SWAZILAND VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,311	5	755	+ 556
Stroke	2	807	4	800	+ 6
Diabetes Mellitus	3	587	3	892	- 305
Lung Disease	4	310	12	264	+ 46
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	289	2	921	- 631
Kidney Disease	6	286	8	381	- 95
Hypertension	7	163	10	292	- 130
Liver Disease	8	149	11	274	- 125
Lung Cancers	9	144	46	17	+ 128
Road Traffic Accidents	10	140	7	384	- 244
Suicide	11	135	9	338	- 203
Asthma	12	113	20	150	- 36
Breast Cancer	13	104	35	37	+ 68
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	103	27	77	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	15	96	19	160	- 65
Low Birth Weight	16	89	14	233	- 144
Stomach Cancer	17	87	53	7	+ 80
Measles	18	85	64	1	+ 84
Drownings	19	72	25	87	- 15
Other Injuries	20	70	17	190	- 120
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	65	6	517	- 452
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	65	43	19	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	62	39	26	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	24	58	31	45	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	25	54	52	10	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	48	29	51	- 3
Falls	27	43	32	41	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	28	40	41	24	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	29	39	24	94	- 55
Liver Cancer	30	37	37	29	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	31	33	28	74	- 41
Cervical Cancer	32	32	15	215	- 183
Lymphomas	33	30	36	31	- 1
Violence	34	30	16	212	- 182
Birth Trauma	35	30	18	166	- 137
Uterin Cancer	36	29	50	11	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	37	29	21	116	- 87
Bladder Cancer	38	26	55	6	+ 20
Oral Cancer	39	24	51	10	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	40	20	56	6	+ 14
Skin Disease	41	19	40	25	- 6
Leukemia	42	17	47	16	+ 1
Malnutrition	43	15	22	106	- 90
Meningitis	44	13	23	97	- 84
Epilepsy	45	13	30	46	- 33
Alcohol	46	12	48	16	- 4
Skin Cancers	47	11	42	20	- 9
Fires	48	10	26	84	- 74
Syphilis	49	10	45	17	- 8
Tuberculosis	50	9	13	256	- 246
Oesophagus Cancer	51	5	44	18	- 13
Poisonings	52	5	34	37	- 33
Other Neoplasms	53	4	61	4	- 0
Encephalitis	54	3	59	5	- 2
Drug Use	55	3	38	27	- 24
Appendicitis	56	2	54	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	57	2	57	6	- 4
Pertussis	58	1	33	39	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	58	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	63	1	- 1
Dengue	61	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	62	4	- 3
Diphtheria	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	- 0
War	65	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	1	2,314	- 2,314
Schistosomiasis	74	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Samoa

Swaziland

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.