GUYANA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	915	1	1,335	- 420
Stroke	2	563	2	1,022	- 459
Diabetes Mellitus	3	410	3	579	- 169
Lung Disease	4	216	13	174	+ 43
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	202	6	302	- 100
Kidney Disease	6	200	8	233	- 34
Hypertension	7	113	4	320	- 207
Liver Disease	8	104	9	197	- 93
Lung Cancers	9	101	29	38	+ 63
Road Traffic Accidents	10	98	11	175	- 77
Suicide	11	94	5	315	- 221
Asthma	12	79	36	25	+ 53
Breast Cancer	13	73	19	96	- 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	72	38	23	+ 49
Congenital Anomalies	15	67	23	69	- 2
Low Birth Weight	16	62	22	89	- 27
Stomach Cancer	17	61	31	34	+ 27
Measles	18	59	77	0	+ 59
Drownings	19	50	15	145	- 95
Other Injuries	20	49	14	167	- 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	45	27	48	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	45	25	59	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	43	47	13	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	24	40	17	123	- 83
Ovary Cancer	25	38	43	18	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	33	26	54	- 21
Falls	27	30	48	11	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	28	28	49	9	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	29	27	20	92	- 64
Liver Cancer	30	26	34	29	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	31	23	12	174	- 152
Cervical Cancer	32	22	21	91	- 69
Lymphomas	33	21	32	32	- 11
Violence	34	21	10	194	- 172
Birth Trauma	35	21	24	64	- 44
Uterin Cancer	36	20	46	13	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	37	20	35	28	- 8
Bladder Cancer	38	18	50	8	+ 10
Oral Cancer	39	17	40	20	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	40	14	42	19	- 5
Skin Disease	41	13	56	3	+ 10
Leukemia	42	12	39	21	- 9
Malnutrition	43	11	30	37	- 27
Meningitis	44	9	44	17	- 8
Epilepsy	45	9	37	24	- 15
Alcohol	46	8	57	3	+ 5
Skin Cancers	47	7	55	5	+ 3
Fires	48	7	41	19	- 13
Syphilis	49	7	71	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	50	7	16	137	- 130
Oesophagus Cancer	51	4	51	8	- 4
Poisonings	52	3	65	1	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	53	3	28	40	- 38
Encephalitis	54	2	53	7	- 5
Drug Use	55	2	45	16	- 14
Appendicitis	56	2	54	6	- 4
Hepatitis B	57	1	59	2	- 1
Pertussis	58	1	73	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	63	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	61	1	- 1
Dengue	61	0	60	2	- 1
Tetanus	62	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	63	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	69	0	- 0
War	65	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	7	256	- 256
Schistosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	33	30	- 30
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Samoa

Guyana

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.