YEMEN VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,027	1	30,158	+ 6,869
Stroke	2	22,782	2	13,570	+ 9,213
Diabetes Mellitus	3	16,576	19	1,794	+ 14,782
Lung Disease	4	8,762	11	3,196	+ 5,566
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,165	4	11,978	- 3,813
Kidney Disease	6	8,078	15	2,679	+ 5,400
Hypertension	7	4,590	8	5,293	- 703
Liver Disease	8	4,211	13	2,891	+ 1,319
Lung Cancers	9	4,073	41	569	+ 3,504
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,952	6	8,561	- 4,609
Suicide	11	3,807	21	1,699	+ 2,108
Asthma	12	3,196	17	2,106	+ 1,090
Breast Cancer	13	2,951	26	1,134	+ 1,817
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,914	22	1,405	+ 1,509
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,707	10	4,291	- 1,583
Low Birth Weight	16	2,519	5	8,810	- 6,291
Stomach Cancer	17	2,461	31	902	+ 1,559
Measles	18	2,390	12	3,019	- 630
Drownings	19	2,032	25	1,142	+ 890
Other Injuries	20	1,977	16	2,225	- 249
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,834	9	4,372	- 2,538
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,822	30	913	+ 909
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,746	37	707	+ 1,039
Prostate Cancer	24	1,637	63	39	+ 1,597
Ovary Cancer	25	1,533	52	188	+ 1,345
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,343	33	833	+ 510
Falls	27	1,214	24	1,170	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,124	49	362	+ 763
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,105	40	585	+ 520
Liver Cancer	30	1,038	39	609	+ 430
Endocrine Disorders	31	927	36	738	+ 189
Cervical Cancer	32	899	57	119	+ 780
Lymphomas	33	860	45	433	+ 427
Violence	34	854	14	2,839	- 1,985
Birth Trauma	35	835	7	5,939	- 5,105
Uterin Cancer	36	814	69	5	+ 809
Maternal Conditions	37	808	32	890	- 82
Bladder Cancer	38	735	55	160	+ 574
Oral Cancer	39	673	42	547	+ 126
Pancreas Cancer	40	570	51	283	+ 287
Skin Disease	41	530	61	44	+ 486
Leukemia	42	486	34	776	- 290
Malnutrition	43	434	27	1,058	- 624
Meningitis	44	371	28	1,018	- 647
Epilepsy	45	358	43	539	- 181
Alcohol	46	326	59	78	+ 248
Skin Cancers	47	301	58	100	+ 202
Fires	48	275	29	991	- 716
Syphilis	49	271	53	175	+ 96
Tuberculosis	50	267	18	1,899	- 1,632
Oesophagus Cancer	51	146	35	765	- 619
Poisonings	52	128	44	532	- 404
Other Neoplasms	53	101	64	21	+ 81
Encephalitis	54	88	48	369	- 280
Drug Use	55	83	38	613	- 529
Appendicitis	56	61	54	162	- 100
Hepatitis B	57	51	50	299	- 249
Pertussis	58	34	23	1,239	- 1,205
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	31	66	14	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	60	27	62	42	- 15
Dengue	61	20	60	71	- 52
Tetanus	62	8	47	395	- 387
Diphtheria	63	5	67	14	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	4	68	8	- 4
War	65	3	3	12,915	- 12,912
Ascariasis	66	2	65	17	- 15
Chlamydia	67	2	72	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	70	5	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	46	396	- 396
Schistosomiasis	74	0	56	124	- 124
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

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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.