NEW ZEALAND VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,946	1	5,095	+ 851
Stroke	2	3,658	3	2,378	+ 1,280
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,662	8	769	+ 1,893
Lung Disease	4	1,407	5	1,815	- 408
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,311	7	920	+ 391
Kidney Disease	6	1,297	17	432	+ 865
Hypertension	7	737	20	327	+ 410
Liver Disease	8	676	32	158	+ 519
Lung Cancers	9	654	4	1,873	- 1,219
Road Traffic Accidents	10	635	16	458	+ 177
Suicide	11	611	15	528	+ 83
Asthma	12	513	36	91	+ 423
Breast Cancer	13	474	10	737	- 263
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	468	2	3,032	- 2,564
Congenital Anomalies	15	435	30	176	+ 259
Low Birth Weight	16	404	38	78	+ 326
Stomach Cancer	17	395	22	323	+ 72
Measles	18	384	82	0	+ 384
Drownings	19	326	44	54	+ 272
Other Injuries	20	317	28	218	+ 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	294	37	81	+ 214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	293	6	1,495	- 1,202
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	280	35	113	+ 168
Prostate Cancer	24	263	9	739	- 476
Ovary Cancer	25	246	29	207	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	216	39	70	+ 145
Falls	27	195	11	627	- 432
Parkinson's Disease	28	181	19	353	- 173
Inflammatory/Heart	29	177	23	313	- 135
Liver Cancer	30	167	24	288	- 121
Endocrine Disorders	31	149	21	325	- 176
Cervical Cancer	32	144	41	61	+ 84
Lymphomas	33	138	13	608	- 470
Violence	34	137	42	57	+ 80
Birth Trauma	35	134	54	15	+ 119
Uterin Cancer	36	131	33	145	- 14
Maternal Conditions	37	130	63	5	+ 125
Bladder Cancer	38	118	26	267	- 149
Oral Cancer	39	108	31	164	- 56
Pancreas Cancer	40	92	14	543	- 451
Skin Disease	41	85	34	118	- 33
Leukemia	42	78	18	391	- 313
Malnutrition	43	70	55	14	+ 56
Meningitis	44	60	59	9	+ 51
Epilepsy	45	58	43	55	+ 3
Alcohol	46	52	45	51	+ 1
Skin Cancers	47	48	12	612	- 563
Fires	48	44	53	17	+ 27
Syphilis	49	44	70	0	+ 43
Tuberculosis	50	43	52	17	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	51	23	25	279	- 256
Poisonings	52	21	58	9	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	53	16	27	245	- 229
Encephalitis	54	14	66	1	+ 14
Drug Use	55	13	40	69	- 56
Appendicitis	56	10	62	6	+ 4
Hepatitis B	57	8	56	14	- 6
Pertussis	58	6	65	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	46	47	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	47	43	- 39
Dengue	61	3	75	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	48	30	- 29
War	65	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	4	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	57	10	- 10
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Samoa

New Zealand

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.