HAITI VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,541	1	13,208	+ 333
Stroke	2	8,332	2	11,779	- 3,447
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,062	4	5,026	+ 1,036
Lung Disease	4	3,204	11	2,334	+ 870
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,986	3	7,064	- 4,078
Kidney Disease	6	2,954	6	2,701	+ 253
Hypertension	7	1,679	7	2,632	- 953
Liver Disease	8	1,540	10	2,425	- 885
Lung Cancers	9	1,489	36	492	+ 998
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,445	13	2,115	- 669
Suicide	11	1,392	21	1,085	+ 307
Asthma	12	1,169	20	1,107	+ 62
Breast Cancer	13	1,079	30	705	+ 374
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,066	23	955	+ 111
Congenital Anomalies	15	990	15	1,819	- 829
Low Birth Weight	16	921	9	2,516	- 1,595
Stomach Cancer	17	900	26	863	+ 37
Measles	18	874	74	0	+ 874
Drownings	19	743	19	1,306	- 563
Other Injuries	20	723	16	1,499	- 776
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	671	8	2,540	- 1,869
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	666	32	680	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	638	27	814	- 176
Prostate Cancer	24	599	17	1,356	- 758
Ovary Cancer	25	561	51	153	+ 407
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	491	31	704	- 213
Falls	27	444	35	549	- 105
Parkinson's Disease	28	411	42	329	+ 82
Inflammatory/Heart	29	404	25	941	- 537
Liver Cancer	30	380	33	662	- 283
Endocrine Disorders	31	339	24	951	- 612
Cervical Cancer	32	329	34	573	- 244
Lymphomas	33	314	47	235	+ 79
Violence	34	312	12	2,330	- 2,017
Birth Trauma	35	305	14	2,100	- 1,795
Uterin Cancer	36	298	57	42	+ 256
Maternal Conditions	37	296	18	1,349	- 1,053
Bladder Cancer	38	269	55	92	+ 177
Oral Cancer	39	246	45	261	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	40	208	44	268	- 60
Skin Disease	41	194	40	425	- 231
Leukemia	42	178	43	300	- 123
Malnutrition	43	159	29	717	- 558
Meningitis	44	136	28	780	- 644
Epilepsy	45	131	41	409	- 278
Alcohol	46	119	39	428	- 308
Skin Cancers	47	110	56	56	+ 54
Fires	48	101	37	470	- 369
Syphilis	49	99	46	251	- 152
Tuberculosis	50	98	22	1,007	- 910
Oesophagus Cancer	51	53	49	155	- 102
Poisonings	52	47	50	154	- 107
Other Neoplasms	53	37	60	31	+ 7
Encephalitis	54	32	54	118	- 85
Drug Use	55	31	52	140	- 109
Appendicitis	56	22	48	172	- 149
Hepatitis B	57	19	62	26	- 7
Pertussis	58	13	38	446	- 434
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	58	37	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	61	28	- 19
Dengue	61	7	64	17	- 10
Tetanus	62	3	53	119	- 116
Diphtheria	63	2	69	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	7	- 6
War	65	1	66	5	- 4
Ascariasis	66	1	67	5	- 4
Chlamydia	67	1	68	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	19	- 18
Otitis Media	69	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	5	2,706	- 2,706
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	59	36	- 36
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	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	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

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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.