URUGUAY VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,946	1	4,265	- 319
Stroke	2	2,428	2	2,850	- 422
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,767	11	747	+ 1,019
Lung Disease	4	934	4	1,706	- 772
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	870	6	1,370	- 500
Kidney Disease	6	861	8	1,040	- 179
Hypertension	7	489	15	648	- 159
Liver Disease	8	449	27	206	+ 243
Lung Cancers	9	434	5	1,463	- 1,029
Road Traffic Accidents	10	421	16	512	- 90
Suicide	11	406	12	735	- 330
Asthma	12	341	37	127	+ 214
Breast Cancer	13	314	9	848	- 533
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	311	3	1,899	- 1,588
Congenital Anomalies	15	289	30	170	+ 118
Low Birth Weight	16	268	42	73	+ 195
Stomach Cancer	17	262	18	480	- 218
Measles	18	255	74	0	+ 255
Drownings	19	217	45	65	+ 152
Other Injuries	20	211	10	774	- 563
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	195	35	134	+ 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	194	7	1,245	- 1,051
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	186	50	39	+ 147
Prostate Cancer	24	174	13	707	- 533
Ovary Cancer	25	163	32	160	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	143	46	57	+ 86
Falls	27	129	47	55	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	28	120	21	320	- 201
Inflammatory/Heart	29	118	22	314	- 196
Liver Cancer	30	111	34	147	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	31	99	17	487	- 388
Cervical Cancer	32	96	29	172	- 76
Lymphomas	33	92	20	457	- 366
Violence	34	91	23	295	- 204
Birth Trauma	35	89	53	22	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	36	87	38	115	- 28
Maternal Conditions	37	86	60	9	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	38	78	26	276	- 198
Oral Cancer	39	72	31	167	- 95
Pancreas Cancer	40	61	14	656	- 595
Skin Disease	41	57	36	130	- 73
Leukemia	42	52	25	280	- 229
Malnutrition	43	46	43	73	- 27
Meningitis	44	40	58	10	+ 29
Epilepsy	45	38	40	86	- 48
Alcohol	46	35	39	104	- 70
Skin Cancers	47	32	33	149	- 117
Fires	48	29	48	54	- 25
Syphilis	49	29	66	3	+ 26
Tuberculosis	50	29	41	81	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	51	16	24	286	- 271
Poisonings	52	14	55	17	- 3
Other Neoplasms	53	11	19	464	- 453
Encephalitis	54	9	64	4	+ 6
Drug Use	55	9	49	41	- 32
Appendicitis	56	7	59	9	- 3
Hepatitis B	57	5	63	4	+ 1
Pertussis	58	4	72	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	51	35	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	56	13	- 10
Dengue	61	2	83	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	3	- 3
War	65	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	5	- 5
Otitis Media	69	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	28	195	- 195
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Samoa

Uruguay

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.