COMOROS VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,037	4	349	+ 688
Stroke	2	638	3	356	+ 282
Diabetes Mellitus	3	464	9	136	+ 328
Lung Disease	4	245	17	83	+ 162
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	229	1	594	- 366
Kidney Disease	6	226	14	101	+ 125
Hypertension	7	129	12	115	+ 13
Liver Disease	8	118	8	160	- 42
Lung Cancers	9	114	60	1	+ 113
Road Traffic Accidents	10	111	6	226	- 115
Suicide	11	107	24	46	+ 61
Asthma	12	90	21	49	+ 41
Breast Cancer	13	83	33	23	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	82	23	46	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	15	76	10	131	- 55
Low Birth Weight	16	71	5	328	- 258
Stomach Cancer	17	69	45	11	+ 58
Measles	18	67	78	0	+ 67
Drownings	19	57	25	35	+ 22
Other Injuries	20	55	16	90	- 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	51	2	363	- 312
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	51	39	19	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	49	47	10	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	24	46	27	33	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	25	43	56	3	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	38	34	21	+ 17
Falls	27	34	32	26	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	28	31	44	11	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	29	31	31	26	+ 5
Liver Cancer	30	29	28	29	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	31	26	36	19	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	32	25	13	104	- 79
Lymphomas	33	24	37	19	+ 5
Violence	34	24	20	63	- 39
Birth Trauma	35	23	7	211	- 187
Uterin Cancer	36	23	55	3	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	37	23	22	47	- 24
Bladder Cancer	38	21	46	10	+ 10
Oral Cancer	39	19	41	15	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	40	16	82	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	41	15	48	9	+ 6
Leukemia	42	14	57	3	+ 11
Malnutrition	43	12	15	96	- 84
Meningitis	44	10	11	115	- 105
Epilepsy	45	10	40	17	- 7
Alcohol	46	9	51	6	+ 3
Skin Cancers	47	8	42	12	- 4
Fires	48	8	30	27	- 19
Syphilis	49	8	38	19	- 12
Tuberculosis	50	7	19	79	- 71
Oesophagus Cancer	51	4	26	34	- 30
Poisonings	52	4	35	20	- 16
Other Neoplasms	53	3	59	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	54	2	54	4	- 2
Drug Use	55	2	49	7	- 4
Appendicitis	56	2	50	6	- 4
Hepatitis B	57	1	52	5	- 4
Pertussis	58	1	18	80	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	58	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	62	1	+ 0
Dengue	61	1	68	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	43	12	- 12
Diphtheria	63	0	65	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	61	1	- 1
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	53	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	29	29	- 29
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.