CUBA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,633	1	22,079	- 9,446
Stroke	2	7,773	2	10,725	- 2,952
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,656	13	1,791	+ 3,865
Lung Disease	4	2,990	6	5,492	- 2,503
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,786	3	8,564	- 5,778
Kidney Disease	6	2,756	14	1,700	+ 1,056
Hypertension	7	1,566	7	3,469	- 1,903
Liver Disease	8	1,437	11	1,873	- 437
Lung Cancers	9	1,390	4	5,985	- 4,595
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,348	19	1,007	+ 341
Suicide	11	1,299	16	1,638	- 339
Asthma	12	1,091	40	301	+ 789
Breast Cancer	13	1,007	15	1,673	- 666
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	994	5	5,841	- 4,847
Congenital Anomalies	15	924	37	368	+ 556
Low Birth Weight	16	859	48	98	+ 761
Stomach Cancer	17	840	20	991	- 151
Measles	18	815	76	0	+ 815
Drownings	19	693	42	231	+ 463
Other Injuries	20	674	12	1,869	- 1,195
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	626	43	206	+ 419
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	622	9	2,958	- 2,336
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	596	44	162	+ 434
Prostate Cancer	24	558	8	3,365	- 2,807
Ovary Cancer	25	523	39	323	+ 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	458	35	420	+ 38
Falls	27	414	10	2,810	- 2,396
Parkinson's Disease	28	384	27	691	- 307
Inflammatory/Heart	29	377	17	1,156	- 779
Liver Cancer	30	354	24	815	- 461
Endocrine Disorders	31	316	36	412	- 96
Cervical Cancer	32	307	29	666	- 359
Lymphomas	33	293	18	1,089	- 796
Violence	34	291	32	584	- 292
Birth Trauma	35	285	59	49	+ 236
Uterin Cancer	36	278	31	602	- 324
Maternal Conditions	37	276	61	43	+ 232
Bladder Cancer	38	251	26	734	- 483
Oral Cancer	39	230	23	876	- 647
Pancreas Cancer	40	194	21	905	- 710
Skin Disease	41	181	41	258	- 77
Leukemia	42	166	30	633	- 468
Malnutrition	43	148	55	64	+ 85
Meningitis	44	127	50	83	+ 44
Epilepsy	45	122	46	108	+ 14
Alcohol	46	111	28	675	- 564
Skin Cancers	47	103	33	514	- 411
Fires	48	94	58	55	+ 39
Syphilis	49	93	69	1	+ 92
Tuberculosis	50	91	60	45	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	51	50	22	879	- 830
Poisonings	52	44	62	17	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	53	35	25	769	- 734
Encephalitis	54	30	66	6	+ 25
Drug Use	55	28	51	82	- 53
Appendicitis	56	21	47	104	- 83
Hepatitis B	57	17	56	59	- 42
Pertussis	58	12	73	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	49	87	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	57	55	- 46
Dengue	61	7	74	0	+ 7
Tetanus	62	3	71	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	63	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	45	112	- 111
War	65	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	70	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	6	- 5
Otitis Media	69	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	70	0	67	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	34	471	- 471
Schistosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	81	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Anemia	83	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	68	- 68
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Samoa

Cuba

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.