CROATIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,781	1	12,307	- 7,526
Stroke	2	2,942	2	6,275	- 3,334
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,140	6	1,963	+ 178
Lung Disease	4	1,131	5	2,111	- 979
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,054	10	1,021	+ 33
Kidney Disease	6	1,043	7	1,392	- 349
Hypertension	7	593	8	1,102	- 509
Liver Disease	8	544	13	924	- 381
Lung Cancers	9	526	3	2,842	- 2,316
Road Traffic Accidents	10	510	27	328	+ 182
Suicide	11	492	17	676	- 185
Asthma	12	413	41	74	+ 339
Breast Cancer	13	381	11	1,019	- 638
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	376	9	1,066	- 690
Congenital Anomalies	15	350	37	94	+ 255
Low Birth Weight	16	325	56	10	+ 315
Stomach Cancer	17	318	15	786	- 469
Measles	18	309	73	0	+ 309
Drownings	19	262	38	86	+ 177
Other Injuries	20	255	23	428	- 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	237	39	82	+ 155
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	235	4	2,189	- 1,954
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	225	35	137	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	24	211	14	852	- 641
Ovary Cancer	25	198	28	308	- 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	173	31	207	- 33
Falls	27	157	12	974	- 818
Parkinson's Disease	28	145	24	423	- 278
Inflammatory/Heart	29	143	21	457	- 314
Liver Cancer	30	134	19	501	- 367
Endocrine Disorders	31	120	42	72	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	32	116	34	156	- 39
Lymphomas	33	111	18	556	- 445
Violence	34	110	48	45	+ 66
Birth Trauma	35	108	55	11	+ 97
Uterin Cancer	36	105	32	199	- 94
Maternal Conditions	37	104	61	2	+ 102
Bladder Cancer	38	95	20	499	- 404
Oral Cancer	39	87	25	338	- 251
Pancreas Cancer	40	74	16	754	- 681
Skin Disease	41	68	58	8	+ 61
Leukemia	42	63	22	435	- 373
Malnutrition	43	56	70	0	+ 56
Meningitis	44	48	52	16	+ 32
Epilepsy	45	46	36	94	- 48
Alcohol	46	42	30	219	- 177
Skin Cancers	47	39	26	332	- 293
Fires	48	36	50	34	+ 1
Syphilis	49	35	71	0	+ 35
Tuberculosis	50	35	44	61	- 27
Oesophagus Cancer	51	19	33	189	- 170
Poisonings	52	17	54	16	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	53	13	29	283	- 270
Encephalitis	54	11	65	1	+ 11
Drug Use	55	11	43	70	- 60
Appendicitis	56	8	57	9	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	7	51	17	- 11
Pertussis	58	4	69	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	46	47	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	45	55	- 51
Dengue	61	3	80	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	47	45	- 44
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	60	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	59	8	- 8
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	62	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	40	79	- 79
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.