LUXEMBOURG VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		LUXEMBOURG		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	773	1	655	+ 119
Stroke	2	476	4	257	+ 219
Diabetes Mellitus	3	346	17	61	+ 285
Lung Disease	4	183	5	242	- 59
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	171	8	111	+ 59
Kidney Disease	6	169	9	91	+ 78
Hypertension	7	96	19	54	+ 42
Liver Disease	8	88	12	75	+ 13
Lung Cancers	9	85	3	260	- 175
Road Traffic Accidents	10	83	30	25	+ 57
Suicide	11	80	13	69	+ 10
Asthma	12	67	45	5	+ 62
Breast Cancer	13	62	7	113	- 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	61	2	298	- 237
Congenital Anomalies	15	57	37	10	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	16	53	49	3	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	17	51	22	51	+ 0
Measles	18	50	70	0	+ 50
Drownings	19	42	54	2	+ 40
Other Injuries	20	41	10	88	- 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	38	42	6	+ 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	38	6	131	- 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	36	34	19	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	24	34	15	64	- 29
Ovary Cancer	25	32	27	35	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	28	41	7	+ 21
Falls	27	25	18	61	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	28	23	16	62	- 38
Inflammatory/Heart	29	23	23	49	- 26
Liver Cancer	30	22	25	49	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	31	19	21	53	- 33
Cervical Cancer	32	19	38	10	+ 9
Lymphomas	33	18	14	64	- 46
Violence	34	18	48	3	+ 15
Birth Trauma	35	17	59	1	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	36	17	36	16	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	37	17	63	0	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	38	15	26	44	- 28
Oral Cancer	39	14	33	19	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	40	12	11	82	- 70
Skin Disease	41	11	44	5	+ 6
Leukemia	42	10	20	53	- 43
Malnutrition	43	9	32	19	- 10
Meningitis	44	8	58	1	+ 7
Epilepsy	45	7	35	17	- 9
Alcohol	46	7	29	25	- 18
Skin Cancers	47	6	31	22	- 15
Fires	48	6	51	3	+ 3
Syphilis	49	6	66	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	50	6	55	2	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	51	3	28	32	- 29
Poisonings	52	3	56	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	53	2	24	49	- 47
Encephalitis	54	2	65	0	+ 2
Drug Use	55	2	39	9	- 8
Appendicitis	56	1	62	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	57	1	60	1	+ 1
Pertussis	58	1	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	53	2	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	46	4	- 4
Dengue	61	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	63	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	47	4	- 4
War	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	52	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	64	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	43	6	- 6
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LUXEMBOURG

Samoa

Luxembourg

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.