ERITREA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,308	4	2,154	+ 5,155
Stroke	2	4,497	2	2,564	+ 1,933
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,272	7	944	+ 2,327
Lung Disease	4	1,730	9	662	+ 1,068
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,612	1	3,277	- 1,665
Kidney Disease	6	1,595	12	578	+ 1,017
Hypertension	7	906	8	926	- 20
Liver Disease	8	831	6	1,215	- 384
Lung Cancers	9	804	46	62	+ 742
Road Traffic Accidents	10	780	5	1,326	- 546
Suicide	11	751	21	382	+ 370
Asthma	12	631	22	326	+ 305
Breast Cancer	13	582	23	311	+ 271
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	575	24	310	+ 265
Congenital Anomalies	15	534	18	432	+ 102
Low Birth Weight	16	497	16	531	- 34
Stomach Cancer	17	486	48	48	+ 437
Measles	18	472	63	13	+ 459
Drownings	19	401	33	118	+ 283
Other Injuries	20	390	15	540	- 150
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	362	3	2,292	- 1,930
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	360	35	113	+ 247
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	345	41	77	+ 268
Prostate Cancer	24	323	47	54	+ 269
Ovary Cancer	25	303	40	79	+ 223
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	265	27	147	+ 118
Falls	27	240	26	168	+ 71
Parkinson's Disease	28	222	37	85	+ 137
Inflammatory/Heart	29	218	32	123	+ 95
Liver Cancer	30	205	45	69	+ 136
Endocrine Disorders	31	183	43	71	+ 112
Cervical Cancer	32	178	30	132	+ 45
Lymphomas	33	170	28	147	+ 23
Violence	34	169	20	384	- 216
Birth Trauma	35	165	11	616	- 452
Uterin Cancer	36	161	61	18	+ 143
Maternal Conditions	37	160	13	544	- 384
Bladder Cancer	38	145	51	42	+ 103
Oral Cancer	39	133	44	71	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	40	112	58	20	+ 93
Skin Disease	41	105	50	45	+ 60
Leukemia	42	96	29	144	- 48
Malnutrition	43	86	10	660	- 574
Meningitis	44	73	19	404	- 331
Epilepsy	45	71	38	81	- 11
Alcohol	46	64	49	45	+ 19
Skin Cancers	47	59	56	30	+ 30
Fires	48	54	31	132	- 77
Syphilis	49	54	54	35	+ 19
Tuberculosis	50	53	14	543	- 491
Oesophagus Cancer	51	29	39	81	- 52
Poisonings	52	25	34	114	- 89
Other Neoplasms	53	20	66	6	+ 14
Encephalitis	54	17	62	16	+ 2
Drug Use	55	16	53	36	- 20
Appendicitis	56	12	55	31	- 19
Hepatitis B	57	10	57	28	- 18
Pertussis	58	7	36	90	- 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	64	12	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	67	4	+ 1
Dengue	61	4	73	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	1	52	37	- 36
Diphtheria	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	6	- 6
War	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	70	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	18	- 18
Otitis Media	69	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	25	308	- 308
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	73	- 73
Leishmaniasis	75	0	59	19	- 19
Malaria	76	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

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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.