FIJI VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,096	2	1,481	- 385
Stroke	2	675	3	583	+ 92
Diabetes Mellitus	3	491	1	1,628	- 1,137
Lung Disease	4	259	9	141	+ 119
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	242	5	228	+ 13
Kidney Disease	6	239	4	277	- 38
Hypertension	7	136	7	170	- 34
Liver Disease	8	125	15	82	+ 43
Lung Cancers	9	121	22	48	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	10	117	11	120	- 3
Suicide	11	113	16	80	+ 33
Asthma	12	95	6	226	- 131
Breast Cancer	13	87	8	162	- 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	86	19	63	+ 23
Congenital Anomalies	15	80	10	129	- 49
Low Birth Weight	16	75	14	86	- 11
Stomach Cancer	17	73	37	23	+ 49
Measles	18	71	63	0	+ 71
Drownings	19	60	21	60	+ 1
Other Injuries	20	59	17	77	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	54	12	96	- 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	54	24	45	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	52	20	62	- 10
Prostate Cancer	24	48	25	41	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	25	45	32	29	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	40	29	34	+ 6
Falls	27	36	36	27	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	28	33	26	40	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	29	33	23	45	- 13
Liver Cancer	30	31	18	68	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	31	27	34	28	- 0
Cervical Cancer	32	27	13	86	- 60
Lymphomas	33	25	35	27	- 2
Violence	34	25	40	19	+ 6
Birth Trauma	35	25	28	36	- 12
Uterin Cancer	36	24	39	20	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	37	24	49	9	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	38	22	50	8	+ 14
Oral Cancer	39	20	46	13	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	40	17	38	21	- 4
Skin Disease	41	16	41	19	- 3
Leukemia	42	14	30	31	- 17
Malnutrition	43	13	45	14	- 1
Meningitis	44	11	43	17	- 6
Epilepsy	45	11	44	16	- 6
Alcohol	46	10	57	2	+ 8
Skin Cancers	47	9	61	1	+ 8
Fires	48	8	33	28	- 20
Syphilis	49	8	47	11	- 3
Tuberculosis	50	8	27	39	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	51	4	42	18	- 13
Poisonings	52	4	56	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	53	3	53	3	- 0
Encephalitis	54	3	51	7	- 5
Drug Use	55	2	52	4	- 1
Appendicitis	56	2	54	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	1	59	1	+ 0
Pertussis	58	1	48	10	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	62	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	60	1	- 0
Dengue	61	1	55	3	- 2
Tetanus	62	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	63	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	- 0
War	65	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	64	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	69	0	+ 0
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	31	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Samoa

Fiji

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.