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Samoa
COUNTRY #1
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SAMOA VS ICELAND

Compare Samoa and Iceland 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.

Iceland
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
Samoa Population Pyramid
267,390
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Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Iceland ICELAND
  Samoa SAMOA   Iceland ICELAND
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
  
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
1990
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
  
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
2000
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
  
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
2010
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
  
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
2019
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
  
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Iceland ICELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.2
71.8
111
124
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age
69.2
71.8
111
124
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age 5
70.1
72.6
121
135
81.0
84.0
10
23
Age 10
70.2
72.7
122
137
81.0
84.1
10
22
Age 15
70.3
72.8
124
139
81.1
84.1
10
23
Age 20
70.6
73.0
123
139
81.2
84.1
9
23
Age 25
71.1
73.3
122
140
81.4
84.2
10
23
Age 30
71.6
73.6
120
141
81.6
84.3
9
23
Age 35
72.2
73.9
121
144
81.9
84.4
4
23
Age 40
72.8
74.4
120
147
82.1
84.5
4
22
Age 45
73.6
75.1
116
148
82.4
84.6
4
25
Age 50
74.6
75.9
111
149
82.7
84.8
5
26
Age 55
75.8
77.0
108
149
83.1
85.1
7
26
Age 60
77.4
78.3
105
149
83.7
85.5
7
27
Age 65
79.2
79.9
101
147
84.4
86.1
11
28
Age 70
81.4
81.8
99
142
85.4
86.7
12
34
Age 75
83.8
84.1
92
141
86.7
87.7
15
36
Age 80
86.6
86.7
93
142
88.4
89.2
24
39
Age 85
89.8
89.8
99
152
90.7
91.3
39
42
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Iceland ICELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
189.77
33
54.46
157
2. Stroke
118.02
45
18.39
176
3. Diabetes Mellitus
82.64
13
4.22
176
4. Lung Disease
47.54
19
17.98
117
5. Kidney Disease
39.81
23
4.00
177
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
39.32
68
9.67
161
7. Breast Cancer
26.40
20
18.02
78
8. Prostate Cancer
24.32
48
18.78
71
9. Hypertension
23.76
63
2.87
168
10. Lung Cancers
21.56
44
21.77
41
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.13
68
35.59
5
12. Liver Disease
18.98
94
1.72
183
13. Asthma
17.01
29
0.26
178
14. Road Traffic Accidents
15.42
93
1.78
178
15. Ovary Cancer
14.84
1
5.09
62
16. Suicide
14.60
30
11.15
59
17. Stomach Cancer
12.23
20
3.12
154
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.66
93
12.15
49
19. Diarrhoeal diseases
8.39
70
0.16
176
20. Other Injuries
8.08
85
7.88
87
21. Cervical Cancer
7.89
94
3.29
142
22. Rheumatic Heart Disease
7.61
14
0.19
180
23. Uterin Cancer
7.58
4
2.12
102
24. Drownings
7.42
11
0.36
179
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.92
34
0.47
178
26. Parkinson's Disease
6.72
14
7.15
12
27. Falls
6.17
83
3.23
143
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.15
83
3.42
124
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.11
112
1.96
177
30. Measles
5.01
14
0.00
133
31. Liver Cancer
4.91
99
3.82
140
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.28
81
2.31
139
33. Lymphomas
3.94
122
5.87
49
34. Low Birth Weight
3.59
116
1.13
164
35. Bladder Cancer
3.56
38
3.04
53
36. Violence
3.39
108
1.08
149
37. Oral Cancer
3.32
75
1.55
158
38. Maternal Conditions
3.11
57
0.11
142
39. Malnutrition
2.76
74
0.06
166
40. Pancreas Cancer
2.68
124
7.25
37
41. Skin Disease
2.65
34
0.39
150
42. Leukemia
2.10
150
2.88
125
43. Epilepsy
1.39
109
1.27
116
44. Alcohol
1.39
90
3.14
32
45. Birth Trauma
1.25
111
1.05
121
46. Skin Cancers
1.24
130
2.01
85
47. Meningitis
1.21
73
0.30
140
48. Fires
1.12
107
0.09
181
49. Tuberculosis
1.05
126
0.00
183
50. Oesophagus Cancer
0.72
172
3.70
50
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Samoa SAMOA   Iceland ICELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
241
21.56
403
20.10
2. Stroke
148
13.24
141
7.03
3. Diabetes Mellitus
108
9.66
30
1.50
4. Lung Disease
57
5.10
129
6.43
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
53
4.74
82
4.09
6. Kidney Disease
52
4.65
33
1.65
7. Hypertension
30
2.68
24
1.20
8. Liver Disease
27
2.42
9
0.45
9. Lung Cancers
26
2.33
134
6.68
10. Road Traffic Accidents
26
2.33
7
0.35
11. Suicide
25
2.24
40
2.00
12. Asthma
21
1.88
2
0.10
13. Breast Cancer
19
1.70
53
2.64
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
19
1.70
295
14.71
15. Congenital Anomalies
18
1.61
7
0.35
16. Measles
16
1.43
0
0.00
17. Low Birth Weight
16
1.43
3
0.15
18. Stomach Cancer
16
1.43
18
0.90
19. Drownings
13
1.16
1
0.05
20. Other Injuries
13
1.16
50
2.49
21. Diarrhoeal diseases
12
1.07
1
0.05
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12
1.07
73
3.64
23. Prostate Cancer
11
0.98
61
3.04
24. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11
0.98
1
0.05
25. Ovary Cancer
10
0.89
16
0.80
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9
0.81
3
0.15
27. Falls
8
0.72
24
1.20
28. Liver Cancer
7
0.63
22
1.10
29. Parkinson's Disease
7
0.63
53
2.64
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7
0.63
16
0.80
31. Cervical Cancer
6
0.54
9
0.45
32. Lymphomas
6
0.54
37
1.85
33. Endocrine Disorders
6
0.54
16
0.80
34. Violence
6
0.54
4
0.20
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.45
0
0.00
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.45
2
0.10
37. Uterin Cancer
5
0.45
7
0.35
38. Bladder Cancer
5
0.45
20
1.00
39. Oral Cancer
4
0.36
9
0.45
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.36
43
2.14
41. Malnutrition
3
0.27
1
0.05
42. Leukemia
3
0.27
19
0.95
43. Skin Disease
3
0.27
3
0.15
44. Tuberculosis
2
0.18
0
0.00
45. Syphilis
2
0.18
0
0.00
46. Meningitis
2
0.18
1
0.05
47. Skin Cancers
2
0.18
13
0.65
48. Alcohol
2
0.18
14
0.70
49. Epilepsy
2
0.18
5
0.25
50. Fires
2
0.18
1
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Iceland ICELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
26.40
20
18.02
78
2. Prostate Cancer
24.32
48
18.78
71
3. Lung Cancers
21.56
44
21.77
41
4. Ovary Cancer
14.84
1
5.09
62
5. Stomach Cancer
12.23
20
3.12
154
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.66
93
12.15
49
7. Cervical Cancer
7.89
94
3.29
142
8. Uterin Cancer
7.58
4
2.12
102
9. Liver Cancer
4.91
99
3.82
140
10. Lymphomas
3.94
122
5.87
49
11. Bladder Cancer
3.56
38
3.04
53
12. Oral Cancer
3.32
75
1.55
158
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.68
124
7.25
37
14. Leukemia
2.10
150
2.88
125
15. Skin Cancers
1.24
130
2.01
85
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.72
172
3.70
50
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.