SOUTH SUDAN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,973	1	9,918	- 3,945
Stroke	2	5,569	9	3,541	+ 2,027
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,180	10	2,930	+ 2,250
HIV/AIDS	4	4,982	2	7,915	- 2,933
Malaria	5	4,099	4	5,342	- 1,243
Tuberculosis	6	3,752	8	3,771	- 19
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,868	7	4,063	- 1,195
Low Birth Weight	8	2,447	6	4,339	- 1,893
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,401	3	7,270	- 4,868
Birth Trauma	10	2,275	5	5,210	- 2,936
Liver Disease	11	2,223	12	1,823	+ 400
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,178	17	1,312	+ 866
Kidney Disease	13	1,528	20	1,090	+ 438
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,445	11	2,020	- 574
Lung Disease	15	1,146	23	894	+ 252
Meningitis	16	1,096	13	1,780	- 684
Liver Cancer	17	1,047	38	346	+ 701
Other Injuries	18	893	18	1,207	- 313
Hypertension	19	819	19	1,131	- 311
Cervical Cancer	20	794	25	761	+ 33
Suicide	21	732	33	425	+ 307
Maternal Conditions	22	731	16	1,521	- 790
Asthma	23	727	28	587	+ 140
Endocrine Disorders	24	722	46	192	+ 530
Breast Cancer	25	712	26	695	+ 17
Malnutrition	26	686	14	1,660	- 974
Violence	27	682	15	1,584	- 902
Inflammatory/Heart	28	593	45	217	+ 377
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	475	29	543	- 68
Falls	30	429	41	269	+ 159
Prostate Cancer	31	379	35	409	- 30
Lymphomas	32	321	34	422	- 101
Stomach Cancer	33	320	44	241	+ 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	295	36	360	- 65
Pertussis	35	273	24	784	- 510
Drownings	36	272	30	466	- 194
Fires	37	268	32	433	- 166
Ovary Cancer	38	257	47	188	+ 69
Drug Use	39	231	63	33	+ 198
Poisonings	40	192	42	259	- 67
Syphilis	41	177	37	351	- 174
Oral Cancer	42	177	43	259	- 82
Parkinson's Disease	43	142	52	125	+ 17
Encephalitis	44	131	64	32	+ 99
Leukemia	45	125	40	314	- 189
Pancreas Cancer	46	123	54	109	+ 14
Epilepsy	47	121	50	152	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	118	48	186	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	49	105	31	435	- 331
Skin Disease	50	97	55	97	- 0
Schistosomiasis	51	94	58	72	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	94	53	121	- 27
Bladder Cancer	53	90	56	88	+ 2
Alcohol	54	90	62	53	+ 36
Lung Cancers	55	87	49	164	- 77
Tetanus	56	81	22	937	- 856
Uterin Cancer	57	80	60	66	+ 14
Skin Cancers	58	79	51	127	- 48
Appendicitis	59	54	61	65	- 11
Measles	60	50	39	334	- 284
Multiple Sclerosis	61	41	72	4	+ 37
Hepatitis B	62	37	57	77	- 40
Other Neoplasms	63	18	66	14	+ 4
War	64	11	27	614	- 604
Hepatitis C	65	10	69	11	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	6	59	70	- 64
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	6	65	16	- 10
Ascariasis	68	5	68	11	- 7
Diphtheria	69	1	67	12	- 10
Chlamydia	70	1	73	2	- 1
Dengue	71	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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

Ghana

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.