CHILE VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,502	1	10,685	+ 10,817
Stroke	2	13,230	2	9,731	+ 3,499
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,626	10	3,177	+ 6,450
Lung Disease	4	5,088	4	4,062	+ 1,026
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,742	6	3,920	+ 822
Kidney Disease	6	4,691	3	4,065	+ 626
Hypertension	7	2,666	7	3,817	- 1,151
Liver Disease	8	2,445	13	2,647	- 202
Lung Cancers	9	2,365	9	3,452	- 1,087
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,295	12	2,826	- 531
Suicide	11	2,211	15	1,700	+ 510
Asthma	12	1,856	42	295	+ 1,562
Breast Cancer	13	1,714	16	1,689	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,692	5	4,000	- 2,308
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,572	25	858	+ 714
Low Birth Weight	16	1,463	36	437	+ 1,025
Stomach Cancer	17	1,429	8	3,631	- 2,201
Measles	18	1,388	75	0	+ 1,388
Drownings	19	1,180	44	283	+ 897
Other Injuries	20	1,148	21	1,310	- 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,065	39	334	+ 731
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,058	11	3,022	- 1,964
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,014	52	104	+ 909
Prostate Cancer	24	951	14	2,435	- 1,485
Ovary Cancer	25	890	35	514	+ 376
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	780	46	223	+ 557
Falls	27	705	23	904	- 200
Parkinson's Disease	28	653	26	790	- 137
Inflammatory/Heart	29	642	31	709	- 67
Liver Cancer	30	603	19	1,369	- 766
Endocrine Disorders	31	538	22	1,286	- 748
Cervical Cancer	32	522	27	780	- 257
Lymphomas	33	499	18	1,394	- 894
Violence	34	496	29	744	- 248
Birth Trauma	35	485	54	87	+ 397
Uterin Cancer	36	473	45	275	+ 198
Maternal Conditions	37	469	63	24	+ 446
Bladder Cancer	38	427	32	641	- 215
Oral Cancer	39	391	40	307	+ 84
Pancreas Cancer	40	331	17	1,567	- 1,236
Skin Disease	41	308	28	763	- 455
Leukemia	42	282	24	879	- 597
Malnutrition	43	252	37	420	- 168
Meningitis	44	216	53	95	+ 121
Epilepsy	45	208	43	294	- 86
Alcohol	46	189	47	207	- 18
Skin Cancers	47	175	34	526	- 351
Fires	48	160	41	295	- 135
Syphilis	49	157	66	5	+ 153
Tuberculosis	50	155	38	410	- 255
Oesophagus Cancer	51	85	30	722	- 637
Poisonings	52	74	57	68	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	53	59	20	1,358	- 1,299
Encephalitis	54	51	70	2	+ 50
Drug Use	55	48	50	149	- 100
Appendicitis	56	36	59	37	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	29	60	30	- 1
Pertussis	58	20	68	3	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	18	48	187	- 168
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	62	27	- 11
Dengue	61	11	73	0	+ 11
Tetanus	62	4	69	2	+ 3
Diphtheria	63	3	74	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	3	61	27	- 24
War	65	2	64	14	- 12
Ascariasis	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	67	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	71	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	33	539	- 539
Schistosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	55	79	- 79
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	131	- 131
Oral conditions	82	0	65	5	- 5
Anemia	83	0	49	180	- 180
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	58	38	- 38
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

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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.