SAMOA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		SAMOA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	351	1	241	+ 110
Stroke	2	269	2	148	+ 121
Diabetes Mellitus	3	152	3	108	+ 44
Hypertension	4	84	7	30	+ 54
Suicide	5	83	11	25	+ 58
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	79	5	53	+ 26
HIV/AIDS	7	67	73	0	+ 67
Kidney Disease	8	61	6	52	+ 9
Liver Disease	9	52	8	27	+ 24
Violence	10	51	34	6	+ 45
Road Traffic Accidents	11	46	10	26	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	12	46	31	6	+ 40
Lung Disease	13	46	4	57	- 11
Other Injuries	14	44	20	13	+ 31
Drownings	15	38	19	13	+ 25
Tuberculosis	16	36	50	2	+ 34
Prostate Cancer	17	32	24	11	+ 22
Anemia	18	26	83	0	+ 26
Breast Cancer	19	25	13	19	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	20	24	29	7	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	21	24	32	6	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	22	23	16	16	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	23	18	15	18	+ 0
Birth Trauma	24	17	35	5	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	15	22	12	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	14	26	9	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	12	21	12	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	28	11	53	1	+ 10
Lung Cancers	29	10	9	26	- 17
Malnutrition	30	10	43	3	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	31	9	17	16	- 7
Lymphomas	32	8	33	6	+ 3
Malaria	33	8	76	0	+ 8
Liver Cancer	34	8	30	7	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	35	7	37	5	+ 2
Asthma	36	7	12	21	- 14
Epilepsy	37	6	45	2	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	6	14	19	- 13
Leukemia	39	6	42	3	+ 2
Oral Cancer	40	5	39	4	+ 1
Fires	41	5	48	2	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	42	5	40	4	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	43	5	25	10	- 5
Meningitis	44	5	44	2	+ 2
Drug Use	45	4	55	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	46	3	36	5	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	3	23	11	- 8
Falls	48	3	27	8	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	49	2	28	7	- 5
Bladder Cancer	50	2	38	5	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	51	2	51	1	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	2	80	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	53	2	54	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	54	2	56	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	55	1	47	2	- 1
Skin Disease	56	1	41	3	- 3
Alcohol	57	1	46	2	- 1
Osteoarthritis	58	1	81	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	57	0	+ 0
Dengue	60	0	61	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	60	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	62	0	85	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	0	59	0	+ 0
War	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Poisonings	65	0	52	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	49	2	- 2
Tetanus	72	0	62	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	58	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	18	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAMOA

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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.