VENEZUELA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,001	1	26,905	+ 9,096
Stroke	2	22,151	3	12,133	+ 10,018
Diabetes Mellitus	3	16,117	4	11,176	+ 4,941
Lung Disease	4	8,520	10	5,150	+ 3,370
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,939	7	7,188	+ 751
Kidney Disease	6	7,855	8	5,932	+ 1,923
Hypertension	7	4,463	9	5,195	- 732
Liver Disease	8	4,094	16	2,340	+ 1,754
Lung Cancers	9	3,960	11	3,900	+ 60
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,843	5	11,127	- 7,284
Suicide	11	3,702	34	585	+ 3,116
Asthma	12	3,108	46	311	+ 2,797
Breast Cancer	13	2,869	15	2,563	+ 306
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,834	35	572	+ 2,261
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,632	14	2,846	- 213
Low Birth Weight	16	2,449	12	3,088	- 639
Stomach Cancer	17	2,393	17	2,175	+ 218
Measles	18	2,324	79	0	+ 2,324
Drownings	19	1,976	43	388	+ 1,587
Other Injuries	20	1,922	21	1,693	+ 229
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,783	22	1,359	+ 424
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,771	19	2,037	- 266
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,697	57	80	+ 1,617
Prostate Cancer	24	1,591	13	2,848	- 1,257
Ovary Cancer	25	1,491	36	563	+ 928
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,306	40	418	+ 888
Falls	27	1,180	28	865	+ 315
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,093	48	252	+ 841
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,074	33	599	+ 476
Liver Cancer	30	1,010	26	1,029	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	31	901	30	760	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	32	875	20	1,986	- 1,112
Lymphomas	33	836	23	1,248	- 412
Violence	34	830	2	18,132	- 17,301
Birth Trauma	35	811	24	1,087	- 276
Uterin Cancer	36	792	47	309	+ 482
Maternal Conditions	37	786	39	422	+ 364
Bladder Cancer	38	714	45	365	+ 350
Oral Cancer	39	655	38	544	+ 111
Pancreas Cancer	40	554	25	1,082	- 528
Skin Disease	41	515	66	18	+ 498
Leukemia	42	473	27	1,007	- 535
Malnutrition	43	422	32	629	- 207
Meningitis	44	361	49	251	+ 110
Epilepsy	45	348	41	411	- 62
Alcohol	46	317	62	34	+ 283
Skin Cancers	47	293	37	553	- 260
Fires	48	268	54	144	+ 123
Syphilis	49	264	67	15	+ 248
Tuberculosis	50	260	31	748	- 488
Oesophagus Cancer	51	142	44	370	- 228
Poisonings	52	125	58	68	+ 57
Other Neoplasms	53	99	18	2,167	- 2,069
Encephalitis	54	86	61	37	+ 49
Drug Use	55	81	50	225	- 144
Appendicitis	56	60	56	98	- 38
Hepatitis B	57	49	63	30	+ 20
Pertussis	58	33	64	26	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	30	52	180	- 150
Multiple Sclerosis	60	26	60	51	- 25
Dengue	61	19	59	65	- 46
Tetanus	62	7	68	8	- 0
Diphtheria	63	5	78	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	4	65	21	- 17
War	65	3	51	185	- 182
Ascariasis	66	2	70	5	- 3
Chlamydia	67	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	74	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	71	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	6	7,490	- 7,490
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	3	- 3
Malaria	76	0	42	402	- 402
Chagas disease	77	0	29	826	- 826
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	81	0	72	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	55	126	- 126
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	69	6	- 6
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Samoa

Venezuela

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.