ESTONIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,375	1	3,009	- 1,634
Stroke	2	846	3	1,116	- 270
Diabetes Mellitus	3	616	19	146	+ 470
Lung Disease	4	325	13	229	+ 97
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	303	6	349	- 45
Kidney Disease	6	300	17	176	+ 124
Hypertension	7	170	2	2,700	- 2,530
Liver Disease	8	156	7	328	- 172
Lung Cancers	9	151	4	657	- 506
Road Traffic Accidents	10	147	35	59	+ 88
Suicide	11	141	16	197	- 56
Asthma	12	119	44	24	+ 95
Breast Cancer	13	110	11	260	- 150
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	108	12	229	- 121
Congenital Anomalies	15	101	43	25	+ 76
Low Birth Weight	16	94	55	7	+ 87
Stomach Cancer	17	91	9	290	- 198
Measles	18	89	84	0	+ 89
Drownings	19	75	40	30	+ 45
Other Injuries	20	73	20	141	- 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	68	53	8	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	68	5	527	- 459
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	65	45	22	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	24	61	8	298	- 238
Ovary Cancer	25	57	28	87	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	50	36	55	- 5
Falls	27	45	24	119	- 73
Parkinson's Disease	28	42	29	82	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	29	41	14	217	- 176
Liver Cancer	30	39	26	107	- 69
Endocrine Disorders	31	34	33	66	- 31
Cervical Cancer	32	33	32	68	- 34
Lymphomas	33	32	15	213	- 181
Violence	34	32	42	28	+ 3
Birth Trauma	35	31	57	5	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	36	30	34	60	- 30
Maternal Conditions	37	30	61	1	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	38	27	21	126	- 98
Oral Cancer	39	25	25	110	- 85
Pancreas Cancer	40	21	10	268	- 247
Skin Disease	41	20	41	29	- 9
Leukemia	42	18	22	126	- 108
Malnutrition	43	16	79	0	+ 16
Meningitis	44	14	54	7	+ 6
Epilepsy	45	13	37	45	- 31
Alcohol	46	12	18	148	- 136
Skin Cancers	47	11	30	79	- 68
Fires	48	10	38	41	- 31
Syphilis	49	10	62	1	+ 9
Tuberculosis	50	10	47	16	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	51	5	27	99	- 93
Poisonings	52	5	52	8	- 4
Other Neoplasms	53	4	23	123	- 120
Encephalitis	54	3	63	0	+ 3
Drug Use	55	3	31	75	- 72
Appendicitis	56	2	59	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	57	2	65	0	+ 2
Pertussis	58	1	83	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	46	17	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	48	16	- 15
Dengue	61	1	75	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	63	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	58	4	- 4
War	65	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	39	40	- 40
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.