BURUNDI VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,656	6	3,718	+ 11,938
Stroke	2	9,633	4	4,323	+ 5,311
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,009	16	1,383	+ 5,626
Lung Disease	4	3,705	17	1,349	+ 2,356
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,453	1	7,810	- 4,357
Kidney Disease	6	3,416	21	1,001	+ 2,414
Hypertension	7	1,941	20	1,113	+ 827
Liver Disease	8	1,780	13	1,767	+ 13
Lung Cancers	9	1,722	56	76	+ 1,646
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,671	5	4,089	- 2,418
Suicide	11	1,610	24	720	+ 890
Asthma	12	1,352	22	836	+ 515
Breast Cancer	13	1,248	35	355	+ 892
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,232	27	426	+ 806
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,145	12	1,788	- 643
Low Birth Weight	16	1,065	8	3,171	- 2,106
Stomach Cancer	17	1,041	44	180	+ 861
Measles	18	1,010	63	17	+ 993
Drownings	19	859	25	598	+ 261
Other Injuries	20	836	15	1,413	- 577
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	775	2	6,046	- 5,271
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	770	37	324	+ 446
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	738	43	181	+ 557
Prostate Cancer	24	692	33	374	+ 319
Ovary Cancer	25	648	51	106	+ 542
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	568	36	340	+ 228
Falls	27	513	30	385	+ 129
Parkinson's Disease	28	475	52	103	+ 372
Inflammatory/Heart	29	467	38	311	+ 157
Liver Cancer	30	439	29	389	+ 50
Endocrine Disorders	31	392	40	275	+ 117
Cervical Cancer	32	380	14	1,474	- 1,094
Lymphomas	33	364	31	379	- 16
Violence	34	361	23	760	- 399
Birth Trauma	35	353	7	3,183	- 2,830
Uterin Cancer	36	344	57	67	+ 278
Maternal Conditions	37	342	18	1,332	- 990
Bladder Cancer	38	311	50	109	+ 202
Oral Cancer	39	285	39	285	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	40	241	58	66	+ 175
Skin Disease	41	224	54	91	+ 133
Leukemia	42	205	47	135	+ 71
Malnutrition	43	183	9	2,500	- 2,317
Meningitis	44	157	19	1,322	- 1,165
Epilepsy	45	152	41	234	- 83
Alcohol	46	138	55	76	+ 62
Skin Cancers	47	127	48	121	+ 6
Fires	48	116	28	425	- 309
Syphilis	49	115	59	60	+ 55
Tuberculosis	50	113	10	2,385	- 2,271
Oesophagus Cancer	51	62	26	455	- 393
Poisonings	52	54	34	369	- 315
Other Neoplasms	53	43	67	10	+ 33
Encephalitis	54	37	61	46	- 9
Drug Use	55	35	60	52	- 17
Appendicitis	56	26	49	109	- 83
Hepatitis B	57	21	62	44	- 23
Pertussis	58	15	32	378	- 364
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	65	17	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	69	5	+ 6
Dengue	61	8	72	0	+ 8
Tetanus	62	3	45	178	- 174
Diphtheria	63	2	71	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	17	- 15
War	65	1	53	96	- 95
Ascariasis	66	1	66	16	- 15
Chlamydia	67	1	70	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	46	136	- 136
Otitis Media	69	0	68	10	- 10
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	11	1,814	- 1,814
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	211	- 211
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	5,163	- 5,163
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURUNDI

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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.