INDIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,623,352	1	1,520,034	+ 103,318
Stroke	2	998,837	3	697,038	+ 301,799
Diabetes Mellitus	3	726,745	7	271,495	+ 455,250
Lung Disease	4	384,167	2	879,732	- 495,566
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	357,995	6	392,425	- 34,430
Kidney Disease	6	354,176	11	222,903	+ 131,274
Hypertension	7	201,249	19	108,050	+ 93,199
Liver Disease	8	184,604	8	268,580	- 83,976
Lung Cancers	9	178,559	21	88,276	+ 90,283
Road Traffic Accidents	10	173,269	12	212,596	- 39,327
Suicide	11	166,907	14	173,347	- 6,440
Asthma	12	140,142	13	196,051	- 55,909
Breast Cancer	13	129,373	22	82,821	+ 46,553
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	127,768	17	126,593	+ 1,175
Congenital Anomalies	15	118,700	23	82,769	+ 35,931
Low Birth Weight	16	110,435	9	238,739	- 128,305
Stomach Cancer	17	107,891	24	81,058	+ 26,833
Measles	18	104,774	51	11,923	+ 92,851
Drownings	19	89,080	28	48,774	+ 40,306
Other Injuries	20	86,665	15	149,570	- 62,905
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	80,397	4	670,315	- 589,917
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	79,871	25	77,368	+ 2,503
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	76,538	18	126,079	- 49,541
Prostate Cancer	24	71,761	38	30,945	+ 40,816
Ovary Cancer	25	67,227	44	21,947	+ 45,280
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	58,881	26	68,108	- 9,227
Falls	27	53,207	10	225,755	- 172,548
Parkinson's Disease	28	49,287	32	43,398	+ 5,889
Inflammatory/Heart	29	48,450	49	12,651	+ 35,799
Liver Cancer	30	45,529	39	30,369	+ 15,160
Endocrine Disorders	31	40,644	47	15,264	+ 25,379
Cervical Cancer	32	39,436	30	45,319	- 5,883
Lymphomas	33	37,695	33	40,159	- 2,464
Violence	34	37,446	27	51,767	- 14,321
Birth Trauma	35	36,589	20	102,819	- 66,230
Uterin Cancer	36	35,692	59	6,841	+ 28,851
Maternal Conditions	37	35,435	41	25,917	+ 9,518
Bladder Cancer	38	32,210	48	14,081	+ 18,130
Oral Cancer	39	29,525	16	134,187	- 104,662
Pancreas Cancer	40	24,984	37	32,812	- 7,828
Skin Disease	41	23,243	45	17,857	+ 5,386
Leukemia	42	21,307	35	33,383	- 12,076
Malnutrition	43	19,027	55	8,626	+ 10,400
Meningitis	44	16,287	36	33,337	- 17,049
Epilepsy	45	15,714	40	30,307	- 14,594
Alcohol	46	14,290	43	23,097	- 8,807
Skin Cancers	47	13,204	60	5,054	+ 8,150
Fires	48	12,077	42	23,265	- 11,188
Syphilis	49	11,888	64	2,007	+ 9,881
Tuberculosis	50	11,726	5	435,882	- 424,155
Oesophagus Cancer	51	6,389	34	38,898	- 32,508
Poisonings	52	5,620	61	3,540	+ 2,080
Other Neoplasms	53	4,446	62	2,968	+ 1,478
Encephalitis	54	3,880	29	48,080	- 44,201
Drug Use	55	3,657	52	11,747	- 8,091
Appendicitis	56	2,685	53	11,245	- 8,560
Hepatitis B	57	2,220	56	8,184	- 5,964
Pertussis	58	1,505	54	10,094	- 8,589
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1,370	50	11,931	- 10,561
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1,167	63	2,328	- 1,161
Dengue	61	857	46	17,546	- 16,689
Tetanus	62	331	58	7,093	- 6,762
Diphtheria	63	223	72	65	+ 158
Hepatitis C	64	189	65	1,364	- 1,175
War	65	142	67	890	- 748
Ascariasis	66	101	70	126	- 25
Chlamydia	67	81	69	379	- 298
Upper Respiratory	68	61	68	584	- 523
Otitis Media	69	7	71	68	- 61
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	31	44,406	- 44,406
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	973	- 973
Malaria	76	0	57	7,705	- 7,705
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	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	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

Samoa

India

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.