SOUTH SUDAN VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,867	10	2,930	+ 2,937
Violence	2	4,454	15	1,584	+ 2,870
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,295	17	1,312	+ 2,984
Stroke	4	3,875	9	3,541	+ 334
HIV/AIDS	5	3,640	2	7,915	- 4,274
Kidney Disease	6	3,127	20	1,090	+ 2,037
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,949	1	9,918	- 6,969
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,690	7	4,063	- 1,373
Liver Disease	9	1,760	12	1,823	- 63
Prostate Cancer	10	1,446	35	409	+ 1,037
Lung Disease	11	1,403	23	894	+ 510
Hypertension	12	1,398	19	1,131	+ 268
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,368	29	543	+ 825
Other Injuries	14	1,085	18	1,207	- 121
Lung Cancers	15	932	49	164	+ 768
Suicide	16	843	33	425	+ 418
Cervical Cancer	17	840	25	761	+ 80
Drownings	18	728	30	466	+ 262
Liver Cancer	19	727	38	346	+ 381
Stomach Cancer	20	708	44	241	+ 467
Congenital Anomalies	21	704	11	2,020	- 1,316
Endocrine Disorders	22	688	46	192	+ 496
Breast Cancer	23	662	26	695	- 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	611	36	360	+ 252
Low Birth Weight	25	603	6	4,339	- 3,737
Inflammatory/Heart	26	551	45	217	+ 334
Falls	27	393	41	269	+ 124
Parkinson's Disease	28	336	52	125	+ 211
Malnutrition	29	299	14	1,660	- 1,360
Alcohol	30	296	62	53	+ 243
Pancreas Cancer	31	286	54	109	+ 177
Birth Trauma	32	282	5	5,210	- 4,929
Tuberculosis	33	269	8	3,771	- 3,502
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	265	3	7,270	- 7,005
Asthma	35	235	28	587	- 352
Epilepsy	36	234	50	152	+ 82
Skin Disease	37	167	55	97	+ 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	158	48	186	- 28
Leukemia	39	122	40	314	- 192
Fires	40	111	32	433	- 322
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	104	53	121	- 17
Maternal Conditions	42	71	16	1,521	- 1,450
Oesophagus Cancer	43	67	31	435	- 368
Appendicitis	44	44	61	65	- 20
Poisonings	45	44	42	259	- 215
Meningitis	46	43	13	1,780	- 1,737
Drug Use	47	42	63	33	+ 10
Encephalitis	48	42	64	32	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	34	65	16	+ 18
Lymphomas	50	34	34	422	- 389
Uterin Cancer	51	33	60	66	- 32
Ovary Cancer	52	29	47	188	- 159
Other Neoplasms	53	28	66	14	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	54	13	72	4	+ 9
Dengue	55	6	74	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	56	6	57	77	- 71
Chagas disease	57	6	78	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	58	4	59	70	- 66
Tetanus	59	3	22	937	- 934
War	60	3	27	614	- 611
Hepatitis C	61	1	69	11	- 10
Syphilis	62	1	37	351	- 350
Pertussis	63	1	24	784	- 783
Ascariasis	64	1	68	11	- 10
Chlamydia	65	1	73	2	- 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	51	127	- 127
Oral Cancer	67	0	43	259	- 259
Diphtheria	68	0	67	12	- 12
Otitis Media	69	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	39	334	- 334
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	5	- 5
Malaria	76	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Leishmaniasis	77	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Schistosomiasis	78	0	58	72	- 72
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	56	88	- 88
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	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

Belize

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.