SENEGAL VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,713	2	6,224	+ 15,489
Stroke	2	13,360	4	5,342	+ 8,017
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,720	10	2,395	+ 7,325
Lung Disease	4	5,138	18	1,351	+ 3,787
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,788	1	7,184	- 2,396
Kidney Disease	6	4,737	12	2,210	+ 2,527
Hypertension	7	2,692	21	1,095	+ 1,597
Liver Disease	8	2,469	13	2,147	+ 322
Lung Cancers	9	2,388	44	180	+ 2,208
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,318	6	3,832	- 1,514
Suicide	11	2,232	24	978	+ 1,255
Asthma	12	1,874	25	936	+ 938
Breast Cancer	13	1,730	27	861	+ 870
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,709	26	879	+ 830
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,588	11	2,364	- 777
Low Birth Weight	16	1,477	7	3,636	- 2,159
Stomach Cancer	17	1,443	31	557	+ 886
Measles	18	1,401	49	158	+ 1,243
Drownings	19	1,191	33	494	+ 698
Other Injuries	20	1,159	16	1,512	- 353
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,075	3	5,343	- 4,268
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,068	37	384	+ 684
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,024	46	166	+ 858
Prostate Cancer	24	960	29	642	+ 318
Ovary Cancer	25	899	42	220	+ 679
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	788	35	433	+ 355
Falls	27	712	30	622	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	28	659	41	273	+ 386
Inflammatory/Heart	29	648	36	426	+ 222
Liver Cancer	30	609	22	1,087	- 478
Endocrine Disorders	31	544	23	1,041	- 497
Cervical Cancer	32	527	17	1,405	- 878
Lymphomas	33	504	39	315	+ 189
Violence	34	501	19	1,247	- 746
Birth Trauma	35	489	8	3,448	- 2,958
Uterin Cancer	36	477	56	94	+ 384
Maternal Conditions	37	474	14	1,669	- 1,195
Bladder Cancer	38	431	50	155	+ 276
Oral Cancer	39	395	43	208	+ 187
Pancreas Cancer	40	334	48	159	+ 175
Skin Disease	41	311	47	159	+ 152
Leukemia	42	285	54	113	+ 172
Malnutrition	43	254	32	494	- 240
Meningitis	44	218	15	1,628	- 1,411
Epilepsy	45	210	38	330	- 120
Alcohol	46	191	59	74	+ 117
Skin Cancers	47	177	51	147	+ 30
Fires	48	162	34	448	- 287
Syphilis	49	159	53	122	+ 37
Tuberculosis	50	157	9	2,678	- 2,522
Oesophagus Cancer	51	85	55	99	- 14
Poisonings	52	75	40	315	- 239
Other Neoplasms	53	59	62	24	+ 36
Encephalitis	54	52	57	85	- 34
Drug Use	55	49	52	138	- 89
Appendicitis	56	36	61	38	- 2
Hepatitis B	57	30	60	70	- 41
Pertussis	58	20	28	771	- 751
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	18	67	15	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	16	64	20	- 4
Dengue	61	11	73	0	+ 11
Tetanus	62	4	58	85	- 80
Diphtheria	63	3	70	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	3	68	11	- 8
War	65	2	69	4	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	65	18	- 17
Chlamydia	67	1	71	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	15	- 14
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	20	1,186	- 1,186
Schistosomiasis	74	0	45	176	- 176
Leishmaniasis	75	0	63	21	- 21
Malaria	76	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	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	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Samoa

Senegal

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.