SAUDI ARABIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,100	1	39,037	+ 3,063
Stroke	2	25,904	2	16,793	+ 9,111
Diabetes Mellitus	3	18,847	9	3,890	+ 14,958
Lung Disease	4	9,963	10	2,842	+ 7,121
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,284	5	6,132	+ 3,152
Kidney Disease	6	9,185	4	9,051	+ 134
Hypertension	7	5,219	22	834	+ 4,385
Liver Disease	8	4,788	7	4,931	- 144
Lung Cancers	9	4,631	26	775	+ 3,856
Road Traffic Accidents	10	4,494	3	12,317	- 7,824
Suicide	11	4,329	13	2,046	+ 2,283
Asthma	12	3,634	17	1,168	+ 2,467
Breast Cancer	13	3,355	20	908	+ 2,447
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	3,314	11	2,442	+ 871
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,078	12	2,307	+ 771
Low Birth Weight	16	2,864	18	989	+ 1,875
Stomach Cancer	17	2,798	36	389	+ 2,409
Measles	18	2,717	68	1	+ 2,716
Drownings	19	2,310	24	821	+ 1,489
Other Injuries	20	2,248	8	4,004	- 1,757
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	2,085	35	457	+ 1,628
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	2,071	14	1,630	+ 441
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,985	39	280	+ 1,705
Prostate Cancer	24	1,861	50	148	+ 1,713
Ovary Cancer	25	1,743	42	247	+ 1,496
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,527	41	275	+ 1,252
Falls	27	1,380	6	5,340	- 3,960
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,278	25	776	+ 502
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,257	16	1,342	- 85
Liver Cancer	30	1,181	21	845	+ 336
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,054	15	1,447	- 393
Cervical Cancer	32	1,023	49	157	+ 866
Lymphomas	33	978	28	716	+ 262
Violence	34	971	30	646	+ 325
Birth Trauma	35	949	37	343	+ 606
Uterin Cancer	36	926	38	323	+ 603
Maternal Conditions	37	919	48	172	+ 747
Bladder Cancer	38	835	46	214	+ 621
Oral Cancer	39	766	34	465	+ 301
Pancreas Cancer	40	648	31	526	+ 122
Skin Disease	41	603	32	516	+ 87
Leukemia	42	553	19	925	- 372
Malnutrition	43	493	52	79	+ 414
Meningitis	44	422	45	227	+ 196
Epilepsy	45	408	29	694	- 287
Alcohol	46	371	51	128	+ 242
Skin Cancers	47	342	55	55	+ 288
Fires	48	313	23	825	- 512
Syphilis	49	308	59	33	+ 276
Tuberculosis	50	304	27	752	- 448
Oesophagus Cancer	51	166	44	229	- 64
Poisonings	52	146	40	279	- 134
Other Neoplasms	53	115	57	40	+ 75
Encephalitis	54	101	43	234	- 134
Drug Use	55	95	33	491	- 396
Appendicitis	56	70	58	35	+ 35
Hepatitis B	57	58	53	57	+ 1
Pertussis	58	39	54	56	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	36	62	9	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	60	30	56	49	- 18
Dengue	61	22	63	9	+ 13
Tetanus	62	9	61	16	- 7
Diphtheria	63	6	69	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	7	- 3
War	65	4	65	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	3	66	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	2	70	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	47	192	- 192
Schistosomiasis	74	0	60	25	- 25
Leishmaniasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

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.