FINLAND VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,482	2	9,831	- 3,349
Stroke	2	3,988	3	4,115	- 127
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,902	22	418	+ 2,484
Lung Disease	4	1,534	8	1,289	+ 245
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,429	21	436	+ 993
Kidney Disease	6	1,414	26	342	+ 1,072
Hypertension	7	804	5	2,030	- 1,226
Liver Disease	8	737	10	1,068	- 331
Lung Cancers	9	713	4	2,312	- 1,599
Road Traffic Accidents	10	692	33	215	+ 477
Suicide	11	666	15	846	- 180
Asthma	12	560	40	85	+ 475
Breast Cancer	13	517	12	948	- 432
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	510	1	11,120	- 10,610
Congenital Anomalies	15	474	35	192	+ 282
Low Birth Weight	16	441	48	26	+ 415
Stomach Cancer	17	431	19	447	- 16
Measles	18	418	72	0	+ 418
Drownings	19	356	37	106	+ 250
Other Injuries	20	346	20	437	- 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	321	52	15	+ 306
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	319	6	1,433	- 1,114
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	306	50	19	+ 287
Prostate Cancer	24	287	11	970	- 684
Ovary Cancer	25	268	25	344	- 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	235	36	151	+ 84
Falls	27	212	7	1,325	- 1,113
Parkinson's Disease	28	197	13	853	- 656
Inflammatory/Heart	29	193	17	518	- 325
Liver Cancer	30	182	16	545	- 363
Endocrine Disorders	31	162	31	257	- 94
Cervical Cancer	32	157	44	62	+ 95
Lymphomas	33	151	14	851	- 700
Violence	34	150	43	64	+ 85
Birth Trauma	35	146	56	8	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	36	143	32	225	- 83
Maternal Conditions	37	141	64	2	+ 140
Bladder Cancer	38	129	28	308	- 180
Oral Cancer	39	118	34	207	- 89
Pancreas Cancer	40	100	9	1,247	- 1,147
Skin Disease	41	93	47	27	+ 66
Leukemia	42	85	24	371	- 286
Malnutrition	43	76	57	7	+ 69
Meningitis	44	65	55	9	+ 56
Epilepsy	45	63	38	104	- 41
Alcohol	46	57	18	464	- 407
Skin Cancers	47	53	29	297	- 244
Fires	48	48	45	62	- 13
Syphilis	49	47	67	0	+ 47
Tuberculosis	50	47	46	32	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	51	26	27	320	- 294
Poisonings	52	22	49	25	- 2
Other Neoplasms	53	18	23	377	- 359
Encephalitis	54	15	66	0	+ 15
Drug Use	55	15	30	269	- 255
Appendicitis	56	11	54	10	+ 1
Hepatitis B	57	9	63	2	+ 7
Pertussis	58	6	69	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	41	83	- 78
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	42	80	- 76
Dengue	61	3	82	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	5	- 4
War	65	1	65	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	59	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Anemia	83	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Samoa

Finland

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.