PORTUGAL VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,759	1	12,878	- 1,119
Stroke	2	7,235	2	12,339	- 5,104
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,264	8	3,601	+ 1,663
Lung Disease	4	2,783	7	4,286	- 1,503
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,593	4	6,851	- 4,258
Kidney Disease	6	2,566	9	2,803	- 238
Hypertension	7	1,458	14	1,880	- 422
Liver Disease	8	1,337	22	1,126	+ 212
Lung Cancers	9	1,293	5	4,406	- 3,113
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,255	27	838	+ 417
Suicide	11	1,209	19	1,172	+ 37
Asthma	12	1,015	43	146	+ 869
Breast Cancer	13	937	12	1,997	- 1,060
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	925	3	7,191	- 6,265
Congenital Anomalies	15	860	40	196	+ 663
Low Birth Weight	16	800	52	79	+ 721
Stomach Cancer	17	782	10	2,532	- 1,751
Measles	18	759	71	0	+ 759
Drownings	19	645	51	79	+ 566
Other Injuries	20	628	13	1,937	- 1,309
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	582	36	231	+ 352
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	579	6	4,389	- 3,811
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	554	41	169	+ 386
Prostate Cancer	24	520	11	2,124	- 1,604
Ovary Cancer	25	487	33	397	+ 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	427	37	229	+ 198
Falls	27	385	23	1,033	- 647
Parkinson's Disease	28	357	21	1,139	- 782
Inflammatory/Heart	29	351	26	909	- 558
Liver Cancer	30	330	18	1,270	- 941
Endocrine Disorders	31	294	17	1,547	- 1,252
Cervical Cancer	32	286	34	329	- 43
Lymphomas	33	273	16	1,608	- 1,334
Violence	34	271	48	96	+ 175
Birth Trauma	35	265	60	24	+ 241
Uterin Cancer	36	259	32	406	- 147
Maternal Conditions	37	257	63	7	+ 250
Bladder Cancer	38	233	20	1,171	- 937
Oral Cancer	39	214	25	912	- 698
Pancreas Cancer	40	181	15	1,669	- 1,488
Skin Disease	41	168	39	202	- 34
Leukemia	42	154	24	1,015	- 861
Malnutrition	43	138	53	79	+ 59
Meningitis	44	118	56	43	+ 75
Epilepsy	45	114	31	415	- 301
Alcohol	46	104	45	111	- 8
Skin Cancers	47	96	30	523	- 428
Fires	48	87	46	108	- 21
Syphilis	49	86	64	3	+ 83
Tuberculosis	50	85	38	213	- 128
Oesophagus Cancer	51	46	29	623	- 576
Poisonings	52	41	57	29	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	53	32	28	652	- 620
Encephalitis	54	28	67	1	+ 27
Drug Use	55	26	44	128	- 102
Appendicitis	56	19	61	21	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	16	59	26	- 10
Pertussis	58	11	72	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	10	47	99	- 89
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	54	56	- 48
Dengue	61	6	84	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	2	73	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	63	2	74	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	49	87	- 85
War	65	1	69	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	15	- 14
Otitis Media	69	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	35	320	- 320
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	68	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Anemia	83	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	55	49	- 49
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Samoa

Portugal

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.