ETHIOPIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		ETHIOPIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	136,573	4	36,530	+ 100,043
Stroke	2	84,032	3	39,362	+ 44,671
Diabetes Mellitus	3	61,141	10	16,258	+ 44,884
Lung Disease	4	32,320	15	11,870	+ 20,450
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	30,118	1	59,931	- 29,812
Kidney Disease	6	29,797	13	12,103	+ 17,694
Hypertension	7	16,931	12	13,470	+ 3,461
Liver Disease	8	15,531	8	27,270	- 11,740
Lung Cancers	9	15,022	38	2,202	+ 12,820
Road Traffic Accidents	10	14,577	5	31,564	- 16,987
Suicide	11	14,042	25	6,030	+ 8,012
Asthma	12	11,790	29	4,484	+ 7,306
Breast Cancer	13	10,884	20	8,485	+ 2,399
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	10,749	21	8,258	+ 2,492
Congenital Anomalies	15	9,986	11	15,638	- 5,651
Low Birth Weight	16	9,291	7	28,020	- 18,730
Stomach Cancer	17	9,077	47	1,519	+ 7,558
Measles	18	8,815	24	6,324	+ 2,490
Drownings	19	7,494	35	3,133	+ 4,361
Other Injuries	20	7,291	16	11,735	- 4,443
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	6,764	2	44,361	- 37,597
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	6,720	31	3,755	+ 2,965
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	6,439	49	1,339	+ 5,100
Prostate Cancer	24	6,037	50	1,244	+ 4,793
Ovary Cancer	25	5,656	36	2,424	+ 3,232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	4,954	41	1,758	+ 3,196
Falls	27	4,476	28	4,510	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	28	4,147	46	1,578	+ 2,569
Inflammatory/Heart	29	4,076	39	2,168	+ 1,908
Liver Cancer	30	3,830	42	1,730	+ 2,100
Endocrine Disorders	31	3,419	45	1,623	+ 1,797
Cervical Cancer	32	3,318	27	5,019	- 1,701
Lymphomas	33	3,171	33	3,590	- 418
Violence	34	3,150	22	8,076	- 4,926
Birth Trauma	35	3,078	6	31,107	- 28,029
Uterin Cancer	36	3,003	62	421	+ 2,582
Maternal Conditions	37	2,981	18	8,887	- 5,905
Bladder Cancer	38	2,710	51	1,080	+ 1,630
Oral Cancer	39	2,484	48	1,477	+ 1,007
Pancreas Cancer	40	2,102	61	488	+ 1,614
Skin Disease	41	1,955	53	904	+ 1,052
Leukemia	42	1,793	30	4,222	- 2,430
Malnutrition	43	1,601	19	8,643	- 7,042
Meningitis	44	1,370	14	12,019	- 10,649
Epilepsy	45	1,322	44	1,625	- 303
Alcohol	46	1,202	55	750	+ 453
Skin Cancers	47	1,111	52	1,006	+ 104
Fires	48	1,016	34	3,255	- 2,239
Syphilis	49	1,000	43	1,699	- 699
Tuberculosis	50	987	9	21,455	- 20,469
Oesophagus Cancer	51	538	40	1,839	- 1,301
Poisonings	52	473	32	3,668	- 3,196
Other Neoplasms	53	374	66	148	+ 226
Encephalitis	54	326	63	386	- 59
Drug Use	55	308	60	513	- 205
Appendicitis	56	226	58	677	- 452
Hepatitis B	57	187	56	742	- 555
Pertussis	58	127	23	6,896	- 6,769
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	115	65	221	- 105
Multiple Sclerosis	60	98	70	61	+ 37
Dengue	61	72	73	20	+ 52
Tetanus	62	28	37	2,203	- 2,175
Diphtheria	63	19	67	146	- 127
Hepatitis C	64	16	69	115	- 99
War	65	12	64	281	- 269
Ascariasis	66	9	68	130	- 121
Chlamydia	67	7	72	21	- 14
Upper Respiratory	68	5	57	709	- 704
Otitis Media	69	1	71	39	- 38
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	17	11,471	- 11,471
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	839	- 839
Leishmaniasis	75	0	59	579	- 579
Malaria	76	0	26	5,626	- 5,626
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ETHIOPIA

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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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.