GUINEA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,112	6	5,665	+ 10,447
Stroke	2	9,914	5	5,777	+ 4,137
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,213	15	2,138	+ 5,075
Lung Disease	4	3,813	20	1,373	+ 2,440
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,553	1	12,790	- 9,237
Kidney Disease	6	3,515	16	1,939	+ 1,576
Hypertension	7	1,997	21	1,348	+ 649
Liver Disease	8	1,832	12	2,550	- 718
Lung Cancers	9	1,772	50	128	+ 1,644
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,720	9	3,788	- 2,068
Suicide	11	1,657	29	892	+ 765
Asthma	12	1,391	22	1,179	+ 212
Breast Cancer	13	1,284	38	345	+ 939
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,268	30	579	+ 689
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,178	14	2,181	- 1,003
Low Birth Weight	16	1,096	8	4,319	- 3,223
Stomach Cancer	17	1,071	41	245	+ 826
Measles	18	1,040	4	6,025	- 4,985
Drownings	19	884	31	528	+ 356
Other Injuries	20	860	18	1,504	- 644
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	798	3	6,788	- 5,990
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	793	53	100	+ 693
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	760	42	238	+ 522
Prostate Cancer	24	712	32	525	+ 187
Ovary Cancer	25	667	54	93	+ 575
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	584	34	448	+ 136
Falls	27	528	33	480	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	28	489	44	212	+ 277
Inflammatory/Heart	29	481	35	439	+ 41
Liver Cancer	30	452	23	1,167	- 715
Endocrine Disorders	31	403	25	1,140	- 736
Cervical Cancer	32	391	19	1,491	- 1,100
Lymphomas	33	374	48	158	+ 216
Violence	34	372	26	1,128	- 756
Birth Trauma	35	363	7	4,797	- 4,433
Uterin Cancer	36	354	59	38	+ 317
Maternal Conditions	37	352	17	1,793	- 1,441
Bladder Cancer	38	320	60	32	+ 288
Oral Cancer	39	293	52	122	+ 171
Pancreas Cancer	40	248	65	19	+ 229
Skin Disease	41	231	51	127	+ 104
Leukemia	42	211	67	17	+ 194
Malnutrition	43	189	28	1,032	- 843
Meningitis	44	162	11	2,633	- 2,471
Epilepsy	45	156	37	350	- 194
Alcohol	46	142	55	83	+ 58
Skin Cancers	47	131	49	152	- 21
Fires	48	120	36	410	- 290
Syphilis	49	118	39	328	- 210
Tuberculosis	50	116	13	2,369	- 2,252
Oesophagus Cancer	51	63	63	20	+ 44
Poisonings	52	56	40	295	- 239
Other Neoplasms	53	44	68	16	+ 28
Encephalitis	54	39	56	81	- 42
Drug Use	55	36	46	169	- 132
Appendicitis	56	27	57	41	- 15
Hepatitis B	57	22	47	162	- 140
Pertussis	58	15	24	1,165	- 1,150
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	14	70	13	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	12	66	18	- 6
Dengue	61	9	73	0	+ 8
Tetanus	62	3	45	170	- 166
Diphtheria	63	2	58	40	- 37
Hepatitis C	64	2	61	22	- 20
War	65	1	64	20	- 18
Ascariasis	66	1	62	22	- 21
Chlamydia	67	1	71	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	69	15	- 14
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	10	3,020	- 3,020
Schistosomiasis	74	0	43	232	- 232
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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 GUINEA

Samoa

Guinea

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.