SOUTH SUDAN VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,837	10	2,930	+ 3,907
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,434	1	9,918	- 3,484
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,824	17	1,312	+ 3,512
Kidney Disease	4	4,368	20	1,090	+ 3,278
Liver Disease	5	3,956	12	1,823	+ 2,133
Stroke	6	3,374	9	3,541	- 167
Violence	7	3,069	15	1,584	+ 1,485
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,802	7	4,063	- 1,261
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,821	3	7,270	- 5,448
Other Injuries	10	1,716	18	1,207	+ 509
Malnutrition	11	1,378	14	1,660	- 282
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,362	29	543	+ 819
Lung Disease	13	1,323	23	894	+ 430
Alcohol	14	1,252	62	53	+ 1,198
Liver Cancer	15	1,228	38	346	+ 882
Low Birth Weight	16	1,154	6	4,339	- 3,185
Stomach Cancer	17	1,093	44	241	+ 852
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,055	11	2,020	- 964
Birth Trauma	19	1,020	5	5,210	- 4,190
Falls	20	954	41	269	+ 685
HIV/AIDS	21	816	2	7,915	- 7,099
Suicide	22	723	33	425	+ 298
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	716	48	186	+ 530
Prostate Cancer	24	588	35	409	+ 180
Cervical Cancer	25	562	25	761	- 199
Hypertension	26	473	19	1,131	- 658
Leukemia	27	418	40	314	+ 104
Breast Cancer	28	345	26	695	- 350
Endocrine Disorders	29	338	46	192	+ 146
Maternal Conditions	30	326	16	1,521	- 1,195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	323	36	360	- 37
Drownings	32	322	30	466	- 144
Epilepsy	33	322	50	152	+ 170
Parkinson's Disease	34	273	52	125	+ 149
Lung Cancers	35	272	49	164	+ 108
Asthma	36	233	28	587	- 354
Tuberculosis	37	210	8	3,771	- 3,561
Pancreas Cancer	38	196	54	109	+ 87
Poisonings	39	192	42	259	- 68
Drug Use	40	189	63	33	+ 156
Meningitis	41	189	13	1,780	- 1,591
Skin Disease	42	161	55	97	+ 64
Lymphomas	43	159	34	422	- 263
Inflammatory/Heart	44	157	45	217	- 60
Fires	45	144	32	433	- 289
Skin Cancers	46	136	51	127	+ 9
Appendicitis	47	114	61	65	+ 49
Oesophagus Cancer	48	100	31	435	- 335
Oral Cancer	49	99	43	259	- 160
Ovary Cancer	50	92	47	188	- 95
Encephalitis	51	72	64	32	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	57	65	16	+ 41
Pertussis	53	49	24	784	- 735
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	43	53	121	- 78
Bladder Cancer	55	40	56	88	- 48
Other Neoplasms	56	29	66	14	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	57	24	59	70	- 46
Dengue	58	23	74	0	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	59	19	60	66	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	72	4	+ 10
Chagas disease	61	13	78	0	+ 13
Tetanus	62	7	22	937	- 930
Ascariasis	63	5	68	11	- 6
Syphilis	64	2	37	351	- 349
Hepatitis B	65	2	57	77	- 75
Hepatitis C	66	2	69	11	- 9
Chlamydia	67	2	73	2	- 0
War	68	1	27	614	- 613
Leishmaniasis	69	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Otitis Media	70	0	70	6	- 6
Diphtheria	71	0	67	12	- 12
Measles	72	0	39	334	- 334
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	5	- 5
Malaria	74	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Schistosomiasis	75	0	58	72	- 72
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	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

Guatemala

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.