	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	65	0	53	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	59	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	+ 0
War	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	61	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAMOA

Guinea-Bissau

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.