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Seychelles
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Seychelles 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
Seychelles Population Pyramid
104,561
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%
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
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Samoa SAMOA
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Samoa SAMOA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
1990
67.2
73.5
70.3
60
64
59
 
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
2000
67.7
76.4
71.8
86
46
67
 
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
2010
68.3
77.3
72.4
97
64
96
 
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
2019
70.0
77.1
73.3
96
88
93
 
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Samoa SAMOA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.0
77.1
96
88
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age
70.0
77.1
96
88
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age 5
71.1
78.2
108
90
70.1
72.6
121
135
Age 10
71.1
78.2
109
90
70.2
72.7
122
137
Age 15
71.3
78.3
109
90
70.3
72.8
124
139
Age 20
71.5
78.4
111
90
70.6
73.0
123
139
Age 25
71.9
78.5
111
90
71.1
73.3
122
140
Age 30
72.3
78.7
110
90
71.6
73.6
120
141
Age 35
72.8
78.9
109
90
72.2
73.9
121
144
Age 40
73.3
79.2
108
88
72.8
74.4
120
147
Age 45
74.0
79.6
106
87
73.6
75.1
116
148
Age 50
74.9
80.1
105
86
74.6
75.9
111
149
Age 55
76.0
80.8
102
85
75.8
77.0
108
149
Age 60
77.5
81.5
98
87
77.4
78.3
105
149
Age 65
79.2
82.5
99
87
79.2
79.9
101
147
Age 70
81.4
83.7
97
88
81.4
81.8
99
142
Age 75
83.6
85.3
112
94
83.8
84.1
92
141
Age 80
86.5
87.6
101
92
86.6
86.7
93
142
Age 85
89.8
90.4
89
93
89.8
89.8
99
152
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Samoa SAMOA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.13
116
189.77
33
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.92
49
39.32
68
3. Stroke
62.39
116
118.02
45
4. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
24.32
48
5. Kidney Disease
40.23
21
39.81
23
6. Hypertension
39.54
25
23.76
63
7. Liver Disease
28.12
60
18.98
94
8. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
26.40
20
9. Diabetes Mellitus
24.13
101
82.64
13
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
8.66
93
11. Lung Disease
21.51
95
47.54
19
12. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
21.56
44
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.22
100
19.13
68
14. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
7.89
94
15. Violence
13.66
32
3.39
108
16. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
3.32
75
17. Drownings
11.64
5
7.42
11
18. Road Traffic Accidents
10.94
121
15.42
93
19. Inflammatory/Heart
9.39
31
5.15
83
20. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
14.84
1
21. Lymphomas
8.01
8
3.94
122
22. Suicide
7.73
102
14.60
30
23. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
2.68
124
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.66
61
5.11
112
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.58
36
6.92
34
26. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
12.23
20
27. Leukemia
6.05
7
2.10
150
28. Asthma
5.89
81
17.01
29
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
5.82
78
8.39
70
30. Parkinson's Disease
5.80
26
6.72
14
31. Endocrine Disorders
5.70
57
4.28
81
32. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
4.91
99
33. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
0.72
172
34. Falls
5.28
97
6.17
83
35. Low Birth Weight
4.59
94
3.59
116
36. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
3.56
38
37. Other Injuries
4.16
149
8.08
85
38. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
7.58
4
39. Meningitis
2.26
59
1.21
73
40. Fires
1.74
81
1.12
107
41. Skin Disease
1.69
86
2.65
34
42. Malnutrition
1.59
87
2.76
74
43. Birth Trauma
1.52
104
1.25
111
44. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
1.24
130
45. Maternal Conditions
0.96
86
3.11
57
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.80
130
7.61
14
47. Encephalitis
0.79
41
0.32
105
48. Drug Use
0.78
133
0.42
168
49. Alcohol
0.56
140
1.39
90
50. Epilepsy
0.54
175
1.39
109
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Samoa SAMOA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
104
14.75
241
21.56
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
75
10.64
53
4.74
3. Stroke
66
9.36
148
13.24
4. Kidney Disease
43
6.10
52
4.65
5. Hypertension
42
5.96
30
2.68
6. Liver Disease
31
4.40
27
2.42
7. Diabetes Mellitus
26
3.69
108
9.66
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
25
3.55
12
1.07
9. Lung Disease
22
3.12
57
5.10
10. Prostate Cancer
20
2.84
11
0.98
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
19
2.70
19
1.70
12. Lung Cancers
18
2.55
26
2.33
13. Breast Cancer
14
1.99
19
1.70
14. Violence
14
1.99
6
0.54
15. Oral Cancer
13
1.84
4
0.36
16. Drownings
12
1.70
13
1.16
17. Road Traffic Accidents
11
1.56
26
2.33
18. Inflammatory/Heart
10
1.42
7
0.63
19. Cervical Cancer
9
1.28
6
0.54
20. Lymphomas
8
1.13
6
0.54
21. Suicide
8
1.13
25
2.24
22. Stomach Cancer
7
0.99
16
1.43
23. Pancreas Cancer
7
0.99
4
0.36
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.99
9
0.81
25. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.99
18
1.61
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.85
12
1.07
27. Low Birth Weight
6
0.85
16
1.43
28. Oesophagus Cancer
6
0.85
1
0.09
29. Liver Cancer
6
0.85
7
0.63
30. Leukemia
6
0.85
3
0.27
31. Endocrine Disorders
6
0.85
6
0.54
32. Parkinson's Disease
6
0.85
7
0.63
33. Asthma
6
0.85
21
1.88
34. Falls
6
0.85
8
0.72
35. Ovary Cancer
5
0.71
10
0.89
36. Bladder Cancer
4
0.57
5
0.45
37. Other Injuries
4
0.57
13
1.16
38. Meningitis
2
0.28
2
0.18
39. Birth Trauma
2
0.28
5
0.45
40. Malnutrition
2
0.28
3
0.27
41. Uterin Cancer
2
0.28
5
0.45
42. Skin Disease
2
0.28
3
0.27
43. Fires
2
0.28
2
0.18
44. Encephalitis
1
0.14
1
0.09
45. Maternal Conditions
1
0.14
5
0.45
46. Skin Cancers
1
0.14
2
0.18
47. Alcohol
1
0.14
2
0.18
48. Drug Use
1
0.14
1
0.09
49. Epilepsy
1
0.14
2
0.18
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1
0.14
11
0.98
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Samoa SAMOA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
24.32
48
2. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
26.40
20
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
8.66
93
4. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
21.56
44
5. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
7.89
94
6. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
3.32
75
7. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
14.84
1
8. Lymphomas
8.01
8
3.94
122
9. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
2.68
124
10. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
12.23
20
11. Leukemia
6.05
7
2.10
150
12. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
4.91
99
13. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
0.72
172
14. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
3.56
38
15. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
7.58
4
16. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
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.