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Bhutan
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Bhutan 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
Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
Samoa Population Pyramid
267,390
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Samoa SAMOA
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Samoa SAMOA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
 
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
1970
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
 
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
1980
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
 
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
1990
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
 
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
2000
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
 
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
2010
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
 
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
2019
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
 
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Samoa SAMOA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
74.4
79
108
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age
72.0
74.4
79
108
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age 5
74.3
76.3
67
105
70.1
72.6
121
135
Age 10
74.4
76.4
64
105
70.2
72.7
122
137
Age 15
74.7
76.7
63
104
70.3
72.8
124
139
Age 20
75.0
76.8
63
104
70.6
73.0
123
139
Age 25
75.2
77.0
64
104
71.1
73.3
122
140
Age 30
75.5
77.1
64
104
71.6
73.6
120
141
Age 35
75.8
77.4
64
104
72.2
73.9
121
144
Age 40
76.1
77.6
64
103
72.8
74.4
120
147
Age 45
76.5
78.0
68
103
73.6
75.1
116
148
Age 50
77.1
78.5
70
103
74.6
75.9
111
149
Age 55
77.9
79.1
73
103
75.8
77.0
108
149
Age 60
78.9
80.0
75
104
77.4
78.3
105
149
Age 65
80.3
81.1
75
104
79.2
79.9
101
147
Age 70
82.0
82.5
78
108
81.4
81.8
99
142
Age 75
84.2
84.4
81
118
83.8
84.1
92
141
Age 80
86.8
86.9
82
130
86.6
86.7
93
142
Age 85
90.0
90.1
80
119
89.8
89.8
99
152
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Samoa SAMOA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
117.54
84
189.77
33
2. Lung Disease
87.76
4
47.54
19
3. Stroke
60.70
117
118.02
45
4. Diabetes Mellitus
27.56
94
82.64
13
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.08
92
39.32
68
6. Liver Disease
26.66
70
18.98
94
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
26.23
55
8.39
70
8. Kidney Disease
24.53
78
39.81
23
9. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
12.23
20
10. Tuberculosis
18.33
53
1.05
126
11. Falls
17.91
4
6.17
83
12. Road Traffic Accidents
17.35
85
15.42
93
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.73
112
19.13
68
14. Asthma
12.98
49
17.01
29
15. Hypertension
12.74
117
23.76
63
16. Rheumatic Heart Disease
10.92
9
7.61
14
17. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
7.89
94
18. HIV/AIDS
8.08
64
0.00
177
19. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
21.56
44
20. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
0.72
172
21. Low Birth Weight
7.39
59
3.59
116
22. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
3.32
75
23. Other Injuries
6.45
108
8.08
85
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.37
39
6.92
34
25. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
4.91
99
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.36
102
5.11
112
27. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
14.84
1
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.20
43
6.72
14
29. Suicide
5.07
142
14.60
30
30. Birth Trauma
4.78
68
1.25
111
31. Encephalitis
4.26
2
0.32
105
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
8.66
93
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
2.68
124
34. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
26.40
20
35. Drownings
2.83
76
7.42
11
36. Leukemia
2.69
136
2.10
150
37. Meningitis
2.45
56
1.21
73
38. Violence
2.26
126
3.39
108
39. Epilepsy
2.00
69
1.39
109
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.66
158
4.28
81
41. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
1.24
130
42. Syphilis
1.37
26
0.39
67
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.24
179
5.15
83
44. Skin Disease
1.19
106
2.65
34
45. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
24.32
48
46. Fires
1.13
106
1.12
107
47. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
3.56
38
48. Maternal Conditions
1.04
83
3.11
57
49. Drug Use
0.97
117
0.42
168
50. Alcohol
0.92
123
1.39
90
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Samoa SAMOA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
702
17.06
241
21.56
2. Lung Disease
524
12.73
57
5.10
3. Stroke
360
8.75
148
13.24
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
177
4.30
53
4.74
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
169
4.11
12
1.07
6. Liver Disease
166
4.03
27
2.42
7. Diabetes Mellitus
164
3.99
108
9.66
8. Kidney Disease
149
3.62
52
4.65
9. Tuberculosis
138
3.35
2
0.18
10. Road Traffic Accidents
123
2.99
26
2.33
11. Stomach Cancer
118
2.87
16
1.43
12. Falls
111
2.70
8
0.72
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
105
2.55
19
1.70
14. Low Birth Weight
79
1.92
16
1.43
15. Asthma
78
1.90
21
1.88
16. Hypertension
77
1.87
30
2.68
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
68
1.65
11
0.98
18. HIV/AIDS
58
1.41
0
0.00
19. Birth Trauma
51
1.24
5
0.45
20. Congenital Anomalies
50
1.22
18
1.61
21. Lung Cancers
44
1.07
26
2.33
22. Oesophagus Cancer
44
1.07
1
0.09
23. Oral Cancer
43
1.04
4
0.36
24. Other Injuries
43
1.04
13
1.16
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
39
0.95
9
0.81
26. Liver Cancer
35
0.85
7
0.63
27. Suicide
35
0.85
25
2.24
28. Parkinson's Disease
31
0.75
7
0.63
29. Cervical Cancer
30
0.73
6
0.54
30. Encephalitis
28
0.68
1
0.09
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24
0.58
12
1.07
32. Pancreas Cancer
20
0.49
4
0.36
33. Drownings
20
0.49
13
1.16
34. Leukemia
19
0.46
3
0.27
35. Violence
18
0.44
6
0.54
36. Meningitis
17
0.41
2
0.18
37. Epilepsy
14
0.34
2
0.18
38. Ovary Cancer
14
0.34
10
0.89
39. Endocrine Disorders
11
0.27
6
0.54
40. Syphilis
11
0.27
2
0.18
41. Maternal Conditions
9
0.22
5
0.45
42. Skin Cancers
9
0.22
2
0.18
43. Fires
8
0.19
2
0.18
44. Inflammatory/Heart
8
0.19
7
0.63
45. Breast Cancer
8
0.19
19
1.70
46. Drug Use
7
0.17
1
0.09
47. Skin Disease
7
0.17
3
0.27
48. Alcohol
6
0.15
2
0.18
49. Bladder Cancer
6
0.15
5
0.45
50. Appendicitis
5
0.12
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Samoa SAMOA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
12.23
20
2. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
7.89
94
3. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
21.56
44
4. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
0.72
172
5. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
3.32
75
6. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
4.91
99
7. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
14.84
1
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
8.66
93
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
2.68
124
10. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
26.40
20
11. Leukemia
2.69
136
2.10
150
12. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
1.24
130
13. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
24.32
48
14. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
3.56
38
15. Lymphomas
0.81
180
3.94
122
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
182
7.58
4
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.