SOUTH SUDAN VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,727	10	2,930	+ 9,797
War	2	8,112	27	614	+ 7,498
Stroke	3	6,035	9	3,541	+ 2,494
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,638	1	9,918	- 5,279
Low Birth Weight	5	3,999	6	4,339	- 340
Birth Trauma	6	3,395	5	5,210	- 1,815
Tuberculosis	7	3,115	8	3,771	- 656
Hypertension	8	2,531	19	1,131	+ 1,401
Maternal Conditions	9	2,472	16	1,521	+ 951
Kidney Disease	10	2,087	20	1,090	+ 996
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,910	7	4,063	- 2,152
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,820	17	1,312	+ 509
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,759	3	7,270	- 5,511
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,583	11	2,020	- 436
Lung Disease	15	1,472	23	894	+ 579
Liver Disease	16	1,456	12	1,823	- 367
Asthma	17	1,077	28	587	+ 490
Other Injuries	18	1,026	18	1,207	- 180
Violence	19	1,019	15	1,584	- 565
Meningitis	20	831	13	1,780	- 948
Pertussis	21	667	24	784	- 116
Breast Cancer	22	577	26	695	- 118
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	559	29	543	+ 16
Suicide	24	498	33	425	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	476	48	186	+ 290
Stomach Cancer	26	475	44	241	+ 234
Oral Cancer	27	465	43	259	+ 206
Endocrine Disorders	28	432	46	192	+ 240
Oesophagus Cancer	29	416	31	435	- 19
Tetanus	30	397	22	937	- 540
Encephalitis	31	377	64	32	+ 345
Lung Cancers	32	341	49	164	+ 177
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	330	53	121	+ 208
Drownings	34	315	30	466	- 151
Epilepsy	35	314	50	152	+ 162
Lymphomas	36	300	34	422	- 123
Falls	37	287	41	269	+ 17
Hepatitis B	38	273	57	77	+ 197
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	235	36	360	- 125
Liver Cancer	40	208	38	346	- 138
Parkinson's Disease	41	199	52	125	+ 74
Leukemia	42	193	40	314	- 120
Malnutrition	43	187	14	1,660	- 1,473
Cervical Cancer	44	171	25	761	- 589
Inflammatory/Heart	45	167	45	217	- 50
HIV/AIDS	46	147	2	7,915	- 7,768
Poisonings	47	121	42	259	- 138
Ovary Cancer	48	117	47	188	- 71
Measles	49	111	39	334	- 223
Fires	50	110	32	433	- 323
Drug Use	51	104	63	33	+ 71
Appendicitis	52	94	61	65	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	53	91	60	66	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	54	86	56	88	- 2
Prostate Cancer	55	82	35	409	- 327
Pancreas Cancer	56	73	54	109	- 36
Malaria	57	59	4	5,342	- 5,283
Alcohol	58	47	62	53	- 6
Skin Cancers	59	46	51	127	- 81
Syphilis	60	30	37	351	- 321
Skin Disease	61	30	55	97	- 68
Multiple Sclerosis	62	27	72	4	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	63	9	66	14	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	9	69	11	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	8	65	16	- 8
Ascariasis	66	5	68	11	- 6
Diphtheria	67	5	67	12	- 7
Upper Respiratory	68	3	59	70	- 67
Chlamydia	69	0	73	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Otitis Media	71	0	70	6	- 6
Dengue	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	79	0	58	72	- 72
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Afghanistan

South Sudan

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.