GHANA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	39,848	3	14,103	+ 25,745
Stroke	2	24,518	2	15,163	+ 9,355
Diabetes Mellitus	3	17,839	12	5,929	+ 11,910
Lung Disease	4	9,430	15	3,120	+ 6,310
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,788	1	16,262	- 7,475
Kidney Disease	6	8,694	13	4,161	+ 4,532
Hypertension	7	4,940	19	2,231	+ 2,709
Liver Disease	8	4,531	11	6,053	- 1,522
Lung Cancers	9	4,383	55	237	+ 4,146
Road Traffic Accidents	10	4,253	7	7,808	- 3,554
Suicide	11	4,097	21	1,993	+ 2,104
Asthma	12	3,440	23	1,979	+ 1,461
Breast Cancer	13	3,176	25	1,937	+ 1,238
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	3,136	29	1,294	+ 1,842
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,914	14	3,935	- 1,022
Low Birth Weight	16	2,711	8	6,662	- 3,951
Stomach Cancer	17	2,648	33	870	+ 1,778
Measles	18	2,572	60	135	+ 2,436
Drownings	19	2,187	36	740	+ 1,446
Other Injuries	20	2,127	18	2,433	- 305
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,973	9	6,538	- 4,565
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,961	34	803	+ 1,158
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,879	52	256	+ 1,623
Prostate Cancer	24	1,761	31	1,031	+ 731
Ovary Cancer	25	1,650	38	698	+ 952
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,445	48	321	+ 1,125
Falls	27	1,306	30	1,168	+ 138
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,210	43	387	+ 823
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,189	28	1,615	- 426
Liver Cancer	30	1,118	17	2,851	- 1,734
Endocrine Disorders	31	998	24	1,965	- 967
Cervical Cancer	32	968	20	2,161	- 1,193
Lymphomas	33	925	32	875	+ 50
Violence	34	919	27	1,857	- 938
Birth Trauma	35	898	10	6,194	- 5,296
Uterin Cancer	36	876	57	219	+ 657
Maternal Conditions	37	870	22	1,991	- 1,121
Bladder Cancer	38	791	53	245	+ 545
Oral Cancer	39	725	42	483	+ 242
Pancreas Cancer	40	613	46	334	+ 279
Skin Disease	41	571	50	264	+ 306
Leukemia	42	523	45	340	+ 183
Malnutrition	43	467	26	1,868	- 1,401
Meningitis	44	400	16	2,983	- 2,583
Epilepsy	45	386	47	329	+ 56
Alcohol	46	351	54	244	+ 107
Skin Cancers	47	324	58	214	+ 110
Fires	48	296	37	729	- 433
Syphilis	49	292	41	483	- 191
Tuberculosis	50	288	6	10,214	- 9,927
Oesophagus Cancer	51	157	49	285	- 129
Poisonings	52	138	40	522	- 384
Other Neoplasms	53	109	63	48	+ 61
Encephalitis	54	95	44	357	- 262
Drug Use	55	90	39	630	- 540
Appendicitis	56	66	59	146	- 80
Hepatitis B	57	54	62	101	- 47
Pertussis	58	37	35	744	- 708
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	34	67	16	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	60	29	61	113	- 84
Dengue	61	21	71	0	+ 21
Tetanus	62	8	56	220	- 212
Diphtheria	63	5	69	4	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	5	65	28	- 23
War	65	3	64	29	- 26
Ascariasis	66	2	68	12	- 10
Chlamydia	67	2	70	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	16	- 15
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	4	13,565	- 13,565
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	257	- 257
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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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.