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Samoa
COUNTRY #1
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SAMOA VS NICARAGUA

Compare Samoa and Nicaragua 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.

Nicaragua
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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Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Samoa SAMOA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
       
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
  
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
  
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
  
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
  
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
  
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
2010
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
  
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
2019
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
  
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.2
71.8
111
124
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age
69.2
71.8
111
124
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age 5
70.1
72.6
121
135
73.4
79.1
77
71
Age 10
70.2
72.7
122
137
73.5
79.2
77
71
Age 15
70.3
72.8
124
139
73.7
79.3
76
71
Age 20
70.6
73.0
123
139
73.9
79.4
76
71
Age 25
71.1
73.3
122
140
74.2
79.5
76
71
Age 30
71.6
73.6
120
141
74.5
79.6
77
71
Age 35
72.2
73.9
121
144
74.8
79.8
79
72
Age 40
72.8
74.4
120
147
75.1
80.0
81
72
Age 45
73.6
75.1
116
148
75.5
80.2
84
72
Age 50
74.6
75.9
111
149
76.1
80.6
84
74
Age 55
75.8
77.0
108
149
76.9
81.2
85
75
Age 60
77.4
78.3
105
149
78.0
81.9
87
78
Age 65
79.2
79.9
101
147
79.5
82.8
90
79
Age 70
81.4
81.8
99
142
81.4
84.1
96
81
Age 75
83.8
84.1
92
141
83.7
85.7
100
81
Age 80
86.6
86.7
93
142
86.5
87.8
106
84
Age 85
89.8
89.8
99
152
89.7
90.4
107
80
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
189.77
33
124.46
73
2. Stroke
118.02
45
47.78
132
3. Diabetes Mellitus
82.64
13
44.63
48
4. Lung Disease
47.54
19
33.61
40
5. Kidney Disease
39.81
23
73.96
2
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
39.32
68
20.90
111
7. Breast Cancer
26.40
20
10.15
158
8. Prostate Cancer
24.32
48
20.62
60
9. Hypertension
23.76
63
23.51
64
10. Lung Cancers
21.56
44
5.94
131
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.13
68
3.05
173
12. Liver Disease
18.98
94
24.52
77
13. Asthma
17.01
29
2.14
114
14. Road Traffic Accidents
15.42
93
18.75
81
15. Ovary Cancer
14.84
1
2.18
169
16. Suicide
14.60
30
4.66
146
17. Stomach Cancer
12.23
20
10.11
45
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.66
93
6.63
125
19. Diarrhoeal diseases
8.39
70
2.06
105
20. Other Injuries
8.08
85
6.63
106
21. Cervical Cancer
7.89
94
13.48
64
22. Rheumatic Heart Disease
7.61
14
0.38
165
23. Uterin Cancer
7.58
4
1.51
139
24. Drownings
7.42
11
2.57
86
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.92
34
1.82
121
26. Parkinson's Disease
6.72
14
1.49
168
27. Falls
6.17
83
5.61
94
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.15
83
2.78
143
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.11
112
6.84
56
30. Measles
5.01
14
0.00
152
31. Liver Cancer
4.91
99
10.93
25
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.28
81
3.03
110
33. Lymphomas
3.94
122
3.32
140
34. Low Birth Weight
3.59
116
4.70
91
35. Bladder Cancer
3.56
38
0.61
176
36. Violence
3.39
108
9.50
55
37. Oral Cancer
3.32
75
1.33
167
38. Maternal Conditions
3.11
57
1.27
79
39. Malnutrition
2.76
74
2.89
72
40. Pancreas Cancer
2.68
124
3.88
86
41. Skin Disease
2.65
34
3.39
24
42. Leukemia
2.10
150
3.91
74
43. Epilepsy
1.39
109
1.29
115
44. Alcohol
1.39
90
5.38
16
45. Birth Trauma
1.25
111
1.90
93
46. Skin Cancers
1.24
130
1.27
128
47. Meningitis
1.21
73
0.47
119
48. Fires
1.12
107
0.30
163
49. Tuberculosis
1.05
126
2.20
107
50. Oesophagus Cancer
0.72
172
0.90
161
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Samoa SAMOA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
241
21.56
5,843
20.44
2. Stroke
148
13.24
2,225
7.78
3. Diabetes Mellitus
108
9.66
2,068
7.23
4. Lung Disease
57
5.10
1,570
5.49
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
53
4.74
1,152
4.03
6. Kidney Disease
52
4.65
3,533
12.36
7. Hypertension
30
2.68
1,103
3.86
8. Liver Disease
27
2.42
1,203
4.21
9. Lung Cancers
26
2.33
274
0.96
10. Road Traffic Accidents
26
2.33
1,109
3.88
11. Suicide
25
2.24
285
1.00
12. Asthma
21
1.88
105
0.37
13. Breast Cancer
19
1.70
283
0.99
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
19
1.70
149
0.52
15. Congenital Anomalies
18
1.61
571
2.00
16. Measles
16
1.43
0
0.00
17. Low Birth Weight
16
1.43
490
1.71
18. Stomach Cancer
16
1.43
478
1.67
19. Drownings
13
1.16
157
0.55
20. Other Injuries
13
1.16
358
1.25
21. Diarrhoeal diseases
12
1.07
122
0.43
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12
1.07
315
1.10
23. Prostate Cancer
11
0.98
386
1.35
24. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11
0.98
20
0.07
25. Ovary Cancer
10
0.89
61
0.21
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9
0.81
85
0.30
27. Falls
8
0.72
276
0.97
28. Liver Cancer
7
0.63
509
1.78
29. Parkinson's Disease
7
0.63
67
0.23
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7
0.63
139
0.49
31. Cervical Cancer
6
0.54
374
1.31
32. Lymphomas
6
0.54
164
0.57
33. Endocrine Disorders
6
0.54
164
0.57
34. Violence
6
0.54
619
2.17
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.45
88
0.31
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.45
198
0.69
37. Uterin Cancer
5
0.45
39
0.14
38. Bladder Cancer
5
0.45
28
0.10
39. Oral Cancer
4
0.36
64
0.22
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.36
178
0.62
41. Malnutrition
3
0.27
163
0.57
42. Leukemia
3
0.27
227
0.79
43. Skin Disease
3
0.27
162
0.57
44. Tuberculosis
2
0.18
115
0.40
45. Syphilis
2
0.18
9
0.03
46. Meningitis
2
0.18
29
0.10
47. Skin Cancers
2
0.18
59
0.21
48. Alcohol
2
0.18
279
0.98
49. Epilepsy
2
0.18
74
0.26
50. Fires
2
0.18
16
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
26.40
20
10.15
158
2. Prostate Cancer
24.32
48
20.62
60
3. Lung Cancers
21.56
44
5.94
131
4. Ovary Cancer
14.84
1
2.18
169
5. Stomach Cancer
12.23
20
10.11
45
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.66
93
6.63
125
7. Cervical Cancer
7.89
94
13.48
64
8. Uterin Cancer
7.58
4
1.51
139
9. Liver Cancer
4.91
99
10.93
25
10. Lymphomas
3.94
122
3.32
140
11. Bladder Cancer
3.56
38
0.61
176
12. Oral Cancer
3.32
75
1.33
167
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.68
124
3.88
86
14. Leukemia
2.10
150
3.91
74
15. Skin Cancers
1.24
130
1.27
128
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.72
172
0.90
161
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.