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Samoa
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
SAMOA VS IRAN

Compare Samoa and Iran 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.

Iran
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
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%
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Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
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
  Samoa SAMOA   Iran IRAN
  Samoa SAMOA   Iran IRAN
       
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
  
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
  
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
  
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
  
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
  
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
  
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
  
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.2
71.8
111
124
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age
69.2
71.8
111
124
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
70.1
72.6
121
135
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
70.2
72.7
122
137
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
70.3
72.8
124
139
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
70.6
73.0
123
139
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
71.1
73.3
122
140
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
71.6
73.6
120
141
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
72.2
73.9
121
144
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
72.8
74.4
120
147
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
73.6
75.1
116
148
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
74.6
75.9
111
149
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
75.8
77.0
108
149
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
77.4
78.3
105
149
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
79.2
79.9
101
147
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
81.4
81.8
99
142
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
83.8
84.1
92
141
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
86.6
86.7
93
142
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
89.8
89.8
99
152
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
189.77
33
142.51
54
2. Stroke
118.02
45
57.21
120
3. Diabetes Mellitus
82.64
13
20.84
107
4. Lung Disease
47.54
19
17.75
119
5. Kidney Disease
39.81
23
17.84
115
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
39.32
68
16.00
132
7. Breast Cancer
26.40
20
9.78
162
8. Prostate Cancer
24.32
48
10.80
129
9. Hypertension
23.76
63
25.73
55
10. Lung Cancers
21.56
44
9.96
104
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.13
68
18.63
74
12. Liver Disease
18.98
94
9.41
130
13. Asthma
17.01
29
5.07
88
14. Road Traffic Accidents
15.42
93
22.15
65
15. Ovary Cancer
14.84
1
2.62
158
16. Suicide
14.60
30
5.13
140
17. Stomach Cancer
12.23
20
14.67
11
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.66
93
6.65
124
19. Diarrhoeal diseases
8.39
70
2.38
102
20. Other Injuries
8.08
85
5.05
132
21. Cervical Cancer
7.89
94
1.43
179
22. Rheumatic Heart Disease
7.61
14
1.41
94
23. Uterin Cancer
7.58
4
1.01
160
24. Drownings
7.42
11
1.16
143
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.92
34
1.90
115
26. Parkinson's Disease
6.72
14
4.17
89
27. Falls
6.17
83
3.88
128
28. Inflammatory/Heart
5.15
83
2.29
157
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.11
112
4.74
119
30. Measles
5.01
14
0.00
89
31. Liver Cancer
4.91
99
5.46
89
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.28
81
2.83
120
33. Lymphomas
3.94
122
4.01
118
34. Low Birth Weight
3.59
116
4.04
103
35. Bladder Cancer
3.56
38
2.18
86
36. Violence
3.39
108
3.01
113
37. Oral Cancer
3.32
75
0.95
176
38. Maternal Conditions
3.11
57
0.30
124
39. Malnutrition
2.76
74
0.23
133
40. Pancreas Cancer
2.68
124
3.56
99
41. Skin Disease
2.65
34
0.37
152
42. Leukemia
2.10
150
5.50
14
43. Epilepsy
1.39
109
0.90
142
44. Alcohol
1.39
90
0.30
163
45. Birth Trauma
1.25
111
2.23
89
46. Skin Cancers
1.24
130
0.77
147
47. Meningitis
1.21
73
0.82
88
48. Fires
1.12
107
2.30
67
49. Tuberculosis
1.05
126
1.25
119
50. Oesophagus Cancer
0.72
172
3.58
53
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Samoa SAMOA   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
241
21.56
93,308
28.07
2. Stroke
148
13.24
36,730
11.05
3. Diabetes Mellitus
108
9.66
13,910
4.18
4. Lung Disease
57
5.10
11,409
3.43
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
53
4.74
11,243
3.38
6. Kidney Disease
52
4.65
11,810
3.55
7. Hypertension
30
2.68
16,415
4.94
8. Liver Disease
27
2.42
6,637
2.00
9. Lung Cancers
26
2.33
6,784
2.04
10. Road Traffic Accidents
26
2.33
17,803
5.36
11. Suicide
25
2.24
4,334
1.30
12. Asthma
21
1.88
3,360
1.01
13. Breast Cancer
19
1.70
3,736
1.12
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
19
1.70
11,046
3.32
15. Congenital Anomalies
18
1.61
4,844
1.46
16. Measles
16
1.43
2
0.00
17. Low Birth Weight
16
1.43
4,861
1.46
18. Stomach Cancer
16
1.43
9,822
2.96
19. Drownings
13
1.16
930
0.28
20. Other Injuries
13
1.16
4,048
1.22
21. Diarrhoeal diseases
12
1.07
1,836
0.55
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12
1.07
4,575
1.38
23. Prostate Cancer
11
0.98
3,583
1.08
24. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11
0.98
996
0.30
25. Ovary Cancer
10
0.89
937
0.28
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9
0.81
1,246
0.37
27. Falls
8
0.72
2,821
0.85
28. Liver Cancer
7
0.63
3,714
1.12
29. Parkinson's Disease
7
0.63
2,545
0.77
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7
0.63
1,611
0.48
31. Cervical Cancer
6
0.54
501
0.15
32. Lymphomas
6
0.54
2,882
0.87
33. Endocrine Disorders
6
0.54
2,092
0.63
34. Violence
6
0.54
2,535
0.76
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.45
285
0.09
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.45
2,735
0.82
37. Uterin Cancer
5
0.45
355
0.11
38. Bladder Cancer
5
0.45
1,410
0.42
39. Oral Cancer
4
0.36
655
0.20
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.36
2,418
0.73
41. Malnutrition
3
0.27
157
0.05
42. Leukemia
3
0.27
3,966
1.19
43. Skin Disease
3
0.27
237
0.07
44. Tuberculosis
2
0.18
882
0.27
45. Syphilis
2
0.18
52
0.02
46. Meningitis
2
0.18
642
0.19
47. Skin Cancers
2
0.18
518
0.16
48. Alcohol
2
0.18
253
0.08
49. Epilepsy
2
0.18
719
0.22
50. Fires
2
0.18
1,823
0.55
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Samoa SAMOA   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
26.40
20
9.78
162
2. Prostate Cancer
24.32
48
10.80
129
3. Lung Cancers
21.56
44
9.96
104
4. Ovary Cancer
14.84
1
2.62
158
5. Stomach Cancer
12.23
20
14.67
11
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.66
93
6.65
124
7. Cervical Cancer
7.89
94
1.43
179
8. Uterin Cancer
7.58
4
1.01
160
9. Liver Cancer
4.91
99
5.46
89
10. Lymphomas
3.94
122
4.01
118
11. Bladder Cancer
3.56
38
2.18
86
12. Oral Cancer
3.32
75
0.95
176
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.68
124
3.56
99
14. Leukemia
2.10
150
5.50
14
15. Skin Cancers
1.24
130
0.77
147
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.72
172
3.58
53
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.