GEORGIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,646	1	16,014	- 10,368
Stroke	2	3,474	2	11,969	- 8,495
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,528	6	1,621	+ 906
Lung Disease	4	1,336	7	1,158	+ 178
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,245	9	886	+ 359
Kidney Disease	6	1,232	10	826	+ 406
Hypertension	7	700	3	4,387	- 3,687
Liver Disease	8	642	4	1,871	- 1,229
Lung Cancers	9	621	8	1,152	- 531
Road Traffic Accidents	10	603	13	496	+ 107
Suicide	11	581	18	367	+ 214
Asthma	12	487	35	136	+ 352
Breast Cancer	13	450	11	613	- 163
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	444	5	1,826	- 1,382
Congenital Anomalies	15	413	28	174	+ 238
Low Birth Weight	16	384	37	114	+ 270
Stomach Cancer	17	375	12	533	- 158
Measles	18	364	68	0	+ 364
Drownings	19	310	39	95	+ 215
Other Injuries	20	301	20	346	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	280	50	19	+ 261
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	278	14	444	- 166
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	266	15	426	- 160
Prostate Cancer	24	250	22	290	- 41
Ovary Cancer	25	234	29	174	+ 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	205	24	226	- 21
Falls	27	185	16	420	- 235
Parkinson's Disease	28	171	19	354	- 183
Inflammatory/Heart	29	169	21	346	- 178
Liver Cancer	30	158	17	385	- 226
Endocrine Disorders	31	141	38	109	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	32	137	27	187	- 50
Lymphomas	33	131	25	208	- 77
Violence	34	130	40	90	+ 40
Birth Trauma	35	127	46	39	+ 88
Uterin Cancer	36	124	36	115	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	37	123	53	13	+ 110
Bladder Cancer	38	112	26	205	- 93
Oral Cancer	39	103	31	167	- 64
Pancreas Cancer	40	87	23	227	- 140
Skin Disease	41	81	51	17	+ 64
Leukemia	42	74	30	171	- 97
Malnutrition	43	66	59	5	+ 62
Meningitis	44	57	47	25	+ 32
Epilepsy	45	55	44	51	+ 4
Alcohol	46	50	45	49	+ 1
Skin Cancers	47	46	33	149	- 103
Fires	48	42	34	140	- 98
Syphilis	49	41	63	0	+ 41
Tuberculosis	50	41	32	153	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	51	22	43	75	- 53
Poisonings	52	20	49	23	- 4
Other Neoplasms	53	15	52	15	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	13	48	24	- 11
Drug Use	55	13	41	90	- 77
Appendicitis	56	9	55	10	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	8	58	7	+ 1
Pertussis	58	5	67	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	57	8	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	54	12	- 8
Dengue	61	3	76	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	62	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	0	+ 0
War	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	42	89	- 89
Schistosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	56	8	- 8
Malaria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.