ITALY VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	70,233	1	97,116	- 26,883
Stroke	2	43,214	2	62,633	- 19,419
Diabetes Mellitus	3	31,442	8	19,836	+ 11,606
Lung Disease	4	16,621	5	32,382	- 15,762
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	15,488	9	16,339	- 850
Kidney Disease	6	15,323	11	12,726	+ 2,597
Hypertension	7	8,707	6	29,931	- 21,224
Liver Disease	8	7,987	23	5,559	+ 2,427
Lung Cancers	9	7,725	4	34,152	- 26,427
Road Traffic Accidents	10	7,496	30	3,221	+ 4,276
Suicide	11	7,221	26	4,042	+ 3,179
Asthma	12	6,063	47	494	+ 5,570
Breast Cancer	13	5,597	10	13,868	- 8,271
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	5,528	3	41,445	- 35,917
Congenital Anomalies	15	5,135	37	1,443	+ 3,692
Low Birth Weight	16	4,778	51	357	+ 4,420
Stomach Cancer	17	4,668	14	10,252	- 5,585
Measles	18	4,533	71	1	+ 4,532
Drownings	19	3,854	52	344	+ 3,510
Other Injuries	20	3,750	12	12,112	- 8,363
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	3,478	36	1,622	+ 1,856
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	3,456	7	21,254	- 17,798
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	3,311	32	2,216	+ 1,096
Prostate Cancer	24	3,105	20	8,409	- 5,305
Ovary Cancer	25	2,909	28	3,282	- 373
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	2,547	43	690	+ 1,858
Falls	27	2,302	25	4,222	- 1,920
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,132	19	8,428	- 6,295
Inflammatory/Heart	29	2,096	24	5,531	- 3,435
Liver Cancer	30	1,970	17	9,620	- 7,650
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,758	18	8,431	- 6,672
Cervical Cancer	32	1,706	40	1,154	+ 553
Lymphomas	33	1,631	16	9,670	- 8,040
Violence	34	1,620	50	409	+ 1,212
Birth Trauma	35	1,583	59	140	+ 1,443
Uterin Cancer	36	1,544	33	2,198	- 654
Maternal Conditions	37	1,533	67	6	+ 1,527
Bladder Cancer	38	1,394	22	6,711	- 5,317
Oral Cancer	39	1,277	27	3,343	- 2,066
Pancreas Cancer	40	1,081	13	12,095	- 11,014
Skin Disease	41	1,006	38	1,440	- 434
Leukemia	42	922	21	6,728	- 5,807
Malnutrition	43	823	41	775	+ 48
Meningitis	44	705	60	128	+ 577
Epilepsy	45	680	39	1,337	- 657
Alcohol	46	618	55	277	+ 341
Skin Cancers	47	571	29	3,239	- 2,668
Fires	48	523	56	271	+ 251
Syphilis	49	514	69	4	+ 510
Tuberculosis	50	507	53	336	+ 171
Oesophagus Cancer	51	276	34	2,045	- 1,769
Poisonings	52	243	58	154	+ 89
Other Neoplasms	53	192	15	9,984	- 9,792
Encephalitis	54	168	68	5	+ 163
Drug Use	55	158	45	654	- 496
Appendicitis	56	116	61	49	+ 68
Hepatitis B	57	96	54	334	- 238
Pertussis	58	65	73	1	+ 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	59	42	701	- 642
Multiple Sclerosis	60	50	44	677	- 626
Dengue	61	37	81	0	+ 37
Tetanus	62	14	63	22	- 7
Diphtheria	63	10	76	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	64	8	31	2,451	- 2,442
War	65	6	66	6	- 0
Ascariasis	66	4	80	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	67	4	84	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	3	64	20	- 18
Otitis Media	69	0	65	16	- 16
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	46	520	- 520
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	241	- 241
Osteoarthritis	81	0	48	481	- 481
Oral conditions	82	0	62	47	- 47
Anemia	83	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	49	424	- 424
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Samoa

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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.