LITHUANIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,028	1	15,329	- 12,302
Stroke	2	1,863	2	5,643	- 3,780
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,355	14	525	+ 830
Lung Disease	4	717	16	513	+ 204
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	668	7	654	+ 14
Kidney Disease	6	661	19	372	+ 289
Hypertension	7	375	4	1,289	- 914
Liver Disease	8	344	9	644	- 299
Lung Cancers	9	333	3	1,329	- 996
Road Traffic Accidents	10	323	27	225	+ 99
Suicide	11	311	6	721	- 410
Asthma	12	261	46	45	+ 216
Breast Cancer	13	241	11	629	- 388
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	238	8	649	- 411
Congenital Anomalies	15	221	41	62	+ 160
Low Birth Weight	16	206	55	9	+ 197
Stomach Cancer	17	201	10	639	- 438
Measles	18	195	83	0	+ 195
Drownings	19	166	35	150	+ 16
Other Injuries	20	162	18	416	- 254
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	150	42	59	+ 91
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	149	5	1,074	- 925
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	143	48	29	+ 114
Prostate Cancer	24	134	12	598	- 464
Ovary Cancer	25	125	26	233	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	110	22	313	- 203
Falls	27	99	15	518	- 419
Parkinson's Disease	28	92	29	222	- 130
Inflammatory/Heart	29	90	17	484	- 394
Liver Cancer	30	85	25	239	- 154
Endocrine Disorders	31	76	39	72	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	32	74	28	224	- 151
Lymphomas	33	70	21	321	- 251
Violence	34	70	36	132	- 62
Birth Trauma	35	68	53	10	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	36	67	34	159	- 93
Maternal Conditions	37	66	63	2	+ 64
Bladder Cancer	38	60	23	292	- 232
Oral Cancer	39	55	20	338	- 283
Pancreas Cancer	40	47	13	578	- 531
Skin Disease	41	43	44	48	- 5
Leukemia	42	40	24	284	- 244
Malnutrition	43	35	58	7	+ 28
Meningitis	44	30	52	19	+ 11
Epilepsy	45	29	40	62	- 33
Alcohol	46	27	33	192	- 165
Skin Cancers	47	25	32	197	- 172
Fires	48	23	43	51	- 29
Syphilis	49	22	70	0	+ 22
Tuberculosis	50	22	38	119	- 97
Oesophagus Cancer	51	12	30	219	- 207
Poisonings	52	10	45	46	- 36
Other Neoplasms	53	8	31	212	- 204
Encephalitis	54	7	65	2	+ 6
Drug Use	55	7	37	122	- 115
Appendicitis	56	5	54	10	- 5
Hepatitis B	57	4	61	5	- 1
Pertussis	58	3	69	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	47	41	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	49	29	- 27
Dengue	61	2	76	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	62	2	- 2
Diphtheria	63	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	50	23	- 23
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	51	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.