SOUTH SUDAN VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,411	10	2,930	+ 10,481
Stroke	2	5,279	9	3,541	+ 1,738
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,559	7	4,063	- 1,504
Hypertension	4	2,359	19	1,131	+ 1,229
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,999	17	1,312	+ 687
Kidney Disease	6	1,697	20	1,090	+ 607
Lung Disease	7	1,640	23	894	+ 746
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,616	1	9,918	- 8,302
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,588	29	543	+ 1,045
Stomach Cancer	10	1,412	44	241	+ 1,171
Lung Cancers	11	975	49	164	+ 811
Liver Disease	12	954	12	1,823	- 869
Low Birth Weight	13	699	6	4,339	- 3,641
Congenital Anomalies	14	696	11	2,020	- 1,324
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	658	36	360	+ 298
Suicide	16	623	33	425	+ 198
Other Injuries	17	582	18	1,207	- 625
Leukemia	18	570	40	314	+ 256
Breast Cancer	19	537	26	695	- 158
Liver Cancer	20	534	38	346	+ 188
Prostate Cancer	21	515	35	409	+ 106
Asthma	22	483	28	587	- 104
Lymphomas	23	414	34	422	- 8
Falls	24	406	41	269	+ 136
Birth Trauma	25	393	5	5,210	- 4,817
Parkinson's Disease	26	366	52	125	+ 241
Violence	27	364	15	1,584	- 1,220
HIV/AIDS	28	362	2	7,915	- 7,553
Pancreas Cancer	29	348	54	109	+ 239
Oesophagus Cancer	30	341	31	435	- 95
Drug Use	31	322	63	33	+ 289
Endocrine Disorders	32	301	46	192	+ 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	264	3	7,270	- 7,006
Fires	34	262	32	433	- 172
Inflammatory/Heart	35	232	45	217	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	36	203	56	88	+ 115
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	179	48	186	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	143	53	121	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	39	135	47	188	- 53
Drownings	40	134	30	466	- 332
Tuberculosis	41	127	8	3,771	- 3,644
War	42	122	27	614	- 492
Poisonings	43	117	42	259	- 142
Epilepsy	44	103	50	152	- 49
Oral Cancer	45	94	43	259	- 165
Meningitis	46	92	13	1,780	- 1,687
Skin Cancers	47	75	51	127	- 53
Cervical Cancer	48	72	25	761	- 689
Hepatitis B	49	61	57	77	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	50	58	72	4	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	51	51	60	66	- 15
Maternal Conditions	52	41	16	1,521	- 1,480
Alcohol	53	36	62	53	- 17
Encephalitis	54	35	64	32	+ 3
Skin Disease	55	34	55	97	- 63
Malnutrition	56	22	14	1,660	- 1,637
Appendicitis	57	22	61	65	- 43
Other Neoplasms	58	16	66	14	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	65	16	- 4
Pertussis	60	11	24	784	- 773
Syphilis	61	7	37	351	- 344
Tetanus	62	5	22	937	- 932
Upper Respiratory	63	2	59	70	- 68
Leishmaniasis	64	1	21	1,005	- 1,004
Chlamydia	65	1	73	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	0	58	72	- 71
Ascariasis	67	0	68	11	- 11
Measles	68	0	39	334	- 334
Hepatitis C	69	0	69	11	- 11
Diphtheria	70	0	67	12	- 12
Otitis Media	71	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	71	5	- 5
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
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

Iran

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.