SOLOMON ISL. VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	837	1	975	- 138
Stroke	2	515	2	670	- 155
Diabetes Mellitus	3	375	4	322	+ 53
Lung Disease	4	198	6	209	- 10
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	185	3	371	- 186
Kidney Disease	6	183	15	64	+ 119
Hypertension	7	104	13	76	+ 28
Liver Disease	8	95	10	89	+ 6
Lung Cancers	9	92	27	33	+ 59
Road Traffic Accidents	10	89	8	111	- 21
Suicide	11	86	9	98	- 12
Asthma	12	72	12	78	- 6
Breast Cancer	13	67	26	34	+ 33
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	66	28	32	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	15	61	16	63	- 2
Low Birth Weight	16	57	14	65	- 8
Stomach Cancer	17	56	44	12	+ 44
Measles	18	54	75	0	+ 54
Drownings	19	46	11	80	- 34
Other Injuries	20	45	17	60	- 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	41	5	218	- 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	41	31	23	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	39	19	59	- 19
Prostate Cancer	24	37	41	13	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	25	35	33	21	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	30	32	22	+ 8
Falls	27	27	20	55	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	28	25	34	21	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	29	25	37	17	+ 8
Liver Cancer	30	23	18	60	- 36
Endocrine Disorders	31	21	39	15	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	32	20	25	41	- 21
Lymphomas	33	19	42	13	+ 7
Violence	34	19	30	26	- 7
Birth Trauma	35	19	21	51	- 32
Uterin Cancer	36	18	47	9	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	37	18	22	46	- 28
Bladder Cancer	38	17	52	4	+ 12
Oral Cancer	39	15	49	8	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	40	13	51	4	+ 9
Skin Disease	41	12	46	10	+ 2
Leukemia	42	11	35	20	- 9
Malnutrition	43	10	36	19	- 9
Meningitis	44	8	43	13	- 4
Epilepsy	45	8	45	11	- 2
Alcohol	46	7	48	9	- 1
Skin Cancers	47	7	69	0	+ 7
Fires	48	6	40	14	- 8
Syphilis	49	6	29	28	- 22
Tuberculosis	50	6	23	45	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	51	3	57	1	+ 2
Poisonings	52	3	38	15	- 12
Other Neoplasms	53	2	56	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	2	54	2	+ 0
Drug Use	55	2	58	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	56	1	55	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	57	1	53	3	- 2
Pertussis	58	1	50	7	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	60	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	61	0	+ 0
Dengue	61	0	24	41	- 41
Tetanus	62	0	59	1	- 0
Diphtheria	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	- 0
War	65	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	146	- 146
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Samoa

Solomon Isl.

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.