NIGER VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,348	6	8,229	+ 22,118
Stroke	2	18,673	5	8,717	+ 9,956
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,586	17	2,630	+ 10,956
Lung Disease	4	7,182	20	2,172	+ 5,010
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,692	1	21,093	- 14,401
Kidney Disease	6	6,621	16	2,732	+ 3,889
Hypertension	7	3,762	25	1,356	+ 2,407
Liver Disease	8	3,451	11	4,116	- 665
Lung Cancers	9	3,338	67	42	+ 3,296
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,239	8	5,946	- 2,707
Suicide	11	3,120	27	1,227	+ 1,893
Asthma	12	2,620	22	1,902	+ 718
Breast Cancer	13	2,419	29	1,075	+ 1,343
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,389	32	858	+ 1,531
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,219	10	4,346	- 2,127
Low Birth Weight	16	2,065	4	9,560	- 7,495
Stomach Cancer	17	2,017	44	300	+ 1,717
Measles	18	1,959	18	2,414	- 455
Drownings	19	1,665	24	1,581	+ 84
Other Injuries	20	1,620	12	3,826	- 2,205
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,503	3	16,030	- 14,527
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,493	37	522	+ 971
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,431	39	467	+ 964
Prostate Cancer	24	1,342	57	128	+ 1,214
Ovary Cancer	25	1,257	40	425	+ 832
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,101	31	1,044	+ 56
Falls	27	995	26	1,297	- 303
Parkinson's Disease	28	921	47	275	+ 646
Inflammatory/Heart	29	906	34	769	+ 137
Liver Cancer	30	851	35	745	+ 106
Endocrine Disorders	31	760	23	1,806	- 1,046
Cervical Cancer	32	737	38	487	+ 250
Lymphomas	33	705	43	350	+ 354
Violence	34	700	19	2,244	- 1,544
Birth Trauma	35	684	7	8,030	- 7,346
Uterin Cancer	36	667	64	86	+ 581
Maternal Conditions	37	662	14	3,317	- 2,655
Bladder Cancer	38	602	53	161	+ 441
Oral Cancer	39	552	49	242	+ 310
Pancreas Cancer	40	467	54	138	+ 329
Skin Disease	41	435	52	213	+ 222
Leukemia	42	398	48	258	+ 141
Malnutrition	43	356	21	2,170	- 1,814
Meningitis	44	304	9	5,237	- 4,933
Epilepsy	45	294	36	676	- 383
Alcohol	46	267	60	120	+ 147
Skin Cancers	47	247	45	287	- 40
Fires	48	226	28	1,120	- 895
Syphilis	49	222	62	110	+ 113
Tuberculosis	50	219	13	3,703	- 3,484
Oesophagus Cancer	51	119	55	132	- 12
Poisonings	52	105	33	771	- 666
Other Neoplasms	53	83	68	24	+ 59
Encephalitis	54	73	61	112	- 40
Drug Use	55	68	58	126	- 58
Appendicitis	56	50	56	128	- 78
Hepatitis B	57	41	46	279	- 237
Pertussis	58	28	15	2,858	- 2,829
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	26	70	18	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	22	69	22	- 0
Dengue	61	16	73	0	+ 16
Tetanus	62	6	42	372	- 366
Diphtheria	63	4	65	60	- 56
Hepatitis C	64	4	66	46	- 42
War	65	3	41	409	- 407
Ascariasis	66	2	59	125	- 123
Chlamydia	67	2	71	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	94	- 93
Otitis Media	69	0	72	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	30	1,048	- 1,048
Schistosomiasis	74	0	50	237	- 237
Leishmaniasis	75	0	51	237	- 237
Malaria	76	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.