SWEDEN VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,200	1	15,136	- 2,936
Stroke	2	7,506	3	6,035	+ 1,472
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,462	11	1,834	+ 3,627
Lung Disease	4	2,887	4	4,344	- 1,457
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,690	7	2,659	+ 32
Kidney Disease	6	2,662	12	1,629	+ 1,033
Hypertension	7	1,512	10	1,838	- 326
Liver Disease	8	1,387	23	723	+ 664
Lung Cancers	9	1,342	5	3,722	- 2,380
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,302	34	315	+ 987
Suicide	11	1,254	14	1,479	- 225
Asthma	12	1,053	42	158	+ 895
Breast Cancer	13	972	13	1,582	- 610
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	960	2	10,917	- 9,957
Congenital Anomalies	15	892	35	308	+ 584
Low Birth Weight	16	830	51	50	+ 780
Stomach Cancer	17	811	26	612	+ 198
Measles	18	787	83	0	+ 787
Drownings	19	669	46	114	+ 555
Other Injuries	20	651	15	1,374	- 722
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	604	36	289	+ 315
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	600	6	3,049	- 2,449
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	575	48	110	+ 465
Prostate Cancer	24	539	8	2,622	- 2,083
Ovary Cancer	25	505	27	553	- 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	443	37	277	+ 165
Falls	27	400	17	1,109	- 709
Parkinson's Disease	28	370	19	943	- 573
Inflammatory/Heart	29	364	28	547	- 183
Liver Cancer	30	342	22	752	- 410
Endocrine Disorders	31	305	24	702	- 397
Cervical Cancer	32	296	38	228	+ 69
Lymphomas	33	283	16	1,357	- 1,073
Violence	34	281	47	113	+ 168
Birth Trauma	35	275	55	34	+ 241
Uterin Cancer	36	268	33	345	- 76
Maternal Conditions	37	266	64	5	+ 261
Bladder Cancer	38	242	21	760	- 518
Oral Cancer	39	222	31	379	- 157
Pancreas Cancer	40	188	9	1,849	- 1,661
Skin Disease	41	175	39	220	- 45
Leukemia	42	160	20	825	- 665
Malnutrition	43	143	45	117	+ 26
Meningitis	44	122	54	35	+ 87
Epilepsy	45	118	44	121	- 2
Alcohol	46	107	32	359	- 251
Skin Cancers	47	99	25	650	- 551
Fires	48	91	49	65	+ 26
Syphilis	49	89	72	0	+ 89
Tuberculosis	50	88	56	24	+ 64
Oesophagus Cancer	51	48	29	538	- 490
Poisonings	52	42	60	18	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	53	33	18	1,036	- 1,003
Encephalitis	54	29	71	0	+ 29
Drug Use	55	27	30	423	- 396
Appendicitis	56	20	59	18	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	17	62	9	+ 7
Pertussis	58	11	67	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	10	43	129	- 119
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	41	170	- 161
Dengue	61	6	80	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	2	68	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	63	2	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	53	44	- 43
War	65	1	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	20	- 19
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	61	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	63	8	- 8
Anemia	83	0	40	175	- 175
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	50	63	- 63
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Samoa

Sweden

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.