IRELAND VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,029	1	4,762	+ 1,267
Stroke	2	3,710	5	1,770	+ 1,940
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,699	16	414	+ 2,286
Lung Disease	4	1,427	4	1,915	- 489
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,330	6	1,298	+ 31
Kidney Disease	6	1,315	10	566	+ 749
Hypertension	7	747	29	175	+ 573
Liver Disease	8	686	19	279	+ 406
Lung Cancers	9	663	3	1,916	- 1,253
Road Traffic Accidents	10	644	33	153	+ 491
Suicide	11	620	14	470	+ 150
Asthma	12	520	41	58	+ 463
Breast Cancer	13	480	8	760	- 279
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	475	2	3,209	- 2,735
Congenital Anomalies	15	441	32	153	+ 288
Low Birth Weight	16	410	44	56	+ 354
Stomach Cancer	17	401	17	357	+ 44
Measles	18	389	83	0	+ 389
Drownings	19	331	43	57	+ 274
Other Injuries	20	322	30	171	+ 151
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	299	45	53	+ 246
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	297	7	1,095	- 799
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	284	46	50	+ 234
Prostate Cancer	24	267	9	585	- 318
Ovary Cancer	25	250	21	273	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	219	38	67	+ 152
Falls	27	198	25	247	- 49
Parkinson's Disease	28	183	12	530	- 347
Inflammatory/Heart	29	180	26	240	- 60
Liver Cancer	30	169	18	318	- 149
Endocrine Disorders	31	151	24	249	- 98
Cervical Cancer	32	146	35	103	+ 44
Lymphomas	33	140	13	513	- 373
Violence	34	139	47	38	+ 101
Birth Trauma	35	136	56	10	+ 126
Uterin Cancer	36	133	34	126	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	37	132	61	3	+ 129
Bladder Cancer	38	120	22	256	- 136
Oral Cancer	39	110	28	183	- 73
Pancreas Cancer	40	93	11	530	- 438
Skin Disease	41	86	42	58	+ 29
Leukemia	42	79	20	274	- 195
Malnutrition	43	71	63	2	+ 69
Meningitis	44	60	58	7	+ 53
Epilepsy	45	58	36	85	- 27
Alcohol	46	53	39	64	- 11
Skin Cancers	47	49	23	252	- 203
Fires	48	45	48	30	+ 15
Syphilis	49	44	68	0	+ 44
Tuberculosis	50	44	50	23	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	51	24	15	419	- 395
Poisonings	52	21	53	14	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	53	17	27	218	- 201
Encephalitis	54	14	66	0	+ 14
Drug Use	55	14	31	167	- 153
Appendicitis	56	10	60	3	+ 7
Hepatitis B	57	8	59	6	+ 2
Pertussis	58	6	67	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	40	59	- 54
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	37	83	- 79
Dengue	61	3	78	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	81	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	19	- 19
War	65	1	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	57	9	- 9
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Samoa

Ireland

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.