LIBYA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,480	1	6,610	+ 1,870
Stroke	2	5,218	2	2,603	+ 2,615
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,797	8	803	+ 2,993
Lung Disease	4	2,007	12	607	+ 1,400
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,870	9	744	+ 1,127
Kidney Disease	6	1,850	4	1,186	+ 664
Hypertension	7	1,051	6	915	+ 137
Liver Disease	8	964	11	630	+ 334
Lung Cancers	9	933	13	592	+ 341
Road Traffic Accidents	10	905	3	1,444	- 538
Suicide	11	872	19	304	+ 568
Asthma	12	732	20	297	+ 435
Breast Cancer	13	676	25	190	+ 486
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	667	10	743	- 75
Congenital Anomalies	15	620	14	493	+ 127
Low Birth Weight	16	577	18	359	+ 218
Stomach Cancer	17	564	33	134	+ 430
Measles	18	547	72	0	+ 547
Drownings	19	465	43	74	+ 391
Other Injuries	20	453	15	432	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	420	40	92	+ 328
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	417	16	427	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	400	46	49	+ 350
Prostate Cancer	24	375	39	96	+ 279
Ovary Cancer	25	351	42	75	+ 276
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	308	38	99	+ 209
Falls	27	278	24	204	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	28	257	27	159	+ 98
Inflammatory/Heart	29	253	37	107	+ 146
Liver Cancer	30	238	28	153	+ 85
Endocrine Disorders	31	212	29	153	+ 60
Cervical Cancer	32	206	32	135	+ 71
Lymphomas	33	197	26	189	+ 8
Violence	34	196	30	145	+ 50
Birth Trauma	35	191	34	132	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	36	186	60	8	+ 178
Maternal Conditions	37	185	35	124	+ 61
Bladder Cancer	38	168	31	136	+ 32
Oral Cancer	39	154	41	81	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	40	131	23	209	- 78
Skin Disease	41	121	54	17	+ 104
Leukemia	42	111	22	217	- 105
Malnutrition	43	99	57	11	+ 89
Meningitis	44	85	47	41	+ 44
Epilepsy	45	82	44	67	+ 16
Alcohol	46	75	50	22	+ 53
Skin Cancers	47	69	51	20	+ 49
Fires	48	63	36	115	- 52
Syphilis	49	62	61	6	+ 56
Tuberculosis	50	61	7	812	- 751
Oesophagus Cancer	51	33	49	33	+ 0
Poisonings	52	29	45	56	- 26
Other Neoplasms	53	23	58	10	+ 13
Encephalitis	54	20	53	19	+ 1
Drug Use	55	19	17	371	- 352
Appendicitis	56	14	56	15	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	12	48	34	- 23
Pertussis	58	8	55	17	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	62	4	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	52	20	- 14
Dengue	61	4	74	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	2	64	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	1	+ 0
War	65	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	21	224	- 224
Schistosomiasis	74	0	59	9	- 9
Leishmaniasis	75	0	63	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

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.