MYANMAR VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		MYANMAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	66,273	2	34,871	+ 31,402
Stroke	2	40,777	1	71,440	- 30,663
Diabetes Mellitus	3	29,669	4	19,944	+ 9,725
Lung Disease	4	15,683	3	26,531	- 10,848
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	14,615	7	16,726	- 2,111
Kidney Disease	6	14,459	9	9,924	+ 4,535
Hypertension	7	8,216	11	7,843	+ 373
Liver Disease	8	7,536	6	17,143	- 9,606
Lung Cancers	9	7,290	13	7,558	- 269
Road Traffic Accidents	10	7,074	8	11,004	- 3,930
Suicide	11	6,814	34	1,565	+ 5,249
Asthma	12	5,721	10	9,557	- 3,836
Breast Cancer	13	5,282	26	3,192	+ 2,089
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	5,216	20	5,082	+ 134
Congenital Anomalies	15	4,846	24	3,679	+ 1,167
Low Birth Weight	16	4,508	15	7,125	- 2,616
Stomach Cancer	17	4,405	18	5,343	- 939
Measles	18	4,277	21	4,465	- 188
Drownings	19	3,637	30	2,212	+ 1,424
Other Injuries	20	3,538	28	2,762	+ 776
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	3,282	14	7,237	- 3,955
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	3,261	27	2,996	+ 265
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	3,125	43	893	+ 2,232
Prostate Cancer	24	2,930	53	338	+ 2,592
Ovary Cancer	25	2,745	40	1,053	+ 1,692
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	2,404	29	2,558	- 154
Falls	27	2,172	17	5,686	- 3,514
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,012	37	1,450	+ 562
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,978	32	1,702	+ 276
Liver Cancer	30	1,859	19	5,215	- 3,356
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,659	38	1,265	+ 394
Cervical Cancer	32	1,610	23	3,945	- 2,335
Lymphomas	33	1,539	36	1,472	+ 67
Violence	34	1,529	31	2,124	- 596
Birth Trauma	35	1,494	16	6,169	- 4,675
Uterin Cancer	36	1,457	57	263	+ 1,194
Maternal Conditions	37	1,447	33	1,681	- 234
Bladder Cancer	38	1,315	48	573	+ 742
Oral Cancer	39	1,205	22	4,209	- 3,004
Pancreas Cancer	40	1,020	44	743	+ 277
Skin Disease	41	949	45	734	+ 215
Leukemia	42	870	35	1,546	- 676
Malnutrition	43	777	42	945	- 169
Meningitis	44	665	49	550	+ 114
Epilepsy	45	642	50	524	+ 118
Alcohol	46	583	54	324	+ 259
Skin Cancers	47	539	41	962	- 423
Fires	48	493	58	227	+ 266
Syphilis	49	485	55	305	+ 180
Tuberculosis	50	479	5	19,299	- 18,820
Oesophagus Cancer	51	261	25	3,325	- 3,064
Poisonings	52	229	46	728	- 499
Other Neoplasms	53	182	60	117	+ 65
Encephalitis	54	158	59	171	- 12
Drug Use	55	149	52	411	- 262
Appendicitis	56	110	63	93	+ 17
Hepatitis B	57	91	62	93	- 3
Pertussis	58	61	39	1,244	- 1,183
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	56	64	73	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	60	48	65	60	- 12
Dengue	61	35	56	272	- 237
Tetanus	62	13	51	426	- 413
Diphtheria	63	9	69	7	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	8	67	21	- 13
War	65	6	47	688	- 682
Ascariasis	66	4	68	13	- 9
Chlamydia	67	3	70	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	2	66	27	- 24
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	12	7,707	- 7,707
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	61	109	- 109
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MYANMAR

Samoa

Myanmar

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.