GREECE VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,051	1	21,124	- 9,073
Stroke	2	7,415	2	14,077	- 6,662
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,395	20	1,266	+ 4,130
Lung Disease	4	2,852	5	5,526	- 2,674
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,658	3	8,282	- 5,625
Kidney Disease	6	2,629	6	4,759	- 2,129
Hypertension	7	1,494	9	2,922	- 1,428
Liver Disease	8	1,370	23	809	+ 561
Lung Cancers	9	1,326	4	7,355	- 6,030
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,286	22	870	+ 416
Suicide	11	1,239	28	533	+ 706
Asthma	12	1,040	55	27	+ 1,013
Breast Cancer	13	960	11	2,520	- 1,560
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	949	7	3,940	- 2,991
Congenital Anomalies	15	881	38	174	+ 707
Low Birth Weight	16	820	41	127	+ 693
Stomach Cancer	17	801	16	1,535	- 734
Measles	18	778	68	0	+ 778
Drownings	19	661	32	435	+ 226
Other Injuries	20	643	17	1,453	- 810
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	597	44	95	+ 502
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	593	8	3,264	- 2,671
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	568	43	100	+ 468
Prostate Cancer	24	533	12	2,023	- 1,490
Ovary Cancer	25	499	27	557	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	437	26	611	- 174
Falls	27	395	21	1,245	- 850
Parkinson's Disease	28	366	10	2,646	- 2,280
Inflammatory/Heart	29	360	24	725	- 365
Liver Cancer	30	338	14	1,566	- 1,228
Endocrine Disorders	31	302	29	526	- 224
Cervical Cancer	32	293	36	243	+ 49
Lymphomas	33	280	19	1,268	- 989
Violence	34	278	42	104	+ 174
Birth Trauma	35	272	57	17	+ 255
Uterin Cancer	36	265	33	373	- 108
Maternal Conditions	37	263	61	2	+ 261
Bladder Cancer	38	239	15	1,551	- 1,312
Oral Cancer	39	219	30	440	- 221
Pancreas Cancer	40	185	13	1,904	- 1,719
Skin Disease	41	173	47	56	+ 116
Leukemia	42	158	18	1,354	- 1,196
Malnutrition	43	141	66	1	+ 140
Meningitis	44	121	53	33	+ 88
Epilepsy	45	117	34	249	- 132
Alcohol	46	106	49	50	+ 56
Skin Cancers	47	98	31	438	- 340
Fires	48	90	39	146	- 57
Syphilis	49	88	65	1	+ 87
Tuberculosis	50	87	46	66	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	51	47	35	246	- 198
Poisonings	52	42	56	19	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	53	33	25	679	- 645
Encephalitis	54	29	67	1	+ 28
Drug Use	55	27	37	193	- 166
Appendicitis	56	20	58	9	+ 10
Hepatitis B	57	16	48	56	- 39
Pertussis	58	11	69	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	10	45	67	- 57
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	40	135	- 126
Dengue	61	6	71	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	2	62	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	38	- 37
War	65	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	59	8	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	50	47	- 47
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	63	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	51	47	- 47
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	27	- 27
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Samoa

Greece

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.