NORWAY VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,347	1	5,321	+ 1,026
Stroke	2	3,905	4	2,475	+ 1,430
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,842	16	560	+ 2,282
Lung Disease	4	1,502	3	2,723	- 1,221
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,400	6	1,797	- 397
Kidney Disease	6	1,385	14	611	+ 774
Hypertension	7	787	28	230	+ 557
Liver Disease	8	722	30	214	+ 508
Lung Cancers	9	698	5	2,320	- 1,622
Road Traffic Accidents	10	677	42	114	+ 563
Suicide	11	653	13	633	+ 19
Asthma	12	548	43	85	+ 463
Breast Cancer	13	506	11	698	- 192
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	500	2	4,464	- 3,965
Congenital Anomalies	15	464	34	136	+ 328
Low Birth Weight	16	432	52	23	+ 408
Stomach Cancer	17	422	22	343	+ 78
Measles	18	410	72	0	+ 410
Drownings	19	348	45	65	+ 284
Other Injuries	20	339	15	583	- 244
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	314	37	128	+ 187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	312	7	1,787	- 1,474
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	299	46	61	+ 238
Prostate Cancer	24	281	8	1,172	- 892
Ovary Cancer	25	263	24	309	- 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	230	33	160	+ 71
Falls	27	208	9	777	- 569
Parkinson's Disease	28	193	17	554	- 361
Inflammatory/Heart	29	189	29	221	- 32
Liver Cancer	30	178	26	259	- 81
Endocrine Disorders	31	159	19	359	- 200
Cervical Cancer	32	154	39	125	+ 29
Lymphomas	33	147	12	646	- 498
Violence	34	146	50	32	+ 114
Birth Trauma	35	143	54	17	+ 126
Uterin Cancer	36	140	36	134	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	37	139	66	1	+ 137
Bladder Cancer	38	126	20	356	- 230
Oral Cancer	39	115	32	168	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	40	98	10	770	- 672
Skin Disease	41	91	38	128	- 37
Leukemia	42	83	21	354	- 270
Malnutrition	43	74	35	135	- 61
Meningitis	44	64	58	14	+ 50
Epilepsy	45	61	40	119	- 58
Alcohol	46	56	31	205	- 149
Skin Cancers	47	52	18	407	- 356
Fires	48	47	48	45	+ 3
Syphilis	49	46	67	1	+ 46
Tuberculosis	50	46	56	15	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	51	25	27	248	- 223
Poisonings	52	22	57	14	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	53	17	23	324	- 307
Encephalitis	54	15	70	0	+ 15
Drug Use	55	14	25	264	- 249
Appendicitis	56	10	59	12	- 2
Hepatitis B	57	9	63	3	+ 5
Pertussis	58	6	64	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	47	60	- 55
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	41	119	- 115
Dengue	61	3	75	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	55	17	- 16
War	65	1	68	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	12	- 11
Otitis Media	69	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	61	10	- 10
Schistosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Anemia	83	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Samoa

Norway

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.