SAMOA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		SAMOA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	447	73	0	+ 447
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	301	5	53	+ 248
Stroke	3	264	2	148	+ 116
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	221	21	12	+ 209
Coronary Heart Disease	5	197	1	241	- 44
Diabetes Mellitus	6	187	3	108	+ 80
Suicide	7	144	11	25	+ 120
Tuberculosis	8	113	50	2	+ 112
Lung Disease	9	103	4	57	+ 46
Kidney Disease	10	95	6	52	+ 43
Hypertension	11	93	7	30	+ 63
Low Birth Weight	12	90	16	16	+ 73
Violence	13	87	34	6	+ 81
Liver Disease	14	74	8	27	+ 47
Birth Trauma	15	67	35	5	+ 62
Road Traffic Accidents	16	64	10	26	+ 38
Asthma	17	64	12	21	+ 43
Other Injuries	18	50	20	13	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	19	37	15	18	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	20	35	32	6	+ 29
Malnutrition	21	33	43	3	+ 31
Meningitis	22	30	44	2	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	23	29	29	7	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	24	27	37	5	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	26	26	9	+ 17
Fires	26	25	48	2	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	27	22	31	6	+ 16
Drownings	28	19	19	13	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	18	14	19	- 1
Epilepsy	30	13	45	2	+ 11
Falls	31	12	27	8	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	12	23	11	+ 0
Poisonings	33	10	52	1	+ 10
Breast Cancer	34	9	13	19	- 10
Prostate Cancer	35	8	24	11	- 3
Lymphomas	36	7	33	6	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	37	7	51	1	+ 6
Alcohol	38	7	46	2	+ 5
Liver Cancer	39	7	30	7	- 0
Skin Disease	40	7	41	3	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	41	5	28	7	- 2
Oral Cancer	42	5	39	4	+ 0
Lung Cancers	43	5	9	26	- 22
Pertussis	44	5	58	0	+ 5
Syphilis	45	5	49	2	+ 3
Skin Cancers	46	4	47	2	+ 2
Tetanus	47	4	62	0	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	4	22	12	- 8
Leukemia	49	4	42	3	+ 0
Drug Use	50	3	55	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	3	57	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	52	2	56	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	53	2	25	10	- 8
Uterin Cancer	54	2	36	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	55	2	68	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	59	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	57	1	54	1	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	1	40	4	- 3
Measles	59	1	18	16	- 14
Stomach Cancer	60	1	17	16	- 15
Bladder Cancer	61	1	38	5	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	1	53	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
War	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	61	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAMOA

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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.