NO MACEDONIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,460	2	4,420	- 1,959
Stroke	2	1,514	1	5,521	- 4,007
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,101	4	1,104	- 2
Lung Disease	4	582	6	807	- 224
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	543	19	157	+ 386
Kidney Disease	6	537	9	516	+ 21
Hypertension	7	305	7	627	- 322
Liver Disease	8	280	15	218	+ 62
Lung Cancers	9	271	5	1,055	- 784
Road Traffic Accidents	10	263	24	107	+ 155
Suicide	11	253	16	196	+ 57
Asthma	12	212	33	53	+ 159
Breast Cancer	13	196	11	386	- 190
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	194	30	71	+ 123
Congenital Anomalies	15	180	37	29	+ 151
Low Birth Weight	16	167	28	73	+ 94
Stomach Cancer	17	164	10	455	- 292
Measles	18	159	74	0	+ 159
Drownings	19	135	41	18	+ 117
Other Injuries	20	131	17	183	- 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	122	56	1	+ 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	121	8	560	- 439
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	116	43	13	+ 103
Prostate Cancer	24	109	14	259	- 150
Ovary Cancer	25	102	26	93	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	89	32	56	+ 33
Falls	27	81	27	78	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	28	75	20	141	- 66
Inflammatory/Heart	29	73	3	4,249	- 4,176
Liver Cancer	30	69	13	260	- 191
Endocrine Disorders	31	62	44	12	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	32	60	31	68	- 8
Lymphomas	33	57	25	96	- 39
Violence	34	57	36	31	+ 26
Birth Trauma	35	55	48	7	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	36	54	23	108	- 54
Maternal Conditions	37	54	54	2	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	38	49	18	163	- 114
Oral Cancer	39	45	29	72	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	40	38	12	267	- 229
Skin Disease	41	35	57	1	+ 34
Leukemia	42	32	22	114	- 82
Malnutrition	43	29	58	1	+ 28
Meningitis	44	25	51	4	+ 21
Epilepsy	45	24	38	23	+ 1
Alcohol	46	22	42	14	+ 8
Skin Cancers	47	20	21	126	- 106
Fires	48	18	46	11	+ 7
Syphilis	49	18	62	0	+ 18
Tuberculosis	50	18	35	32	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	51	10	34	45	- 36
Poisonings	52	9	45	11	- 3
Other Neoplasms	53	7	40	19	- 12
Encephalitis	54	6	59	1	+ 5
Drug Use	55	6	47	9	- 3
Appendicitis	56	4	55	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	57	3	49	7	- 4
Pertussis	58	2	50	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	60	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	39	21	- 19
Dengue	61	1	70	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	67	0	+ 0
War	65	0	63	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	61	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Samoa

No Macedonia

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.