ECUADOR VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,094	1	9,805	+ 11,289
Stroke	2	12,979	3	5,429	+ 7,550
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,443	5	4,321	+ 5,122
Lung Disease	4	4,992	8	2,576	+ 2,415
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,652	4	5,083	- 431
Kidney Disease	6	4,602	2	6,184	- 1,582
Hypertension	7	2,615	10	2,507	+ 108
Liver Disease	8	2,399	7	3,330	- 932
Lung Cancers	9	2,320	20	1,075	+ 1,246
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,251	6	3,490	- 1,239
Suicide	11	2,169	14	1,326	+ 842
Asthma	12	1,821	53	85	+ 1,736
Breast Cancer	13	1,681	25	825	+ 856
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,660	9	2,565	- 905
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,542	13	1,335	+ 207
Low Birth Weight	16	1,435	16	1,172	+ 263
Stomach Cancer	17	1,402	11	2,089	- 687
Measles	18	1,361	72	0	+ 1,361
Drownings	19	1,157	32	470	+ 688
Other Injuries	20	1,126	17	1,161	- 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,045	34	410	+ 634
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,038	19	1,109	- 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	995	47	163	+ 832
Prostate Cancer	24	932	12	1,362	- 429
Ovary Cancer	25	874	35	322	+ 551
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	765	33	417	+ 348
Falls	27	691	18	1,114	- 423
Parkinson's Disease	28	640	26	658	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	29	630	36	308	+ 322
Liver Cancer	30	592	21	954	- 362
Endocrine Disorders	31	528	31	507	+ 21
Cervical Cancer	32	512	24	840	- 327
Lymphomas	33	490	22	883	- 393
Violence	34	487	15	1,210	- 723
Birth Trauma	35	475	38	302	+ 173
Uterin Cancer	36	464	48	129	+ 335
Maternal Conditions	37	460	46	164	+ 296
Bladder Cancer	38	419	44	168	+ 250
Oral Cancer	39	384	45	166	+ 218
Pancreas Cancer	40	325	30	562	- 237
Skin Disease	41	302	51	103	+ 199
Leukemia	42	277	23	882	- 605
Malnutrition	43	247	28	578	- 331
Meningitis	44	212	52	90	+ 122
Epilepsy	45	204	40	273	- 68
Alcohol	46	186	39	280	- 94
Skin Cancers	47	172	37	308	- 136
Fires	48	157	43	175	- 18
Syphilis	49	154	54	85	+ 70
Tuberculosis	50	152	29	574	- 421
Oesophagus Cancer	51	83	42	180	- 97
Poisonings	52	73	58	59	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	53	58	57	64	- 6
Encephalitis	54	50	55	82	- 32
Drug Use	55	48	41	214	- 166
Appendicitis	56	35	50	110	- 76
Hepatitis B	57	29	64	3	+ 26
Pertussis	58	20	56	79	- 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	18	49	124	- 106
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	60	18	- 3
Dengue	61	11	61	10	+ 1
Tetanus	62	4	62	9	- 5
Diphtheria	63	3	69	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	67	1	+ 1
War	65	2	66	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	1	65	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	8	- 8
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	27	609	- 609
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	59	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Samoa

Ecuador

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.