COSTA RICA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,066	1	2,639	+ 3,427
Stroke	2	3,732	2	1,624	+ 2,108
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,716	5	953	+ 1,762
Lung Disease	4	1,436	4	1,046	+ 389
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,338	7	836	+ 502
Kidney Disease	6	1,323	3	1,482	- 159
Hypertension	7	752	6	863	- 111
Liver Disease	8	690	18	370	+ 320
Lung Cancers	9	667	20	343	+ 324
Road Traffic Accidents	10	647	9	746	- 98
Suicide	11	624	15	407	+ 217
Asthma	12	524	45	60	+ 463
Breast Cancer	13	483	16	384	+ 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	477	8	818	- 341
Congenital Anomalies	15	444	21	315	+ 128
Low Birth Weight	16	413	28	178	+ 235
Stomach Cancer	17	403	10	661	- 257
Measles	18	392	75	0	+ 392
Drownings	19	333	37	97	+ 236
Other Injuries	20	324	13	571	- 247
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	300	39	87	+ 213
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	298	12	621	- 322
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	286	49	32	+ 254
Prostate Cancer	24	268	14	448	- 180
Ovary Cancer	25	251	40	80	+ 171
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	220	42	74	+ 146
Falls	27	199	35	116	+ 83
Parkinson's Disease	28	184	30	138	+ 46
Inflammatory/Heart	29	181	26	191	- 10
Liver Cancer	30	170	17	382	- 212
Endocrine Disorders	31	152	27	183	- 31
Cervical Cancer	32	147	29	159	- 12
Lymphomas	33	141	19	356	- 215
Violence	34	140	11	635	- 495
Birth Trauma	35	137	47	48	+ 89
Uterin Cancer	36	133	41	80	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	37	132	55	17	+ 115
Bladder Cancer	38	120	36	100	+ 21
Oral Cancer	39	110	38	96	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	40	93	22	294	- 200
Skin Disease	41	87	32	126	- 39
Leukemia	42	80	24	262	- 182
Malnutrition	43	71	48	37	+ 34
Meningitis	44	61	54	18	+ 43
Epilepsy	45	59	34	116	- 57
Alcohol	46	53	33	126	- 73
Skin Cancers	47	49	31	137	- 87
Fires	48	45	58	10	+ 35
Syphilis	49	44	65	1	+ 43
Tuberculosis	50	44	50	32	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	51	24	44	61	- 37
Poisonings	52	21	60	5	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	53	17	23	266	- 249
Encephalitis	54	14	63	3	+ 12
Drug Use	55	14	43	63	- 49
Appendicitis	56	10	52	22	- 12
Hepatitis B	57	8	59	7	+ 1
Pertussis	58	6	69	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	46	55	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	57	11	- 6
Dengue	61	3	70	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	- 0
War	65	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	25	192	- 192
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Samoa

Costa Rica

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.