GUINEA-BISSAU VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,456	5	907	+ 1,550
Stroke	2	1,511	6	829	+ 682
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,100	14	313	+ 786
Lung Disease	4	581	20	191	+ 390
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	542	2	1,390	- 848
Kidney Disease	6	536	15	268	+ 268
Hypertension	7	305	21	177	+ 127
Liver Disease	8	279	11	405	- 126
Lung Cancers	9	270	50	18	+ 252
Road Traffic Accidents	10	262	10	619	- 357
Suicide	11	253	26	134	+ 119
Asthma	12	212	24	150	+ 62
Breast Cancer	13	196	29	93	+ 103
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	193	34	69	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	15	180	12	373	- 194
Low Birth Weight	16	167	8	705	- 537
Stomach Cancer	17	163	36	55	+ 108
Measles	18	159	25	147	+ 12
Drownings	19	135	30	89	+ 45
Other Injuries	20	131	17	234	- 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	122	4	913	- 791
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	121	38	50	+ 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	116	43	33	+ 83
Prostate Cancer	24	109	42	41	+ 68
Ovary Cancer	25	102	48	19	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	89	32	77	+ 12
Falls	27	81	33	71	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	28	75	46	27	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	29	73	37	53	+ 21
Liver Cancer	30	69	28	116	- 47
Endocrine Disorders	31	62	18	221	- 160
Cervical Cancer	32	60	23	154	- 95
Lymphomas	33	57	45	28	+ 30
Violence	34	57	22	173	- 116
Birth Trauma	35	55	7	790	- 735
Uterin Cancer	36	54	59	8	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	37	54	13	333	- 279
Bladder Cancer	38	49	51	17	+ 31
Oral Cancer	39	45	56	13	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	40	38	54	14	+ 24
Skin Disease	41	35	53	16	+ 19
Leukemia	42	32	61	6	+ 26
Malnutrition	43	29	27	121	- 92
Meningitis	44	25	16	258	- 234
Epilepsy	45	24	39	48	- 25
Alcohol	46	22	57	12	+ 9
Skin Cancers	47	20	52	17	+ 3
Fires	48	18	35	64	- 46
Syphilis	49	18	31	85	- 67
Tuberculosis	50	18	3	1,387	- 1,369
Oesophagus Cancer	51	10	49	19	- 9
Poisonings	52	9	41	45	- 36
Other Neoplasms	53	7	65	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	54	6	58	10	- 5
Drug Use	55	6	55	13	- 8
Appendicitis	56	4	60	7	- 3
Hepatitis B	57	3	47	20	- 17
Pertussis	58	2	19	212	- 210
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	67	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	64	2	- 1
Dengue	61	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	40	48	- 48
Diphtheria	63	0	68	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	63	3	- 2
War	65	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	1	1,445	- 1,445
Schistosomiasis	74	0	44	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	9	684	- 684
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Samoa

Guinea-Bissau

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.