SOUTH SUDAN VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,395	2	7,915	+ 1,480
Tuberculosis	2	5,794	8	3,771	+ 2,023
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,367	1	9,918	- 4,551
Coronary Heart Disease	4	5,197	10	2,930	+ 2,267
Stroke	5	4,722	9	3,541	+ 1,181
Malaria	6	4,119	4	5,342	- 1,223
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,330	7	4,063	- 733
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,717	3	7,270	- 4,553
Low Birth Weight	9	2,673	6	4,339	- 1,666
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,187	17	1,312	+ 875
Birth Trauma	11	2,078	5	5,210	- 3,132
Hypertension	12	1,943	19	1,131	+ 812
Liver Disease	13	1,939	12	1,823	+ 116
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,519	11	2,020	- 501
Kidney Disease	15	1,277	20	1,090	+ 186
Maternal Conditions	16	1,203	16	1,521	- 318
Lung Disease	17	1,127	23	894	+ 233
Violence	18	1,122	15	1,584	- 462
Suicide	19	726	33	425	+ 301
Other Injuries	20	694	18	1,207	- 513
Pertussis	21	686	24	784	- 98
Meningitis	22	623	13	1,780	- 1,156
Asthma	23	606	28	587	+ 19
Malnutrition	24	566	14	1,660	- 1,094
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	480	29	543	- 63
Inflammatory/Heart	26	457	45	217	+ 241
Endocrine Disorders	27	433	46	192	+ 241
Prostate Cancer	28	412	35	409	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	29	409	25	761	- 352
Liver Cancer	30	353	38	346	+ 7
Measles	31	332	39	334	- 2
Breast Cancer	32	331	26	695	- 364
Falls	33	310	41	269	+ 40
Syphilis	34	222	37	351	- 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	219	48	186	+ 33
Drownings	36	216	30	466	- 250
Fires	37	188	32	433	- 245
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	185	36	360	- 175
Stomach Cancer	39	183	44	241	- 58
Epilepsy	40	158	50	152	+ 6
Poisonings	41	147	42	259	- 112
Parkinson's Disease	42	144	52	125	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	139	53	121	+ 18
Drug Use	44	136	63	33	+ 103
Lymphomas	45	127	34	422	- 295
Leukemia	46	120	40	314	- 194
Lung Cancers	47	112	49	164	- 52
Ovary Cancer	48	103	47	188	- 85
Alcohol	49	96	62	53	+ 42
Skin Disease	50	95	55	97	- 2
Schistosomiasis	51	93	58	72	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	52	87	54	109	- 22
Skin Cancers	53	75	51	127	- 52
Oral Cancer	54	68	43	259	- 191
Tetanus	55	48	22	937	- 889
Encephalitis	56	41	64	32	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	57	41	31	435	- 395
Appendicitis	58	38	61	65	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	31	65	16	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	60	30	60	66	- 35
Bladder Cancer	61	30	56	88	- 58
Hepatitis B	62	30	57	77	- 47
Other Neoplasms	63	16	66	14	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	14	59	70	- 56
Trypanosomiasis	65	14	71	5	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	66	8	72	4	+ 4
Hepatitis C	67	5	69	11	- 6
Diphtheria	68	4	67	12	- 8
Ascariasis	69	2	68	11	- 9
Chlamydia	70	2	73	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	70	6	- 4
War	72	1	27	614	- 613
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Congo

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.