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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa
SAMOA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
92
96
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
66.4
72.9
69.5
96
88
92
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
69.3
75.1
72.1
93
93
94
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Samoa
SAMOA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
69.3
75.1
93
93
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
71.2
74.2
100
125
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
71.4
74.3
99
125
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
71.6
74.4
98
125
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
71.9
74.7
97
124
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
72.4
74.9
93
125
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
72.8
75.2
95
125
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
73.2
75.5
95
126
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
73.6
75.9
97
128
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
74.2
76.5
97
128
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
75.0
77.3
101
126
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
76.1
78.4
108
123
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
77.4
79.6
114
121
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
79.1
81.1
116
117
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
81.2
82.9
117
114
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.8
85.1
114
112
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.8
87.7
124
109
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.2
90.8
127
110
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.1
94.4
125
108
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.2
98.5
159
96
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.8
180
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa
SAMOA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
125.20
56
  
36.89
160
2 Coronary Heart Disease
113.09
92
  
68.80
155
3 Hypertension
58.03
23
  
3.67
183
4 Lung Disease
53.85
11
  
21.47
98
5 Diabetes Mellitus
48.41
62
  
5.04
185
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
44.07
77
  
23.69
125
7 Kidney Disease
30.50
21
  
3.23
185
8 Endocrine Disorders
17.53
34
  
3.13
147
9 Low Birth Weight
9.26
98
  
3.39
144
10 Stomach Cancer
9.13
65
  
4.81
130
11 Other Injuries
9.03
122
  
5.54
170
12 Malnutrition
8.48
41
  
0.07
172
13 Road Traffic Accidents
7.38
159
  
4.77
180
14 Tuberculosis
7.16
96
  
0.41
170
15 Anaemia
7.05
32
  
0.15
171
16 Congenital Anomalies
6.75
74
  
3.68
164
17 Liver Disease
6.01
142
  
9.48
96
18 Suicide
5.11
126
  
6.90
101
19 Drownings
5.06
59
  
0.35
187
20 Liver Cancer
4.67
124
  
3.07
164
21 Diarrhoeal diseases
4.63
98
  
1.95
119
22 Asthma
4.62
91
  
1.09
153
23 Meningitis
4.53
64
  
0.41
149
24 Skin Disease
4.29
54
  
1.50
104
25 Fires
4.24
59
  
0.45
158
26 Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.05
80
  
2.54
123
27 Lymphomas
3.94
132
  
7.35
36
28 Lung Cancers
3.68
152
  
30.98
18
29 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.65
163
  
15.49
33
30 Birth Trauma
3.64
101
  
0.64
166
31 Alzheimers/Dementia
3.39
108
  
17.08
14
32 Poisonings
3.16
76
  
2.81
89
33 Maternal Conditions
3.09
67
  
0.15
151
34 Leukemia
2.82
138
  
4.39
63
35 Cervical Cancer
2.73
134
  
1.38
161
36 Inflammatory/Heart
2.36
167
  
2.97
152
37 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.23
59
  
0.90
140
38 Epilepsy
2.20
78
  
1.57
104
39 Other Neoplasms
1.78
134
  
2.95
92
40 Pancreas Cancer
1.70
131
  
6.81
39
41 Oral Cancer
1.58
165
  
2.39
113
42 Breast Cancer
1.46
192
  
23.62
20
43 Uterin Cancer
1.03
97
  
1.53
64
44 Violence
0.99
164
  
1.14
160
45 Prostate Cancer
0.92
183
  
8.21
58
46 Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.88
64
  
0.12
153
47 Parkinson Disease
0.81
144
  
3.48
8
48 Upper Respiratory
0.64
87
  
0.07
144
49 Malaria
0.63
59
  
0.01
104
50 Schizophrenia
0.55
56
  
0.06
144
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Samoa
SAMOA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Stroke
139
17.31
  
55,919
11.98
2 Coronary Heart Disease
124
15.44
  
92,299
19.77
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
64
7.97
  
37,348
8.00
4 Hypertension
64
7.97
  
5,191
1.11
5 Lung Disease
58
7.22
  
29,069
6.23
6 Diabetes Mellitus
53
6.60
  
6,682
1.43
7 Kidney Disease
35
4.36
  
4,804
1.03
8 Low Birth Weight
23
2.86
  
1,386
0.30
9 Endocrine Disorders
22
2.74
  
3,056
0.65
10 Other Injuries
16
1.99
  
6,029
1.29
11 Congenital Anomalies
15
1.87
  
1,950
0.42
12 Road Traffic Accidents
11
1.37
  
3,073
0.66
13 Drownings
10
1.25
  
233
0.05
14 Stomach Cancer
10
1.25
  
6,006
1.29
15 Malnutrition
10
1.25
  
85
0.02
16 Diarrhoeal diseases
9
1.12
  
3,081
0.66
17 Birth Trauma
9
1.12
  
262
0.06
18 Anaemia
9
1.12
  
260
0.06
19 Tuberculosis
8
1.00
  
443
0.09
20 Meningitis
8
1.00
  
278
0.06
21 Liver Disease
7
0.87
  
7,767
1.66
22 Asthma
7
0.87
  
1,260
0.27
23 Fires
6
0.75
  
380
0.08
24 Suicide
6
0.75
  
4,660
1.00
25 Poisonings
5
0.62
  
1,805
0.39
26 Skin Disease
5
0.62
  
2,188
0.47
27 Peptic Ulcer Disease
5
0.62
  
3,294
0.71
28 Leukemia
5
0.62
  
5,077
1.09
29 Liver Cancer
5
0.62
  
3,470
0.74
30 Maternal Conditions
5
0.62
  
81
0.02
31 Alzheimers/Dementia
4
0.50
  
29,116
6.24
32 Lymphomas
4
0.50
  
8,744
1.87
33 Lung Cancers
4
0.50
  
35,845
7.68
34 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4
0.50
  
18,951
4.06
35 Cervical Cancer
3
0.37
  
1,322
0.28
36 Epilepsy
3
0.37
  
1,201
0.26
37 Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.37
  
1,204
0.26
38 Inflammatory/Heart
3
0.37
  
3,014
0.65
39 Violence
2
0.25
  
703
0.15
40 Other Neoplasms
2
0.25
  
3,829
0.82
41 Pancreas Cancer
2
0.25
  
7,954
1.70
42 Oral Cancer
2
0.25
  
2,428
0.52
43 Malaria
2
0.25
  
5
0.00
44 Rheumatoid Arthritis
1
0.12
  
905
0.19
45 Prostatic Hypertrophy
1
0.12
  
193
0.04
46 Appendicitis
1
0.12
  
157
0.03
47 Parkinson Disease
1
0.12
  
5,348
1.15
48 Schizophrenia
1
0.12
  
80
0.02
49 Prostate Cancer
1
0.12
  
11,508
2.46
50 Uterin Cancer
1
0.12
  
1,852
0.40
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa
SAMOA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
9.13
65
  
4.81
130
2 Liver Cancer
4.67
124
  
3.07
164
3 Lymphomas
3.94
132
  
7.35
36
4 Lung Cancers
3.68
152
  
30.98
18
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.65
163
  
15.49
33
6 Leukemia
2.82
138
  
4.39
63
7 Cervical Cancer
2.73
134
  
1.38
161
8 Other Neoplasms
1.78
134
  
2.95
92
9 Pancreas Cancer
1.70
131
  
6.81
39
10 Oral Cancer
1.58
165
  
2.39
113
11 Breast Cancer
1.46
192
  
23.62
20
12 Uterin Cancer
1.03
97
  
1.53
64
13 Prostate Cancer
0.92
183
  
8.21
58
14 Ovary Cancer
0.00
192
  
3.96
20
15 Skin Cancers
0.00
192
  
2.74
32
16 Oesophagus Cancer
0.00
192
  
7.62
30
17 Bladder Cancer
0.00
192
  
4.27
28
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Samoa
SAMOA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
219,998
171
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.06
16
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
37.6 %
54
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
56.7 %
150
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
5.7 %
92
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
28.06
50
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
5.79
148
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
4.16
40
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
24.22
86
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.10
12
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.80
77
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-8.81
148
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.35
89
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.7
12
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.6
22
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.7
11
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
N/A
N/A
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
72.1
94
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
61.0
112
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$4,900
115
  
$36,600
23
 

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