DENMARK VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,881	1	5,341	+ 1,540
Stroke	2	4,234	5	3,662	+ 572
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,081	10	1,284	+ 1,797
Lung Disease	4	1,628	3	4,387	- 2,758
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,518	6	2,244	- 726
Kidney Disease	6	1,501	12	911	+ 591
Hypertension	7	853	15	642	+ 211
Liver Disease	8	783	14	692	+ 90
Lung Cancers	9	757	4	3,721	- 2,964
Road Traffic Accidents	10	734	33	213	+ 521
Suicide	11	707	16	617	+ 90
Asthma	12	594	44	82	+ 512
Breast Cancer	13	548	9	1,299	- 751
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	542	2	5,218	- 4,676
Congenital Anomalies	15	503	36	153	+ 350
Low Birth Weight	16	468	41	116	+ 352
Stomach Cancer	17	457	23	484	- 27
Measles	18	444	71	0	+ 444
Drownings	19	378	50	37	+ 340
Other Injuries	20	367	30	347	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	341	38	145	+ 196
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	339	7	2,147	- 1,808
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	324	42	96	+ 228
Prostate Cancer	24	304	8	1,480	- 1,176
Ovary Cancer	25	285	29	367	- 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	250	32	216	+ 33
Falls	27	226	22	541	- 315
Parkinson's Disease	28	209	17	600	- 391
Inflammatory/Heart	29	205	31	284	- 79
Liver Cancer	30	193	25	464	- 271
Endocrine Disorders	31	172	19	575	- 402
Cervical Cancer	32	167	37	153	+ 14
Lymphomas	33	160	13	730	- 570
Violence	34	159	47	63	+ 96
Birth Trauma	35	155	56	21	+ 134
Uterin Cancer	36	151	35	156	- 4
Maternal Conditions	37	150	64	2	+ 148
Bladder Cancer	38	137	21	545	- 409
Oral Cancer	39	125	28	371	- 246
Pancreas Cancer	40	106	11	1,096	- 990
Skin Disease	41	99	45	79	+ 20
Leukemia	42	90	20	558	- 468
Malnutrition	43	81	59	14	+ 67
Meningitis	44	69	52	25	+ 44
Epilepsy	45	67	40	125	- 58
Alcohol	46	61	18	598	- 538
Skin Cancers	47	56	26	388	- 333
Fires	48	51	49	53	- 2
Syphilis	49	50	70	0	+ 50
Tuberculosis	50	50	57	16	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	51	27	24	477	- 449
Poisonings	52	24	62	6	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	53	19	27	378	- 359
Encephalitis	54	16	67	1	+ 16
Drug Use	55	16	34	197	- 181
Appendicitis	56	11	54	23	- 12
Hepatitis B	57	9	61	6	+ 3
Pertussis	58	6	72	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	43	84	- 79
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	39	132	- 127
Dengue	61	4	83	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	1	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	9	- 8
War	65	1	66	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	15	- 15
Otitis Media	69	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	55	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Anemia	83	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	48	57	- 57
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.