TRINIDAD/TOB. VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,623	1	1,476	+ 148
Stroke	2	999	3	822	+ 176
Diabetes Mellitus	3	727	2	1,275	- 549
Lung Disease	4	384	16	129	+ 255
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	358	10	205	+ 153
Kidney Disease	6	354	5	439	- 85
Hypertension	7	201	11	201	- 0
Liver Disease	8	185	14	136	+ 49
Lung Cancers	9	179	8	217	- 39
Road Traffic Accidents	10	173	15	130	+ 43
Suicide	11	167	17	121	+ 46
Asthma	12	140	35	40	+ 100
Breast Cancer	13	129	7	258	- 129
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	128	9	215	- 87
Congenital Anomalies	15	119	22	93	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	16	110	23	83	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	17	108	26	69	+ 39
Measles	18	105	76	0	+ 105
Drownings	19	89	39	31	+ 58
Other Injuries	20	87	30	61	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	80	45	18	+ 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	80	13	196	- 116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	77	49	11	+ 65
Prostate Cancer	24	72	6	330	- 258
Ovary Cancer	25	67	24	80	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	59	31	52	+ 7
Falls	27	53	33	43	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	28	49	32	51	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	29	48	25	72	- 24
Liver Cancer	30	46	28	66	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	31	41	18	119	- 79
Cervical Cancer	32	39	21	97	- 57
Lymphomas	33	38	20	111	- 74
Violence	34	37	4	549	- 512
Birth Trauma	35	37	40	25	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	36	36	27	68	- 32
Maternal Conditions	37	35	50	10	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	38	32	34	41	- 8
Oral Cancer	39	30	38	31	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	40	25	19	114	- 89
Skin Disease	41	23	36	39	- 16
Leukemia	42	21	29	62	- 41
Malnutrition	43	19	47	17	+ 2
Meningitis	44	16	52	9	+ 7
Epilepsy	45	16	37	32	- 16
Alcohol	46	14	42	23	- 9
Skin Cancers	47	13	57	4	+ 9
Fires	48	12	48	16	- 4
Syphilis	49	12	61	0	+ 12
Tuberculosis	50	12	43	22	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	51	6	41	24	- 18
Poisonings	52	6	59	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	53	4	51	10	- 6
Encephalitis	54	4	54	6	- 2
Drug Use	55	4	44	19	- 15
Appendicitis	56	3	56	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	57	2	60	0	+ 2
Pertussis	58	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	53	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	58	2	- 1
Dengue	61	1	55	5	- 4
Tetanus	62	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	63	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	+ 0
War	65	0	46	17	- 17
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	63	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	12	196	- 196
Schistosomiasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Samoa

Trinidad/Tob.

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.