MALAWI VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,072	7	4,929	+ 20,143
Stroke	2	15,427	5	5,939	+ 9,488
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,224	14	2,267	+ 8,957
Lung Disease	4	5,933	21	1,340	+ 4,593
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,529	2	7,739	- 2,210
Kidney Disease	6	5,470	19	1,567	+ 3,903
Hypertension	7	3,108	17	1,797	+ 1,312
Liver Disease	8	2,851	10	3,259	- 408
Lung Cancers	9	2,758	51	131	+ 2,627
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,676	4	6,221	- 3,545
Suicide	11	2,578	23	1,007	+ 1,571
Asthma	12	2,164	26	705	+ 1,459
Breast Cancer	13	1,998	27	600	+ 1,398
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,973	25	782	+ 1,191
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,833	13	2,509	- 676
Low Birth Weight	16	1,706	8	4,339	- 2,633
Stomach Cancer	17	1,666	45	206	+ 1,460
Measles	18	1,618	67	6	+ 1,612
Drownings	19	1,376	30	458	+ 918
Other Injuries	20	1,338	22	1,266	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,242	6	5,782	- 4,540
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,234	44	234	+ 999
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,182	49	154	+ 1,028
Prostate Cancer	24	1,108	40	271	+ 838
Ovary Cancer	25	1,038	48	158	+ 881
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	909	39	280	+ 630
Falls	27	822	28	562	+ 260
Parkinson's Disease	28	761	46	200	+ 561
Inflammatory/Heart	29	748	35	370	+ 378
Liver Cancer	30	703	38	317	+ 387
Endocrine Disorders	31	628	42	257	+ 371
Cervical Cancer	32	609	12	2,876	- 2,267
Lymphomas	33	582	24	839	- 256
Violence	34	578	32	406	+ 172
Birth Trauma	35	565	9	3,563	- 2,998
Uterin Cancer	36	551	62	23	+ 529
Maternal Conditions	37	547	15	1,854	- 1,307
Bladder Cancer	38	497	33	388	+ 109
Oral Cancer	39	456	43	251	+ 205
Pancreas Cancer	40	386	60	38	+ 348
Skin Disease	41	359	53	101	+ 258
Leukemia	42	329	56	82	+ 247
Malnutrition	43	294	20	1,499	- 1,206
Meningitis	44	252	18	1,792	- 1,541
Epilepsy	45	243	41	260	- 17
Alcohol	46	221	52	114	+ 107
Skin Cancers	47	204	36	331	- 127
Fires	48	187	34	380	- 193
Syphilis	49	184	29	480	- 297
Tuberculosis	50	181	11	2,992	- 2,811
Oesophagus Cancer	51	99	16	1,842	- 1,743
Poisonings	52	87	37	325	- 238
Other Neoplasms	53	69	63	17	+ 52
Encephalitis	54	60	58	48	+ 12
Drug Use	55	56	59	48	+ 9
Appendicitis	56	41	54	94	- 52
Hepatitis B	57	34	55	88	- 54
Pertussis	58	23	31	436	- 413
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	21	61	29	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	18	66	9	+ 9
Dengue	61	13	65	9	+ 4
Tetanus	62	5	47	178	- 173
Diphtheria	63	3	72	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	15	- 12
War	65	2	71	2	- 0
Ascariasis	66	2	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	67	1	70	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	57	60	- 59
Otitis Media	69	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	1	12,839	- 12,839
Schistosomiasis	74	0	50	143	- 143
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Samoa

Malawi

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.