SOUTH SUDAN VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,561	1	9,918	- 3,356
Stroke	2	5,134	9	3,541	+ 1,593
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	4,590	3	7,270	- 2,680
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,313	10	2,930	+ 1,383
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,656	7	4,063	- 1,407
Liver Disease	6	2,432	12	1,823	+ 609
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,891	17	1,312	+ 579
Hypertension	8	1,854	19	1,131	+ 723
Lung Disease	9	1,325	23	894	+ 432
Malnutrition	10	1,321	14	1,660	- 339
Birth Trauma	11	1,234	5	5,210	- 3,976
Kidney Disease	12	1,157	20	1,090	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	13	1,088	16	1,521	- 432
Tuberculosis	14	1,088	8	3,771	- 2,683
Other Injuries	15	1,081	18	1,207	- 125
Low Birth Weight	16	1,063	6	4,339	- 3,276
Malaria	17	875	4	5,342	- 4,467
Congenital Anomalies	18	865	11	2,020	- 1,155
Meningitis	19	810	13	1,780	- 970
Violence	20	769	15	1,584	- 814
Suicide	21	764	33	425	+ 339
Asthma	22	653	28	587	+ 66
Breast Cancer	23	624	26	695	- 71
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	620	29	543	+ 77
HIV/AIDS	25	616	2	7,915	- 7,299
Falls	26	337	41	269	+ 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	294	48	186	+ 108
Lymphomas	28	294	34	422	- 129
Leukemia	29	288	40	314	- 25
Cervical Cancer	30	265	25	761	- 495
Fires	31	264	32	433	- 169
Inflammatory/Heart	32	246	45	217	+ 29
Drownings	33	236	30	466	- 231
Poisonings	34	229	42	259	- 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	226	36	360	- 133
Pertussis	36	179	24	784	- 604
Parkinson's Disease	37	170	52	125	+ 45
Epilepsy	38	163	50	152	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	39	162	31	435	- 273
Ovary Cancer	40	159	47	188	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	154	53	121	+ 32
Schistosomiasis	42	146	58	72	+ 74
Endocrine Disorders	43	143	46	192	- 49
Oral Cancer	44	142	43	259	- 117
Liver Cancer	45	139	38	346	- 207
Lung Cancers	46	124	49	164	- 40
Prostate Cancer	47	108	35	409	- 300
Stomach Cancer	48	97	44	241	- 144
Alcohol	49	91	62	53	+ 38
Skin Disease	50	89	55	97	- 8
Bladder Cancer	51	84	56	88	- 4
Tetanus	52	75	22	937	- 862
Drug Use	53	72	63	33	+ 40
Syphilis	54	70	37	351	- 281
Appendicitis	55	63	61	65	- 2
Skin Cancers	56	60	51	127	- 67
Hepatitis B	57	55	57	77	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	58	39	54	109	- 70
Leishmaniasis	59	38	21	1,005	- 967
Upper Respiratory	60	36	59	70	- 34
Uterin Cancer	61	35	60	66	- 31
Encephalitis	62	31	64	32	- 1
Measles	63	25	39	334	- 309
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	24	65	16	+ 8
Hepatitis C	65	13	69	11	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	12	66	14	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	8	72	4	+ 3
Ascariasis	68	4	68	11	- 8
Otitis Media	69	3	70	6	- 2
Chlamydia	70	2	73	2	+ 0
War	71	1	27	614	- 613
Diphtheria	72	1	67	12	- 11
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
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
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

Eritrea

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.