PANAMA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,150	1	2,624	+ 2,526
Stroke	2	3,169	2	2,006	+ 1,163
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,305	4	1,070	+ 1,235
Lung Disease	4	1,219	5	815	+ 404
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,136	7	697	+ 439
Kidney Disease	6	1,124	3	1,106	+ 17
Hypertension	7	638	10	510	+ 129
Liver Disease	8	586	15	325	+ 260
Lung Cancers	9	566	16	303	+ 264
Road Traffic Accidents	10	550	9	591	- 41
Suicide	11	529	32	121	+ 408
Asthma	12	445	43	56	+ 388
Breast Cancer	13	410	19	279	+ 132
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	405	17	296	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	15	377	13	378	- 1
Low Birth Weight	16	350	22	238	+ 113
Stomach Cancer	17	342	11	397	- 55
Measles	18	332	79	0	+ 332
Drownings	19	283	34	103	+ 179
Other Injuries	20	275	35	100	+ 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	255	28	163	+ 92
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	253	14	352	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	243	53	25	+ 218
Prostate Cancer	24	228	12	390	- 162
Ovary Cancer	25	213	41	64	+ 150
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	187	50	30	+ 157
Falls	27	169	37	92	+ 77
Parkinson's Disease	28	156	33	115	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	29	154	20	270	- 116
Liver Cancer	30	144	27	182	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	31	129	18	279	- 150
Cervical Cancer	32	125	26	185	- 59
Lymphomas	33	120	24	205	- 85
Violence	34	119	6	730	- 611
Birth Trauma	35	116	36	94	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	36	113	40	66	+ 48
Maternal Conditions	37	112	48	32	+ 80
Bladder Cancer	38	102	46	33	+ 69
Oral Cancer	39	94	38	78	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	40	79	29	135	- 56
Skin Disease	41	74	30	127	- 54
Leukemia	42	68	25	189	- 121
Malnutrition	43	60	31	122	- 62
Meningitis	44	52	52	27	+ 25
Epilepsy	45	50	39	66	- 17
Alcohol	46	45	49	30	+ 15
Skin Cancers	47	42	44	56	- 14
Fires	48	38	57	11	+ 27
Syphilis	49	38	65	1	+ 36
Tuberculosis	50	37	23	223	- 186
Oesophagus Cancer	51	20	45	52	- 31
Poisonings	52	18	61	4	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	53	14	21	256	- 242
Encephalitis	54	12	63	3	+ 10
Drug Use	55	12	47	33	- 21
Appendicitis	56	9	56	11	- 3
Hepatitis B	57	7	59	7	- 0
Pertussis	58	5	74	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	55	14	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	62	3	+ 1
Dengue	61	3	64	2	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	- 0
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	54	14	- 13
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	8	653	- 653
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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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.