SOUTH SUDAN VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,923	1	9,918	- 4,995
HIV/AIDS	2	4,555	2	7,915	- 3,360
Tuberculosis	3	4,287	8	3,771	+ 516
Stroke	4	3,467	9	3,541	- 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,363	3	7,270	- 3,907
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,246	7	4,063	- 817
Liver Disease	7	2,924	12	1,823	+ 1,101
Malaria	8	2,759	4	5,342	- 2,583
Coronary Heart Disease	9	2,611	10	2,930	- 319
Birth Trauma	10	2,172	5	5,210	- 3,039
Low Birth Weight	11	2,085	6	4,339	- 2,254
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,334	11	2,020	- 686
Maternal Conditions	13	1,233	16	1,521	- 288
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,233	17	1,312	- 79
Meningitis	15	1,170	13	1,780	- 610
Kidney Disease	16	974	20	1,090	- 117
Hypertension	17	963	19	1,131	- 167
Oesophagus Cancer	18	954	31	435	+ 518
Other Injuries	19	946	18	1,207	- 261
Lung Disease	20	934	23	894	+ 40
Malnutrition	21	919	14	1,660	- 741
Cervical Cancer	22	739	25	761	- 21
Suicide	23	701	33	425	+ 276
Violence	24	642	15	1,584	- 942
Breast Cancer	25	580	26	695	- 115
Asthma	26	502	28	587	- 86
Tetanus	27	464	22	937	- 473
Stomach Cancer	28	438	44	241	+ 197
Lymphomas	29	421	34	422	- 1
Oral Cancer	30	402	43	259	+ 143
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	398	29	543	- 145
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	322	36	360	- 38
Falls	33	320	41	269	+ 50
Liver Cancer	34	295	38	346	- 51
Leukemia	35	289	40	314	- 24
Fires	36	287	32	433	- 146
Prostate Cancer	37	282	35	409	- 127
Poisonings	38	277	42	259	+ 18
Drownings	39	262	30	466	- 204
Inflammatory/Heart	40	245	45	217	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	237	48	186	+ 51
Pertussis	42	221	24	784	- 563
Epilepsy	43	182	50	152	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	44	181	46	192	- 10
Ovary Cancer	45	173	47	188	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	46	156	54	109	+ 47
Lung Cancers	47	146	49	164	- 18
Skin Cancers	48	139	51	127	+ 12
Hepatitis B	49	114	57	77	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	50	102	52	125	- 22
Skin Disease	51	99	55	97	+ 2
Syphilis	52	98	37	351	- 253
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	89	53	121	- 32
Schistosomiasis	54	81	58	72	+ 9
Alcohol	55	78	62	53	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	56	70	60	66	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	57	69	56	88	- 19
Appendicitis	58	52	61	65	- 12
Leishmaniasis	59	42	21	1,005	- 963
Encephalitis	60	41	64	32	+ 9
Hepatitis C	61	33	69	11	+ 22
Drug Use	62	25	63	33	- 8
Measles	63	23	39	334	- 312
Upper Respiratory	64	21	59	70	- 49
War	65	19	27	614	- 595
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	18	65	16	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	67	13	66	14	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	8	72	4	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	3	67	12	- 9
Chlamydia	70	2	73	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	2	68	11	- 9
Otitis Media	72	2	70	6	- 4
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	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

Kenya

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.