SOUTH SUDAN VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,601	10	2,930	+ 14,671
Stroke	2	9,258	9	3,541	+ 5,717
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,148	7	4,063	+ 4,085
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,244	17	1,312	+ 1,932
Liver Disease	5	3,148	12	1,823	+ 1,325
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,648	1	9,918	- 7,270
Kidney Disease	7	2,491	20	1,090	+ 1,401
HIV/AIDS	8	2,268	2	7,915	- 5,647
Violence	9	2,251	15	1,584	+ 667
Hypertension	10	2,225	19	1,131	+ 1,094
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,123	29	543	+ 1,580
Prostate Cancer	12	1,943	35	409	+ 1,534
Low Birth Weight	13	1,800	6	4,339	- 2,540
Breast Cancer	14	1,715	26	695	+ 1,020
Lung Disease	15	1,598	23	894	+ 704
Lung Cancers	16	1,461	49	164	+ 1,297
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,219	11	2,020	- 800
Birth Trauma	18	1,074	5	5,210	- 4,136
Other Injuries	19	1,045	18	1,207	- 161
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	999	36	360	+ 640
Liver Cancer	21	780	38	346	+ 434
Endocrine Disorders	22	708	46	192	+ 516
Cervical Cancer	23	658	25	761	- 102
Stomach Cancer	24	643	44	241	+ 402
Suicide	25	622	33	425	+ 197
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	592	3	7,270	- 6,677
Pancreas Cancer	27	535	54	109	+ 426
Parkinson's Disease	28	524	52	125	+ 400
Asthma	29	518	28	587	- 69
Falls	30	511	41	269	+ 241
Oral Cancer	31	510	43	259	+ 251
Leukemia	32	480	40	314	+ 167
Lymphomas	33	440	34	422	+ 17
Malnutrition	34	436	14	1,660	- 1,223
Inflammatory/Heart	35	366	45	217	+ 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	346	48	186	+ 160
Drownings	37	291	30	466	- 175
Tuberculosis	38	284	8	3,771	- 3,487
Maternal Conditions	39	238	16	1,521	- 1,283
Oesophagus Cancer	40	235	31	435	- 200
Skin Cancers	41	202	51	127	+ 75
Epilepsy	42	186	50	152	+ 34
Drug Use	43	183	63	33	+ 150
Fires	44	163	32	433	- 270
Meningitis	45	157	13	1,780	- 1,623
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	144	53	121	+ 23
Pertussis	47	142	24	784	- 642
Alcohol	48	141	62	53	+ 88
Bladder Cancer	49	108	56	88	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	50	104	47	188	- 84
Syphilis	51	83	37	351	- 268
Appendicitis	52	78	61	65	+ 13
Skin Disease	53	58	55	97	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	57	65	16	+ 41
Poisonings	55	55	42	259	- 204
Encephalitis	56	52	64	32	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	57	51	60	66	- 15
Other Neoplasms	58	42	66	14	+ 28
Schistosomiasis	59	26	58	72	- 46
Hepatitis C	60	20	69	11	+ 9
Tetanus	61	20	22	937	- 917
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	72	4	+ 11
Hepatitis B	63	13	57	77	- 64
Dengue	64	6	74	0	+ 5
Malaria	65	5	4	5,342	- 5,337
Chlamydia	66	2	73	2	- 0
War	67	1	27	614	- 613
Upper Respiratory	68	1	59	70	- 69
Diphtheria	69	1	67	12	- 11
Ascariasis	70	1	68	11	- 10
Otitis Media	71	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	39	334	- 334
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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

Dominican Rep.

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.