BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,376	1	9,201	- 4,825
Stroke	2	2,693	2	7,871	- 5,179
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,959	3	2,406	- 446
Lung Disease	4	1,036	5	1,163	- 127
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	965	17	440	+ 525
Kidney Disease	6	955	9	689	+ 266
Hypertension	7	543	11	546	- 3
Liver Disease	8	498	10	613	- 116
Lung Cancers	9	481	4	2,076	- 1,595
Road Traffic Accidents	10	467	16	446	+ 21
Suicide	11	450	19	361	+ 89
Asthma	12	378	37	60	+ 318
Breast Cancer	13	349	13	528	- 179
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	344	6	1,144	- 799
Congenital Anomalies	15	320	35	69	+ 251
Low Birth Weight	16	298	41	48	+ 249
Stomach Cancer	17	291	12	532	- 242
Measles	18	282	55	5	+ 278
Drownings	19	240	42	48	+ 192
Other Injuries	20	234	26	157	+ 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	217	54	8	+ 209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	215	7	998	- 783
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	206	43	36	+ 170
Prostate Cancer	24	193	18	413	- 219
Ovary Cancer	25	181	25	182	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	159	30	121	+ 38
Falls	27	143	21	267	- 123
Parkinson's Disease	28	133	20	341	- 208
Inflammatory/Heart	29	131	8	874	- 743
Liver Cancer	30	123	14	480	- 357
Endocrine Disorders	31	110	39	53	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	32	106	29	132	- 26
Lymphomas	33	102	24	184	- 83
Violence	34	101	40	49	+ 52
Birth Trauma	35	99	49	14	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	36	96	33	92	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	37	96	58	2	+ 93
Bladder Cancer	38	87	22	232	- 145
Oral Cancer	39	80	27	146	- 66
Pancreas Cancer	40	67	15	463	- 396
Skin Disease	41	63	47	21	+ 42
Leukemia	42	57	23	186	- 129
Malnutrition	43	51	57	2	+ 49
Meningitis	44	44	53	10	+ 34
Epilepsy	45	42	36	60	- 18
Alcohol	46	39	34	90	- 52
Skin Cancers	47	36	28	133	- 98
Fires	48	33	38	54	- 22
Syphilis	49	32	61	1	+ 31
Tuberculosis	50	32	32	93	- 62
Oesophagus Cancer	51	17	31	110	- 93
Poisonings	52	15	50	13	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	53	12	45	23	- 11
Encephalitis	54	10	51	13	- 2
Drug Use	55	10	44	25	- 16
Appendicitis	56	7	52	11	- 3
Hepatitis B	57	6	56	3	+ 3
Pertussis	58	4	59	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	48	19	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	46	22	- 19
Dengue	61	2	74	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	60	1	- 0
Diphtheria	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	0	+ 0
War	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Samoa

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.