LATVIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,075	1	8,099	- 6,024
Stroke	2	1,277	2	5,893	- 4,616
Diabetes Mellitus	3	929	8	529	+ 400
Lung Disease	4	491	18	346	+ 145
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	458	9	501	- 44
Kidney Disease	6	453	17	356	+ 96
Hypertension	7	257	3	1,194	- 936
Liver Disease	8	236	15	365	- 129
Lung Cancers	9	228	4	956	- 728
Road Traffic Accidents	10	221	27	154	+ 68
Suicide	11	213	14	384	- 170
Asthma	12	179	46	42	+ 137
Breast Cancer	13	165	10	472	- 307
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	163	7	664	- 500
Congenital Anomalies	15	152	43	46	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	16	141	56	11	+ 130
Stomach Cancer	17	138	11	470	- 332
Measles	18	134	72	0	+ 134
Drownings	19	114	34	127	- 13
Other Injuries	20	111	16	362	- 252
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	103	54	14	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	102	6	722	- 620
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	98	47	41	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	24	92	12	464	- 372
Ovary Cancer	25	86	24	196	- 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	75	31	142	- 67
Falls	27	68	23	201	- 133
Parkinson's Disease	28	63	35	125	- 62
Inflammatory/Heart	29	62	5	921	- 859
Liver Cancer	30	58	26	157	- 98
Endocrine Disorders	31	52	41	59	- 7
Cervical Cancer	32	50	33	128	- 77
Lymphomas	33	48	19	245	- 197
Violence	34	48	37	94	- 47
Birth Trauma	35	47	55	12	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	36	46	29	148	- 102
Maternal Conditions	37	45	60	5	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	38	41	20	228	- 187
Oral Cancer	39	38	22	214	- 176
Pancreas Cancer	40	32	13	436	- 404
Skin Disease	41	30	38	76	- 47
Leukemia	42	27	25	186	- 159
Malnutrition	43	24	64	2	+ 22
Meningitis	44	21	52	15	+ 6
Epilepsy	45	20	45	44	- 24
Alcohol	46	18	21	227	- 209
Skin Cancers	47	17	30	144	- 128
Fires	48	15	36	103	- 88
Syphilis	49	15	65	1	+ 14
Tuberculosis	50	15	40	71	- 56
Oesophagus Cancer	51	8	32	131	- 123
Poisonings	52	7	49	23	- 16
Other Neoplasms	53	6	28	153	- 147
Encephalitis	54	5	69	0	+ 5
Drug Use	55	5	48	41	- 36
Appendicitis	56	3	59	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	3	63	3	- 0
Pertussis	58	2	70	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	51	20	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	50	20	- 19
Dengue	61	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	63	0	67	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	42	53	- 53
War	65	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	39	74	- 74
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Samoa

Latvia

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.