THAILAND VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	80,551	1	51,305	+ 29,245
Stroke	2	49,562	2	50,273	- 711
Diabetes Mellitus	3	36,061	10	18,776	+ 17,285
Lung Disease	4	19,062	9	19,474	- 412
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	17,764	3	31,289	- 13,526
Kidney Disease	6	17,574	4	26,822	- 9,248
Hypertension	7	9,986	34	2,179	+ 7,807
Liver Disease	8	9,160	11	17,596	- 8,436
Lung Cancers	9	8,860	8	22,296	- 13,436
Road Traffic Accidents	10	8,598	7	22,428	- 13,830
Suicide	11	8,282	16	6,147	+ 2,135
Asthma	12	6,954	24	4,182	+ 2,772
Breast Cancer	13	6,420	17	6,053	+ 367
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	6,340	6	22,851	- 16,511
Congenital Anomalies	15	5,890	35	2,107	+ 3,783
Low Birth Weight	16	5,480	40	1,548	+ 3,932
Stomach Cancer	17	5,354	27	3,451	+ 1,903
Measles	18	5,199	63	56	+ 5,143
Drownings	19	4,420	25	3,956	+ 464
Other Injuries	20	4,300	21	4,869	- 569
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	3,989	15	6,863	- 2,874
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	3,963	13	9,908	- 5,945
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	3,798	51	436	+ 3,362
Prostate Cancer	24	3,561	30	3,013	+ 548
Ovary Cancer	25	3,336	36	2,003	+ 1,332
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	2,922	39	1,679	+ 1,243
Falls	27	2,640	18	5,409	- 2,769
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,446	23	4,292	- 1,847
Inflammatory/Heart	29	2,404	32	2,879	- 475
Liver Cancer	30	2,259	5	23,883	- 21,624
Endocrine Disorders	31	2,017	37	1,888	+ 129
Cervical Cancer	32	1,957	19	5,110	- 3,153
Lymphomas	33	1,870	22	4,539	- 2,669
Violence	34	1,858	31	2,965	- 1,107
Birth Trauma	35	1,816	50	533	+ 1,282
Uterin Cancer	36	1,771	44	864	+ 907
Maternal Conditions	37	1,758	52	227	+ 1,531
Bladder Cancer	38	1,598	38	1,798	- 200
Oral Cancer	39	1,465	20	4,961	- 3,496
Pancreas Cancer	40	1,240	33	2,383	- 1,143
Skin Disease	41	1,153	28	3,375	- 2,222
Leukemia	42	1,057	26	3,902	- 2,845
Malnutrition	43	944	42	962	- 18
Meningitis	44	808	43	931	- 122
Epilepsy	45	780	47	689	+ 91
Alcohol	46	709	49	548	+ 161
Skin Cancers	47	655	41	1,133	- 478
Fires	48	599	48	617	- 18
Syphilis	49	590	64	36	+ 554
Tuberculosis	50	582	14	9,551	- 8,969
Oesophagus Cancer	51	317	29	3,156	- 2,839
Poisonings	52	279	57	132	+ 147
Other Neoplasms	53	221	54	192	+ 29
Encephalitis	54	193	46	722	- 529
Drug Use	55	181	45	794	- 612
Appendicitis	56	133	59	114	+ 19
Hepatitis B	57	110	56	153	- 43
Pertussis	58	75	62	77	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	68	53	194	- 127
Multiple Sclerosis	60	58	61	86	- 28
Dengue	61	43	55	172	- 129
Tetanus	62	16	58	116	- 100
Diphtheria	63	11	71	1	+ 10
Hepatitis C	64	9	67	7	+ 2
War	65	7	60	87	- 80
Ascariasis	66	5	69	4	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	4	70	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	3	65	18	- 15
Otitis Media	69	0	68	7	- 7
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	12	13,922	- 13,922
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	66	13	- 13
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Samoa

Thailand

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.