SOUTH AFRICA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	69,631	3	32,739	+ 36,893
Stroke	2	42,844	4	30,693	+ 12,150
Diabetes Mellitus	3	31,173	5	30,188	+ 985
Lung Disease	4	16,478	13	11,895	+ 4,584
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	15,356	2	39,341	- 23,985
Kidney Disease	6	15,192	9	15,302	- 110
Hypertension	7	8,632	12	12,789	- 4,156
Liver Disease	8	7,918	14	9,013	- 1,095
Lung Cancers	9	7,659	15	7,705	- 46
Road Traffic Accidents	10	7,432	11	13,014	- 5,582
Suicide	11	7,159	10	13,774	- 6,615
Asthma	12	6,011	18	5,966	+ 45
Breast Cancer	13	5,549	23	4,533	+ 1,016
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	5,480	22	4,676	+ 804
Congenital Anomalies	15	5,091	25	4,351	+ 741
Low Birth Weight	16	4,737	16	6,250	- 1,513
Stomach Cancer	17	4,628	39	1,535	+ 3,093
Measles	18	4,494	57	270	+ 4,224
Drownings	19	3,821	32	2,403	+ 1,418
Other Injuries	20	3,717	17	6,014	- 2,296
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	3,449	8	15,843	- 12,395
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	3,426	28	3,587	- 161
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	3,283	47	1,015	+ 2,268
Prostate Cancer	24	3,078	24	4,374	- 1,296
Ovary Cancer	25	2,884	51	951	+ 1,933
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	2,526	36	1,894	+ 632
Falls	27	2,282	42	1,399	+ 883
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,114	46	1,077	+ 1,037
Inflammatory/Heart	29	2,078	21	5,408	- 3,330
Liver Cancer	30	1,953	33	2,383	- 430
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,743	19	5,890	- 4,147
Cervical Cancer	32	1,692	20	5,555	- 3,864
Lymphomas	33	1,617	31	2,818	- 1,201
Violence	34	1,606	7	21,000	- 19,393
Birth Trauma	35	1,569	30	3,004	- 1,434
Uterin Cancer	36	1,531	54	512	+ 1,019
Maternal Conditions	37	1,520	38	1,700	- 180
Bladder Cancer	38	1,382	52	829	+ 552
Oral Cancer	39	1,266	41	1,406	- 139
Pancreas Cancer	40	1,072	35	2,007	- 935
Skin Disease	41	997	45	1,101	- 104
Leukemia	42	914	40	1,464	- 550
Malnutrition	43	816	34	2,381	- 1,565
Meningitis	44	699	26	3,660	- 2,962
Epilepsy	45	674	37	1,870	- 1,196
Alcohol	46	613	49	987	- 374
Skin Cancers	47	566	48	993	- 426
Fires	48	518	27	3,618	- 3,100
Syphilis	49	510	44	1,130	- 620
Tuberculosis	50	503	6	21,965	- 21,462
Oesophagus Cancer	51	274	29	3,486	- 3,212
Poisonings	52	241	50	975	- 734
Other Neoplasms	53	191	58	267	- 76
Encephalitis	54	166	59	234	- 68
Drug Use	55	157	53	770	- 613
Appendicitis	56	115	56	274	- 159
Hepatitis B	57	95	61	139	- 44
Pertussis	58	65	43	1,142	- 1,078
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	59	55	376	- 317
Multiple Sclerosis	60	50	62	113	- 63
Dengue	61	37	73	0	+ 37
Tetanus	62	14	65	38	- 24
Diphtheria	63	10	69	16	- 7
Hepatitis C	64	8	70	8	+ 0
War	65	6	64	66	- 59
Ascariasis	66	4	71	3	+ 2
Chlamydia	67	3	68	18	- 15
Upper Respiratory	68	3	60	223	- 220
Otitis Media	69	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	1	71,996	- 71,996
Schistosomiasis	74	0	66	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	63	83	- 83
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Samoa

South Africa

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.