SRI LANKA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,325	1	26,304	- 980
Stroke	2	15,582	6	6,805	+ 8,777
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,337	2	12,460	- 1,123
Lung Disease	4	5,993	3	9,456	- 3,463
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,585	8	5,117	+ 468
Kidney Disease	6	5,525	5	6,858	- 1,333
Hypertension	7	3,140	20	1,055	+ 2,084
Liver Disease	8	2,880	17	1,303	+ 1,577
Lung Cancers	9	2,786	12	1,775	+ 1,011
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,703	9	4,200	- 1,497
Suicide	11	2,604	10	2,977	- 374
Asthma	12	2,186	7	6,471	- 4,285
Breast Cancer	13	2,018	15	1,383	+ 635
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,993	4	6,939	- 4,945
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,852	22	989	+ 862
Low Birth Weight	16	1,723	29	536	+ 1,187
Stomach Cancer	17	1,683	16	1,321	+ 362
Measles	18	1,634	77	0	+ 1,634
Drownings	19	1,390	27	731	+ 659
Other Injuries	20	1,352	14	1,529	- 177
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,254	28	605	+ 650
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,246	24	911	+ 335
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,194	53	49	+ 1,145
Prostate Cancer	24	1,119	30	507	+ 613
Ovary Cancer	25	1,049	37	281	+ 768
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	919	56	38	+ 880
Falls	27	830	23	964	- 134
Parkinson's Disease	28	769	45	168	+ 601
Inflammatory/Heart	29	756	35	425	+ 331
Liver Cancer	30	710	19	1,090	- 380
Endocrine Disorders	31	634	32	462	+ 172
Cervical Cancer	32	615	26	762	- 147
Lymphomas	33	588	21	1,027	- 439
Violence	34	584	31	499	+ 85
Birth Trauma	35	571	44	193	+ 378
Uterin Cancer	36	557	42	218	+ 339
Maternal Conditions	37	553	48	96	+ 457
Bladder Cancer	38	502	34	432	+ 71
Oral Cancer	39	461	11	2,893	- 2,433
Pancreas Cancer	40	390	43	214	+ 176
Skin Disease	41	363	36	293	+ 70
Leukemia	42	332	18	1,155	- 823
Malnutrition	43	297	54	43	+ 253
Meningitis	44	254	46	146	+ 108
Epilepsy	45	245	39	269	- 24
Alcohol	46	223	51	82	+ 141
Skin Cancers	47	206	52	58	+ 148
Fires	48	188	41	239	- 50
Syphilis	49	185	58	15	+ 171
Tuberculosis	50	183	25	769	- 586
Oesophagus Cancer	51	100	13	1,544	- 1,444
Poisonings	52	88	49	93	- 6
Other Neoplasms	53	69	50	86	- 16
Encephalitis	54	61	61	10	+ 50
Drug Use	55	57	40	257	- 200
Appendicitis	56	42	64	5	+ 37
Hepatitis B	57	35	62	6	+ 29
Pertussis	58	23	59	15	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	21	60	11	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	18	69	2	+ 16
Dengue	61	13	47	131	- 118
Tetanus	62	5	57	27	- 22
Diphtheria	63	3	74	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	3	75	0	+ 3
War	65	2	38	280	- 278
Ascariasis	66	2	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	5	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	63	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	55	39	- 39
Schistosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Anemia	83	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	65	5	- 5
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Samoa

Sri Lanka

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.