SOUTH SUDAN VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,033	10	2,930	+ 8,103
Violence	2	4,936	15	1,584	+ 3,352
Stroke	3	4,246	9	3,541	+ 704
Lung Disease	4	4,081	23	894	+ 3,187
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,760	1	9,918	- 7,158
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,989	7	4,063	- 2,073
Kidney Disease	7	1,751	20	1,090	+ 660
Hypertension	8	1,639	19	1,131	+ 509
Stomach Cancer	9	1,566	44	241	+ 1,325
Lung Cancers	10	1,345	49	164	+ 1,181
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,288	17	1,312	- 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,120	36	360	+ 760
Breast Cancer	13	940	26	695	+ 245
Prostate Cancer	14	918	35	409	+ 509
Other Neoplasms	15	821	66	14	+ 807
Congenital Anomalies	16	759	11	2,020	- 1,261
HIV/AIDS	17	687	2	7,915	- 7,227
Lymphomas	18	667	34	422	+ 244
Liver Disease	19	622	12	1,823	- 1,201
Cervical Cancer	20	581	25	761	- 180
Leukemia	21	566	40	314	+ 252
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	553	29	543	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	23	537	6	4,339	- 3,803
Liver Cancer	24	529	38	346	+ 183
Pancreas Cancer	25	518	54	109	+ 409
Suicide	26	503	33	425	+ 78
Malnutrition	27	481	14	1,660	- 1,179
Other Injuries	28	408	18	1,207	- 799
Falls	29	389	41	269	+ 119
Endocrine Disorders	30	350	46	192	+ 159
Inflammatory/Heart	31	341	45	217	+ 124
Tuberculosis	32	326	8	3,771	- 3,445
Ovary Cancer	33	288	47	188	+ 100
Skin Disease	34	282	55	97	+ 185
Skin Cancers	35	263	51	127	+ 136
Oesophagus Cancer	36	214	31	435	- 221
Oral Cancer	37	207	43	259	- 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	191	3	7,270	- 7,078
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	179	48	186	- 7
Drownings	40	177	30	466	- 290
Birth Trauma	41	166	5	5,210	- 5,044
Bladder Cancer	42	156	56	88	+ 68
Epilepsy	43	153	50	152	+ 1
Drug Use	44	126	63	33	+ 93
Uterin Cancer	45	108	60	66	+ 42
Maternal Conditions	46	101	16	1,521	- 1,420
Parkinson's Disease	47	98	52	125	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	85	84	0	+ 85
War	49	67	27	614	- 548
Meningitis	50	62	13	1,780	- 1,717
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	62	65	16	+ 46
Appendicitis	52	55	61	65	- 10
Chagas disease	53	52	78	0	+ 52
Asthma	54	49	28	587	- 538
Dengue	55	34	74	0	+ 34
Fires	56	32	32	433	- 401
Anemia	57	26	81	0	+ 26
Osteoarthritis	58	17	85	0	+ 17
Hepatitis C	59	17	69	11	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	16	72	4	+ 12
Poisonings	61	16	42	259	- 243
Hepatitis B	62	13	57	77	- 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	10	53	121	- 111
Encephalitis	64	10	64	32	- 23
Syphilis	65	8	37	351	- 343
Upper Respiratory	66	7	59	70	- 63
Malaria	67	7	4	5,342	- 5,335
Alcohol	68	6	62	53	- 48
Pertussis	69	5	24	784	- 779
Schizophrenia	70	4	83	0	+ 4
Tetanus	71	4	22	937	- 934
Leprosy	72	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	70	6	- 4
Leishmaniasis	74	2	21	1,005	- 1,004
Oral conditions	75	2	86	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	68	11	- 10
Schistosomiasis	77	0	58	72	- 71
Measles	78	0	39	334	- 334
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	67	12	- 12
Chlamydia	81	0	73	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	71	5	- 5
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Colombia

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.