SOUTH KOREA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	60,000	1	28,043	+ 31,957
Stroke	2	36,917	3	25,596	+ 11,321
Diabetes Mellitus	3	26,861	13	6,812	+ 20,049
Lung Disease	4	14,199	11	8,526	+ 5,672
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	13,232	2	26,650	- 13,418
Kidney Disease	6	13,090	9	10,107	+ 2,983
Hypertension	7	7,438	17	3,711	+ 3,727
Liver Disease	8	6,823	14	6,348	+ 475
Lung Cancers	9	6,600	4	20,293	- 13,693
Road Traffic Accidents	10	6,404	15	4,399	+ 2,005
Suicide	11	6,169	5	14,636	- 8,467
Asthma	12	5,180	32	1,150	+ 4,029
Breast Cancer	13	4,782	21	2,880	+ 1,901
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	4,722	6	12,145	- 7,423
Congenital Anomalies	15	4,387	41	518	+ 3,869
Low Birth Weight	16	4,082	45	370	+ 3,711
Stomach Cancer	17	3,988	10	8,625	- 4,637
Measles	18	3,872	83	0	+ 3,872
Drownings	19	3,292	42	501	+ 2,792
Other Injuries	20	3,203	18	3,634	- 431
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	2,972	35	929	+ 2,043
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	2,952	8	10,180	- 7,228
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	2,829	48	224	+ 2,605
Prostate Cancer	24	2,652	22	2,316	+ 337
Ovary Cancer	25	2,485	30	1,330	+ 1,155
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	2,176	38	540	+ 1,637
Falls	27	1,967	20	2,934	- 968
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,822	16	3,951	- 2,129
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,791	31	1,325	+ 466
Liver Cancer	30	1,683	7	11,589	- 9,906
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,502	25	1,891	- 388
Cervical Cancer	32	1,458	34	1,065	+ 393
Lymphomas	33	1,393	19	3,477	- 2,084
Violence	34	1,384	44	386	+ 998
Birth Trauma	35	1,352	54	88	+ 1,264
Uterin Cancer	36	1,319	43	420	+ 899
Maternal Conditions	37	1,310	61	34	+ 1,276
Bladder Cancer	38	1,190	27	1,768	- 578
Oral Cancer	39	1,091	29	1,457	- 366
Pancreas Cancer	40	923	12	6,994	- 6,070
Skin Disease	41	859	36	704	+ 155
Leukemia	42	788	23	2,140	- 1,353
Malnutrition	43	703	53	88	+ 615
Meningitis	44	602	58	51	+ 551
Epilepsy	45	581	40	524	+ 56
Alcohol	46	528	33	1,081	- 552
Skin Cancers	47	488	37	585	- 97
Fires	48	446	47	263	+ 183
Syphilis	49	439	62	27	+ 413
Tuberculosis	50	433	24	1,950	- 1,517
Oesophagus Cancer	51	236	28	1,733	- 1,496
Poisonings	52	208	52	115	+ 93
Other Neoplasms	53	164	26	1,807	- 1,642
Encephalitis	54	143	65	19	+ 124
Drug Use	55	135	50	154	- 19
Appendicitis	56	99	57	54	+ 45
Hepatitis B	57	82	39	526	- 444
Pertussis	58	56	67	6	+ 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	51	51	150	- 99
Multiple Sclerosis	60	43	66	11	+ 33
Dengue	61	32	77	0	+ 32
Tetanus	62	12	69	5	+ 8
Diphtheria	63	8	73	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	64	7	49	168	- 161
War	65	5	68	5	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	4	74	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	67	3	84	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	63	26	- 23
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	55	84	- 84
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	59	49	- 49
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	41	- 41
Oral conditions	82	0	64	21	- 21
Anemia	83	0	46	329	- 329
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	77	- 77
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Samoa

South Korea

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.