MALAYSIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	39,820	1	36,729	+ 3,090
Stroke	2	24,501	3	21,592	+ 2,909
Diabetes Mellitus	3	17,826	9	4,107	+ 13,719
Lung Disease	4	9,423	5	6,633	+ 2,791
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,781	2	23,477	- 14,696
Kidney Disease	6	8,688	6	6,629	+ 2,059
Hypertension	7	4,936	38	649	+ 4,287
Liver Disease	8	4,528	7	5,125	- 597
Lung Cancers	9	4,380	8	4,319	+ 61
Road Traffic Accidents	10	4,250	4	7,181	- 2,931
Suicide	11	4,094	19	1,823	+ 2,271
Asthma	12	3,438	30	1,013	+ 2,424
Breast Cancer	13	3,173	12	3,071	+ 102
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	3,134	10	3,996	- 862
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,912	24	1,403	+ 1,509
Low Birth Weight	16	2,709	29	1,020	+ 1,688
Stomach Cancer	17	2,646	21	1,441	+ 1,205
Measles	18	2,570	70	0	+ 2,570
Drownings	19	2,185	36	820	+ 1,365
Other Injuries	20	2,126	14	2,222	- 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,972	20	1,773	+ 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,959	11	3,832	- 1,873
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,877	51	246	+ 1,631
Prostate Cancer	24	1,760	33	903	+ 857
Ovary Cancer	25	1,649	35	827	+ 822
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,444	22	1,424	+ 20
Falls	27	1,305	18	1,855	- 550
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,209	28	1,106	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,188	27	1,214	- 25
Liver Cancer	30	1,117	16	1,984	- 867
Endocrine Disorders	31	997	37	809	+ 187
Cervical Cancer	32	967	31	1,010	- 43
Lymphomas	33	925	25	1,321	- 396
Violence	34	919	34	869	+ 50
Birth Trauma	35	897	42	359	+ 539
Uterin Cancer	36	875	43	352	+ 523
Maternal Conditions	37	869	56	167	+ 703
Bladder Cancer	38	790	39	467	+ 323
Oral Cancer	39	724	17	1,865	- 1,140
Pancreas Cancer	40	613	32	994	- 381
Skin Disease	41	570	15	2,066	- 1,496
Leukemia	42	523	23	1,412	- 890
Malnutrition	43	467	49	249	+ 218
Meningitis	44	400	46	301	+ 99
Epilepsy	45	385	52	226	+ 160
Alcohol	46	351	55	181	+ 170
Skin Cancers	47	324	50	247	+ 77
Fires	48	296	44	336	- 40
Syphilis	49	292	62	19	+ 273
Tuberculosis	50	288	26	1,227	- 939
Oesophagus Cancer	51	157	41	435	- 278
Poisonings	52	138	53	211	- 73
Other Neoplasms	53	109	48	265	- 156
Encephalitis	54	95	40	452	- 357
Drug Use	55	90	45	322	- 232
Appendicitis	56	66	58	71	- 6
Hepatitis B	57	54	54	206	- 151
Pertussis	58	37	57	80	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	34	60	27	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	29	59	30	- 2
Dengue	61	21	47	280	- 259
Tetanus	62	8	61	21	- 13
Diphtheria	63	5	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	6	- 1
War	65	3	63	11	- 7
Ascariasis	66	2	67	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	2	68	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	65	5	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	66	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	13	2,679	- 2,679
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Samoa

Malaysia

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.