SOUTH SUDAN VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,511	10	2,930	+ 6,581
Stroke	2	5,648	9	3,541	+ 2,107
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,911	1	9,918	- 5,007
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,062	7	4,063	- 1,001
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,325	17	1,312	+ 1,014
Liver Disease	6	2,090	12	1,823	+ 267
Kidney Disease	7	1,772	20	1,090	+ 681
Violence	8	1,527	15	1,584	- 57
Suicide	9	1,478	33	425	+ 1,053
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,405	29	543	+ 862
Stomach Cancer	11	1,399	44	241	+ 1,158
Lung Disease	12	1,200	23	894	+ 306
Prostate Cancer	13	1,088	35	409	+ 679
Liver Cancer	14	1,027	38	346	+ 681
Hypertension	15	1,018	19	1,131	- 113
Lung Cancers	16	908	49	164	+ 744
Oesophagus Cancer	17	863	31	435	+ 428
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	856	3	7,270	- 6,413
Congenital Anomalies	19	793	11	2,020	- 1,227
Low Birth Weight	20	765	6	4,339	- 3,575
HIV/AIDS	21	707	2	7,915	- 7,208
Other Injuries	22	696	18	1,207	- 511
Cervical Cancer	23	570	25	761	- 190
Pancreas Cancer	24	556	54	109	+ 447
Drownings	25	554	30	466	+ 88
Falls	26	553	41	269	+ 284
Breast Cancer	27	498	26	695	- 197
Tuberculosis	28	487	8	3,771	- 3,284
Asthma	29	482	28	587	- 105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	441	36	360	+ 81
Oral Cancer	31	426	43	259	+ 167
Parkinson's Disease	32	413	52	125	+ 289
Lymphomas	33	398	34	422	- 25
Epilepsy	34	331	50	152	+ 179
Birth Trauma	35	316	5	5,210	- 4,895
Meningitis	36	300	13	1,780	- 1,480
Inflammatory/Heart	37	296	45	217	+ 79
Drug Use	38	281	63	33	+ 248
Fires	39	279	32	433	- 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	205	48	186	+ 19
Leukemia	41	204	40	314	- 110
Endocrine Disorders	42	187	46	192	- 5
Malnutrition	43	162	14	1,660	- 1,497
Skin Disease	44	122	55	97	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	97	53	121	- 24
Bladder Cancer	46	95	56	88	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	47	95	16	1,521	- 1,426
Alcohol	48	86	62	53	+ 32
Encephalitis	49	79	64	32	+ 47
Syphilis	50	68	37	351	- 283
Ovary Cancer	51	66	47	188	- 121
Hepatitis B	52	59	57	77	- 18
Poisonings	53	51	42	259	- 208
Skin Cancers	54	49	51	127	- 78
Uterin Cancer	55	46	60	66	- 20
Other Neoplasms	56	42	66	14	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	57	19	72	4	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	14	65	16	- 2
Tetanus	59	13	22	937	- 925
Appendicitis	60	9	61	65	- 56
Pertussis	61	8	24	784	- 775
Hepatitis C	62	5	69	11	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	2	59	70	- 68
War	64	1	27	614	- 613
Ascariasis	65	1	68	11	- 10
Chlamydia	66	0	73	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	67	12	- 12
Measles	68	0	39	334	- 334
Otitis Media	69	0	70	6	- 6
Dengue	70	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Leishmaniasis	78	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Schistosomiasis	79	0	58	72	- 72
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Cape Verde

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.