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Samoa
COUNTRY #1
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SAMOA VS ZAMBIA

Compare Samoa and Zambia 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.

Zambia
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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Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Samoa SAMOA   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
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
  
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
  
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
  
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
  
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
  
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
  
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
  
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.2
71.8
111
124
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age
69.2
71.8
111
124
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
70.1
72.6
121
135
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
70.2
72.7
122
137
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
70.3
72.8
124
139
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
70.6
73.0
123
139
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
71.1
73.3
122
140
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
71.6
73.6
120
141
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
72.2
73.9
121
144
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
72.8
74.4
120
147
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
73.6
75.1
116
148
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
74.6
75.9
111
149
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
75.8
77.0
108
149
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
77.4
78.3
105
149
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
79.2
79.9
101
147
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
81.4
81.8
99
142
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
83.8
84.1
92
141
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
86.6
86.7
93
142
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
89.8
89.8
99
152
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
189.77
33
85.40
126
2. Stroke
118.02
45
156.50
19
3. Diabetes Mellitus
82.64
13
42.93
53
4. Lung Disease
47.54
19
25.95
72
5. Kidney Disease
39.81
23
29.46
63
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
39.32
68
87.45
35
7. Breast Cancer
26.40
20
9.51
164
8. Prostate Cancer
24.32
48
37.64
19
9. Hypertension
23.76
63
56.20
6
10. Lung Cancers
21.56
44
4.41
142
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.13
68
18.87
72
12. Liver Disease
18.98
94
63.86
4
13. Asthma
17.01
29
10.81
57
14. Road Traffic Accidents
15.42
93
32.93
43
15. Ovary Cancer
14.84
1
2.00
173
16. Suicide
14.60
30
14.43
32
17. Stomach Cancer
12.23
20
3.21
149
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.66
93
2.98
177
19. Diarrhoeal diseases
8.39
70
54.75
30
20. Other Injuries
8.08
85
13.38
34
21. Cervical Cancer
7.89
94
48.42
6
22. Rheumatic Heart Disease
7.61
14
2.70
47
23. Uterin Cancer
7.58
4
0.90
164
24. Drownings
7.42
11
3.21
69
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.92
34
3.48
77
26. Parkinson's Disease
6.72
14
4.09
94
27. Falls
6.17
83
9.14
30
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.15
83
6.33
60
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.11
112
8.15
24
30. Measles
5.01
14
0.15
52
31. Liver Cancer
4.91
99
2.22
179
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.28
81
3.28
99
33. Lymphomas
3.94
122
6.38
29
34. Low Birth Weight
3.59
116
9.64
36
35. Bladder Cancer
3.56
38
2.36
75
36. Violence
3.39
108
7.04
67
37. Oral Cancer
3.32
75
2.39
110
38. Maternal Conditions
3.11
57
7.77
38
39. Malnutrition
2.76
74
17.63
11
40. Pancreas Cancer
2.68
124
0.68
175
41. Skin Disease
2.65
34
1.69
87
42. Leukemia
2.10
150
2.93
124
43. Epilepsy
1.39
109
2.68
38
44. Alcohol
1.39
90
1.90
63
45. Birth Trauma
1.25
111
10.07
26
46. Skin Cancers
1.24
130
1.87
93
47. Meningitis
1.21
73
15.31
15
48. Fires
1.12
107
3.87
31
49. Tuberculosis
1.05
126
49.91
19
50. Oesophagus Cancer
0.72
172
5.61
32
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Samoa SAMOA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
241
21.56
4,432
3.97
2. Stroke
148
13.24
7,948
7.12
3. Diabetes Mellitus
108
9.66
2,395
2.14
4. Lung Disease
57
5.10
1,273
1.14
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
53
4.74
9,517
8.52
6. Kidney Disease
52
4.65
1,760
1.58
7. Hypertension
30
2.68
2,616
2.34
8. Liver Disease
27
2.42
4,501
4.03
9. Lung Cancers
26
2.33
226
0.20
10. Road Traffic Accidents
26
2.33
3,654
3.27
11. Suicide
25
2.24
1,303
1.17
12. Asthma
21
1.88
741
0.66
13. Breast Cancer
19
1.70
366
0.33
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
19
1.70
590
0.53
15. Congenital Anomalies
18
1.61
3,146
2.82
16. Measles
16
1.43
48
0.04
17. Low Birth Weight
16
1.43
4,857
4.35
18. Stomach Cancer
16
1.43
206
0.18
19. Drownings
13
1.16
689
0.62
20. Other Injuries
13
1.16
1,729
1.55
21. Diarrhoeal diseases
12
1.07
6,275
5.62
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12
1.07
203
0.18
23. Prostate Cancer
11
0.98
561
0.50
24. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11
0.98
190
0.17
25. Ovary Cancer
10
0.89
82
0.07
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9
0.81
246
0.22
27. Falls
8
0.72
596
0.53
28. Liver Cancer
7
0.63
177
0.16
29. Parkinson's Disease
7
0.63
164
0.15
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7
0.63
501
0.45
31. Cervical Cancer
6
0.54
1,799
1.61
32. Lymphomas
6
0.54
548
0.49
33. Endocrine Disorders
6
0.54
354
0.32
34. Violence
6
0.54
1,153
1.03
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.45
1,188
1.06
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.45
5,062
4.53
37. Uterin Cancer
5
0.45
30
0.03
38. Bladder Cancer
5
0.45
132
0.12
39. Oral Cancer
4
0.36
155
0.14
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.36
42
0.04
41. Malnutrition
3
0.27
2,303
2.06
42. Leukemia
3
0.27
261
0.23
43. Skin Disease
3
0.27
126
0.11
44. Tuberculosis
2
0.18
5,941
5.32
45. Syphilis
2
0.18
885
0.79
46. Meningitis
2
0.18
1,976
1.77
47. Skin Cancers
2
0.18
108
0.10
48. Alcohol
2
0.18
140
0.13
49. Epilepsy
2
0.18
332
0.30
50. Fires
2
0.18
546
0.49
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
26.40
20
9.51
164
2. Prostate Cancer
24.32
48
37.64
19
3. Lung Cancers
21.56
44
4.41
142
4. Ovary Cancer
14.84
1
2.00
173
5. Stomach Cancer
12.23
20
3.21
149
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.66
93
2.98
177
7. Cervical Cancer
7.89
94
48.42
6
8. Uterin Cancer
7.58
4
0.90
164
9. Liver Cancer
4.91
99
2.22
179
10. Lymphomas
3.94
122
6.38
29
11. Bladder Cancer
3.56
38
2.36
75
12. Oral Cancer
3.32
75
2.39
110
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.68
124
0.68
175
14. Leukemia
2.10
150
2.93
124
15. Skin Cancers
1.24
130
1.87
93
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.72
172
5.61
32
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.