ZIMBABWE VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,758	3	8,493	+ 11,265
Stroke	2	12,157	5	5,126	+ 7,031
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,845	9	3,344	+ 5,501
Lung Disease	4	4,676	23	1,163	+ 3,512
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,357	2	10,779	- 6,422
Kidney Disease	6	4,311	12	2,214	+ 2,097
Hypertension	7	2,449	24	1,146	+ 1,304
Liver Disease	8	2,247	17	1,941	+ 306
Lung Cancers	9	2,173	43	286	+ 1,887
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,109	4	6,037	- 3,929
Suicide	11	2,031	13	2,069	- 37
Asthma	12	1,706	21	1,531	+ 175
Breast Cancer	13	1,575	28	839	+ 735
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,555	31	768	+ 787
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,445	11	2,217	- 773
Low Birth Weight	16	1,344	7	4,038	- 2,694
Stomach Cancer	17	1,313	33	559	+ 754
Measles	18	1,275	63	30	+ 1,245
Drownings	19	1,084	27	956	+ 128
Other Injuries	20	1,055	20	1,656	- 601
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	979	6	4,595	- 3,616
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	972	40	505	+ 467
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	932	36	542	+ 390
Prostate Cancer	24	873	32	628	+ 245
Ovary Cancer	25	818	51	173	+ 645
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	717	35	548	+ 169
Falls	27	648	41	465	+ 183
Parkinson's Disease	28	600	46	226	+ 374
Inflammatory/Heart	29	590	25	1,047	- 458
Liver Cancer	30	554	38	510	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	31	495	34	553	- 59
Cervical Cancer	32	480	14	2,023	- 1,543
Lymphomas	33	459	26	960	- 501
Violence	34	456	18	1,916	- 1,460
Birth Trauma	35	445	8	3,405	- 2,960
Uterin Cancer	36	434	50	182	+ 252
Maternal Conditions	37	431	19	1,749	- 1,318
Bladder Cancer	38	392	54	125	+ 267
Oral Cancer	39	359	49	208	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	40	304	47	217	+ 87
Skin Disease	41	283	52	173	+ 110
Leukemia	42	259	45	244	+ 16
Malnutrition	43	232	10	2,396	- 2,164
Meningitis	44	198	22	1,325	- 1,127
Epilepsy	45	191	39	508	- 317
Alcohol	46	174	61	48	+ 126
Skin Cancers	47	161	44	264	- 103
Fires	48	147	30	793	- 646
Syphilis	49	145	55	124	+ 20
Tuberculosis	50	143	16	1,999	- 1,856
Oesophagus Cancer	51	78	29	801	- 724
Poisonings	52	68	37	515	- 447
Other Neoplasms	53	54	62	37	+ 17
Encephalitis	54	47	56	117	- 70
Drug Use	55	45	48	213	- 168
Appendicitis	56	33	58	66	- 34
Hepatitis B	57	27	60	57	- 30
Pertussis	58	18	42	419	- 400
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	17	64	26	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	67	14	+ 0
Dengue	61	10	73	0	+ 10
Tetanus	62	4	57	102	- 98
Diphtheria	63	3	72	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	14	- 12
War	65	2	65	26	- 24
Ascariasis	66	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	69	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	59	65	- 64
Otitis Media	69	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	1	19,988	- 19,988
Schistosomiasis	74	0	53	172	- 172
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
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 ZIMBABWE

Samoa

Zimbabwe

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.