BANGLADESH VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		BANGLADESH		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	194,343	2	108,528	+ 85,816
Stroke	2	119,578	1	134,166	- 14,588
Diabetes Mellitus	3	87,004	7	28,976	+ 58,028
Lung Disease	4	45,991	3	45,699	+ 292
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	42,858	6	29,586	+ 13,272
Kidney Disease	6	42,401	17	10,841	+ 31,560
Hypertension	7	24,093	14	14,776	+ 9,317
Liver Disease	8	22,100	9	21,024	+ 1,076
Lung Cancers	9	21,377	16	12,174	+ 9,202
Road Traffic Accidents	10	20,743	8	25,023	- 4,279
Suicide	11	19,982	25	5,998	+ 13,984
Asthma	12	16,777	20	8,893	+ 7,885
Breast Cancer	13	15,488	23	6,808	+ 8,680
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	15,296	13	14,993	+ 303
Congenital Anomalies	15	14,210	18	10,113	+ 4,097
Low Birth Weight	16	13,221	11	17,457	- 4,236
Stomach Cancer	17	12,916	24	6,799	+ 6,118
Measles	18	12,543	19	9,021	+ 3,522
Drownings	19	10,664	22	7,094	+ 3,571
Other Injuries	20	10,375	21	7,629	+ 2,746
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	9,625	5	36,111	- 26,486
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	9,562	28	4,534	+ 5,028
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	9,163	33	2,922	+ 6,241
Prostate Cancer	24	8,591	41	1,664	+ 6,927
Ovary Cancer	25	8,048	37	2,231	+ 5,817
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	7,049	48	1,251	+ 5,798
Falls	27	6,370	31	3,328	+ 3,042
Parkinson's Disease	28	5,900	30	3,782	+ 2,119
Inflammatory/Heart	29	5,800	42	1,485	+ 4,316
Liver Cancer	30	5,451	34	2,884	+ 2,566
Endocrine Disorders	31	4,866	45	1,335	+ 3,531
Cervical Cancer	32	4,721	26	5,132	- 411
Lymphomas	33	4,513	35	2,667	+ 1,846
Violence	34	4,483	27	4,623	- 140
Birth Trauma	35	4,380	15	13,392	- 9,012
Uterin Cancer	36	4,273	58	405	+ 3,868
Maternal Conditions	37	4,242	29	3,920	+ 322
Bladder Cancer	38	3,856	52	991	+ 2,865
Oral Cancer	39	3,535	12	15,511	- 11,976
Pancreas Cancer	40	2,991	43	1,414	+ 1,577
Skin Disease	41	2,783	50	1,131	+ 1,651
Leukemia	42	2,551	40	1,895	+ 656
Malnutrition	43	2,278	36	2,418	- 140
Meningitis	44	1,950	38	2,105	- 155
Epilepsy	45	1,881	44	1,353	+ 528
Alcohol	46	1,711	60	262	+ 1,449
Skin Cancers	47	1,581	53	853	+ 727
Fires	48	1,446	46	1,271	+ 175
Syphilis	49	1,423	49	1,227	+ 196
Tuberculosis	50	1,404	4	37,175	- 35,772
Oesophagus Cancer	51	765	10	19,525	- 18,760
Poisonings	52	673	56	539	+ 134
Other Neoplasms	53	532	61	243	+ 289
Encephalitis	54	464	59	371	+ 93
Drug Use	55	438	32	2,967	- 2,530
Appendicitis	56	321	47	1,262	- 941
Hepatitis B	57	266	51	1,121	- 855
Pertussis	58	180	39	2,011	- 1,831
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	164	54	815	- 651
Multiple Sclerosis	60	140	64	179	- 39
Dengue	61	103	65	161	- 58
Tetanus	62	40	57	450	- 410
Diphtheria	63	27	72	5	+ 22
Hepatitis C	64	23	62	207	- 184
War	65	17	63	202	- 185
Ascariasis	66	12	69	31	- 19
Chlamydia	67	10	70	21	- 12
Upper Respiratory	68	7	66	100	- 93
Otitis Media	69	1	71	14	- 13
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	55	563	- 563
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	67	56	- 56
Malaria	76	0	68	45	- 45
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BANGLADESH

Samoa

Bangladesh

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.