LESOTHO VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,566	5	2,101	+ 465
Stroke	2	1,579	3	2,817	- 1,238
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,149	6	2,000	- 851
Lung Disease	4	607	9	1,102	- 495
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	566	2	3,214	- 2,648
Kidney Disease	6	560	10	1,015	- 455
Hypertension	7	318	11	990	- 672
Liver Disease	8	292	14	792	- 500
Lung Cancers	9	282	43	51	+ 231
Road Traffic Accidents	10	274	16	678	- 405
Suicide	11	264	7	1,539	- 1,276
Asthma	12	222	17	678	- 456
Breast Cancer	13	205	34	97	+ 107
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	202	29	194	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	15	188	19	389	- 202
Low Birth Weight	16	175	12	957	- 782
Stomach Cancer	17	171	60	11	+ 160
Measles	18	166	59	12	+ 154
Drownings	19	141	28	200	- 59
Other Injuries	20	137	18	533	- 396
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	127	4	2,354	- 2,227
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	126	48	40	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	121	32	126	- 5
Prostate Cancer	24	113	35	81	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	25	106	53	24	+ 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	93	25	279	- 186
Falls	27	84	31	128	- 44
Parkinson's Disease	28	78	41	55	+ 23
Inflammatory/Heart	29	77	23	305	- 228
Liver Cancer	30	72	39	71	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	31	64	27	235	- 171
Cervical Cancer	32	62	20	372	- 310
Lymphomas	33	60	36	78	- 18
Violence	34	59	13	924	- 865
Birth Trauma	35	58	15	717	- 659
Uterin Cancer	36	56	54	23	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	37	56	24	292	- 236
Bladder Cancer	38	51	61	10	+ 41
Oral Cancer	39	47	42	52	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	40	39	58	12	+ 27
Skin Disease	41	37	40	70	- 33
Leukemia	42	34	49	39	- 5
Malnutrition	43	30	21	357	- 327
Meningitis	44	26	22	318	- 292
Epilepsy	45	25	30	143	- 119
Alcohol	46	23	38	71	- 48
Skin Cancers	47	21	46	46	- 25
Fires	48	19	26	269	- 250
Syphilis	49	19	45	50	- 32
Tuberculosis	50	19	8	1,208	- 1,190
Oesophagus Cancer	51	10	37	73	- 63
Poisonings	52	9	33	111	- 102
Other Neoplasms	53	7	62	9	- 2
Encephalitis	54	6	57	14	- 7
Drug Use	55	6	50	32	- 26
Appendicitis	56	4	52	25	- 21
Hepatitis B	57	4	51	27	- 23
Pertussis	58	2	44	51	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	56	18	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	6	- 4
Dengue	61	1	70	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	47	45	- 45
Diphtheria	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	2	- 2
War	65	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	65	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	55	18	- 18
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	1	4,767	- 4,767
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Samoa

Lesotho

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.