AUSTRIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,331	1	17,638	- 7,306
Stroke	2	6,357	2	5,208	+ 1,148
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,625	9	2,093	+ 2,532
Lung Disease	4	2,445	5	4,107	- 1,662
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,278	13	1,563	+ 715
Kidney Disease	6	2,254	8	2,247	+ 7
Hypertension	7	1,281	6	3,601	- 2,320
Liver Disease	8	1,175	16	1,366	- 191
Lung Cancers	9	1,136	3	4,217	- 3,080
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,103	31	436	+ 667
Suicide	11	1,062	17	1,307	- 245
Asthma	12	892	45	81	+ 811
Breast Cancer	13	823	11	1,857	- 1,033
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	813	4	4,174	- 3,361
Congenital Anomalies	15	755	34	327	+ 429
Low Birth Weight	16	703	51	40	+ 663
Stomach Cancer	17	687	24	817	- 130
Measles	18	667	73	0	+ 667
Drownings	19	567	48	42	+ 525
Other Injuries	20	552	12	1,700	- 1,149
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	512	40	152	+ 360
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	508	7	2,324	- 1,816
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	487	33	379	+ 108
Prostate Cancer	24	457	15	1,501	- 1,044
Ovary Cancer	25	428	30	513	- 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	375	42	142	+ 233
Falls	27	339	21	982	- 643
Parkinson's Disease	28	314	19	1,102	- 789
Inflammatory/Heart	29	308	14	1,515	- 1,207
Liver Cancer	30	290	22	922	- 632
Endocrine Disorders	31	259	20	1,077	- 819
Cervical Cancer	32	251	37	205	+ 46
Lymphomas	33	240	18	1,167	- 927
Violence	34	238	47	47	+ 192
Birth Trauma	35	233	54	34	+ 199
Uterin Cancer	36	227	35	275	- 48
Maternal Conditions	37	226	64	4	+ 221
Bladder Cancer	38	205	26	617	- 412
Oral Cancer	39	188	27	614	- 426
Pancreas Cancer	40	159	10	1,901	- 1,742
Skin Disease	41	148	43	99	+ 49
Leukemia	42	136	23	878	- 743
Malnutrition	43	121	46	71	+ 50
Meningitis	44	104	58	22	+ 82
Epilepsy	45	100	36	222	- 122
Alcohol	46	91	29	538	- 447
Skin Cancers	47	84	28	585	- 501
Fires	48	77	52	36	+ 41
Syphilis	49	76	66	1	+ 75
Tuberculosis	50	75	50	41	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	51	41	32	406	- 365
Poisonings	52	36	60	15	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	53	28	25	814	- 786
Encephalitis	54	25	68	1	+ 24
Drug Use	55	23	39	161	- 138
Appendicitis	56	17	59	15	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	14	62	8	+ 6
Pertussis	58	10	70	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	9	53	35	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	38	170	- 162
Dengue	61	5	81	0	+ 5
Tetanus	62	2	72	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	41	147	- 146
War	65	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	55	26	- 26
Otitis Media	69	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	49	41	- 41
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Anemia	83	0	44	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Samoa

Austria

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.