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Japan
COUNTRY #1
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JAPAN VS SAMOA

Compare Japan and Samoa health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Samoa
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Samoa Population Pyramid
267,390
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Samoa SAMOA
  Japan JAPAN   Samoa SAMOA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
  
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Samoa SAMOA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
70.1
72.6
121
135
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
70.2
72.7
122
137
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
70.3
72.8
124
139
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
70.6
73.0
123
139
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
71.1
73.3
122
140
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
71.6
73.6
120
141
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
72.2
73.9
121
144
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
72.8
74.4
120
147
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
73.6
75.1
116
148
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
74.6
75.9
111
149
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
75.8
77.0
108
149
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
77.4
78.3
105
149
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
79.2
79.9
101
147
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
81.4
81.8
99
142
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
83.8
84.1
92
141
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
86.6
86.7
93
142
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.8
89.8
99
152
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Samoa SAMOA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
189.77
33
2. Stroke
23.21
161
118.02
45
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
21.56
44
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
39.32
68
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
8.66
93
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
47.54
19
7. Suicide
12.24
49
14.60
30
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
12.23
20
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
26.40
20
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
2.68
124
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
19.13
68
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
39.81
23
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.91
99
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
24.32
48
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
8.08
85
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
18.98
94
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.94
122
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
14.84
1
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
0.72
172
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.52
86
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
2.10
150
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
7.89
94
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
5.11
112
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
4.28
81
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
6.72
14
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
15.42
93
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
3.32
75
28. Drownings
2.12
109
7.42
11
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
5.15
83
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
7.58
4
31. Falls
1.98
173
6.17
83
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
3.56
38
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
82.64
13
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
23.76
63
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
6.92
34
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
1.05
126
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
8.39
70
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.39
109
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.02
135
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.16
142
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
2.65
34
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
1.24
130
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
2.76
74
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
7.61
14
45. Asthma
0.36
174
17.01
29
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.21
99
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
0.42
168
48. Fires
0.33
161
1.12
107
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
3.59
116
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
151
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Samoa SAMOA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
241
21.56
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
148
13.24
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
53
4.74
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
26
2.33
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
57
5.10
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
12
1.07
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
19
1.70
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
16
1.43
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
52
4.65
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
4
0.36
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
7
0.63
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
13
1.16
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
25
2.24
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
6
0.54
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
19
1.70
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
1
0.09
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
27
2.42
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
7
0.63
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
11
0.98
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
1
0.09
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
6
0.54
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
5
0.45
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
8
0.72
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
3
0.27
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
13
1.16
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
4
0.36
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
7
0.63
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
30
2.68
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
108
9.66
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
10
0.89
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
26
2.33
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
6
0.54
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
5
0.45
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
2
0.18
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
9
0.81
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
3
0.27
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
12
1.07
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
0
0.00
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
11
0.98
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
18
1.61
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
0
0.00
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
21
1.88
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
3
0.27
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
2
0.18
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
2
0.18
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
0
0.00
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
2
0.18
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
1
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Samoa SAMOA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
21.56
44
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
8.66
93
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
12.23
20
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
26.40
20
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
2.68
124
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
4.91
99
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
24.32
48
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
3.94
122
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
14.84
1
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
0.72
172
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
2.10
150
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
7.89
94
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
3.32
75
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
7.58
4
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
3.56
38
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
1.24
130
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.