AFGHANISTAN VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	46,221	1	40,195	+ 6,026
Stroke	2	28,439	3	19,060	+ 9,379
Diabetes Mellitus	3	20,692	12	5,750	+ 14,943
Lung Disease	4	10,938	15	4,650	+ 6,288
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	10,193	4	14,649	- 4,456
Kidney Disease	6	10,084	10	6,590	+ 3,494
Hypertension	7	5,730	8	7,995	- 2,265
Liver Disease	8	5,256	16	4,600	+ 656
Lung Cancers	9	5,084	32	1,076	+ 4,008
Road Traffic Accidents	10	4,933	11	6,033	- 1,100
Suicide	11	4,752	24	1,573	+ 3,180
Asthma	12	3,990	17	3,403	+ 587
Breast Cancer	13	3,684	22	1,822	+ 1,862
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	3,638	23	1,765	+ 1,873
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,380	14	5,001	- 1,621
Low Birth Weight	16	3,144	5	12,631	- 9,486
Stomach Cancer	17	3,072	26	1,501	+ 1,571
Measles	18	2,983	49	350	+ 2,633
Drownings	19	2,536	34	996	+ 1,540
Other Injuries	20	2,468	18	3,241	- 774
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	2,289	13	5,555	- 3,266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	2,274	39	741	+ 1,533
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	2,179	33	1,041	+ 1,138
Prostate Cancer	24	2,043	55	258	+ 1,785
Ovary Cancer	25	1,914	48	369	+ 1,545
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,676	25	1,505	+ 172
Falls	27	1,515	37	905	+ 610
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,403	41	628	+ 776
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,380	45	527	+ 853
Liver Cancer	30	1,296	40	657	+ 639
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,157	28	1,364	- 207
Cervical Cancer	32	1,123	44	541	+ 582
Lymphomas	33	1,073	36	946	+ 127
Violence	34	1,066	19	3,217	- 2,151
Birth Trauma	35	1,042	6	10,723	- 9,681
Uterin Cancer	36	1,016	53	289	+ 728
Maternal Conditions	37	1,009	9	7,807	- 6,798
Bladder Cancer	38	917	54	272	+ 645
Oral Cancer	39	841	27	1,467	- 627
Pancreas Cancer	40	711	56	229	+ 482
Skin Disease	41	662	61	94	+ 568
Leukemia	42	607	42	610	- 4
Malnutrition	43	542	43	589	- 48
Meningitis	44	464	20	2,626	- 2,162
Epilepsy	45	447	35	993	- 545
Alcohol	46	407	58	150	+ 257
Skin Cancers	47	376	59	145	+ 231
Fires	48	344	50	348	- 4
Syphilis	49	338	60	94	+ 244
Tuberculosis	50	334	7	9,839	- 9,505
Oesophagus Cancer	51	182	29	1,314	- 1,132
Poisonings	52	160	47	384	- 224
Other Neoplasms	53	127	63	29	+ 98
Encephalitis	54	110	31	1,190	- 1,080
Drug Use	55	104	51	328	- 224
Appendicitis	56	76	52	298	- 222
Hepatitis B	57	63	38	863	- 800
Pertussis	58	43	21	2,107	- 2,065
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	39	65	25	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	60	33	62	84	- 51
Dengue	61	24	72	0	+ 24
Tetanus	62	9	30	1,254	- 1,245
Diphtheria	63	6	67	16	- 10
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	28	- 22
War	65	4	2	25,620	- 25,616
Ascariasis	66	3	66	17	- 14
Chlamydia	67	2	69	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	2	68	9	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	46	464	- 464
Schistosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	57	185	- 185
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Samoa

Afghanistan

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.