SLOVAKIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,409	1	10,654	- 4,245
Stroke	2	3,944	3	3,756	+ 188
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,869	16	750	+ 2,120
Lung Disease	4	1,517	9	1,121	+ 395
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,413	6	2,024	- 610
Kidney Disease	6	1,398	14	830	+ 568
Hypertension	7	795	11	1,034	- 240
Liver Disease	8	729	7	1,425	- 697
Lung Cancers	9	705	4	2,562	- 1,857
Road Traffic Accidents	10	684	27	331	+ 353
Suicide	11	659	19	660	- 1
Asthma	12	553	44	47	+ 506
Breast Cancer	13	511	10	1,071	- 560
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	504	2	4,482	- 3,977
Congenital Anomalies	15	469	36	167	+ 302
Low Birth Weight	16	436	39	97	+ 339
Stomach Cancer	17	426	15	827	- 401
Measles	18	414	72	0	+ 414
Drownings	19	352	38	144	+ 208
Other Injuries	20	342	20	554	- 211
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	317	47	34	+ 284
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	315	5	2,528	- 2,213
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	302	41	70	+ 233
Prostate Cancer	24	283	12	968	- 685
Ovary Cancer	25	265	26	334	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	232	31	274	- 41
Falls	27	210	8	1,277	- 1,067
Parkinson's Disease	28	195	29	310	- 115
Inflammatory/Heart	29	191	25	339	- 147
Liver Cancer	30	180	22	469	- 290
Endocrine Disorders	31	160	37	163	- 3
Cervical Cancer	32	156	32	273	- 117
Lymphomas	33	149	17	736	- 587
Violence	34	148	42	59	+ 88
Birth Trauma	35	144	52	15	+ 130
Uterin Cancer	36	141	30	280	- 139
Maternal Conditions	37	140	63	3	+ 137
Bladder Cancer	38	127	21	489	- 361
Oral Cancer	39	117	18	716	- 599
Pancreas Cancer	40	99	13	876	- 777
Skin Disease	41	92	34	170	- 78
Leukemia	42	84	23	448	- 364
Malnutrition	43	75	49	29	+ 46
Meningitis	44	64	51	25	+ 39
Epilepsy	45	62	35	168	- 106
Alcohol	46	56	33	219	- 163
Skin Cancers	47	52	24	357	- 305
Fires	48	48	46	39	+ 9
Syphilis	49	47	62	3	+ 44
Tuberculosis	50	46	50	26	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	51	25	28	314	- 288
Poisonings	52	22	48	30	- 7
Other Neoplasms	53	18	40	93	- 75
Encephalitis	54	15	67	1	+ 14
Drug Use	55	14	45	45	- 30
Appendicitis	56	11	55	9	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	9	56	8	+ 1
Pertussis	58	6	61	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	53	15	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	43	55	- 50
Dengue	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	54	12	- 12
War	65	1	68	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	6	- 6
Otitis Media	69	0	64	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	65	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	7	- 7
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Anemia	83	0	59	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	60	4	- 4
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

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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.