SOUTH SUDAN VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	27,189	2	7,915	+ 19,274
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	18,331	1	9,918	+ 8,413
Stroke	3	16,064	9	3,541	+ 12,523
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	13,426	3	7,270	+ 6,156
Coronary Heart Disease	5	11,982	10	2,930	+ 9,052
Diabetes Mellitus	6	11,403	17	1,312	+ 10,092
Suicide	7	8,780	33	425	+ 8,354
Tuberculosis	8	6,891	8	3,771	+ 3,120
Lung Disease	9	6,284	23	894	+ 5,390
Kidney Disease	10	5,786	20	1,090	+ 4,695
Hypertension	11	5,646	19	1,131	+ 4,515
Low Birth Weight	12	5,457	6	4,339	+ 1,117
Violence	13	5,269	15	1,584	+ 3,685
Liver Disease	14	4,517	12	1,823	+ 2,694
Birth Trauma	15	4,091	5	5,210	- 1,120
Road Traffic Accidents	16	3,869	7	4,063	- 193
Asthma	17	3,865	28	587	+ 3,278
Other Injuries	18	3,039	18	1,207	+ 1,832
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,220	11	2,020	+ 201
Cervical Cancer	20	2,124	25	761	+ 1,363
Malnutrition	21	2,037	14	1,660	+ 377
Meningitis	22	1,812	13	1,780	+ 33
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,740	45	217	+ 1,523
Maternal Conditions	24	1,667	16	1,521	+ 146
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,589	48	186	+ 1,403
Fires	26	1,533	32	433	+ 1,099
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,340	46	192	+ 1,148
Drownings	28	1,140	30	466	+ 674
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,108	29	543	+ 565
Epilepsy	30	818	50	152	+ 666
Falls	31	729	41	269	+ 459
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	716	53	121	+ 595
Poisonings	33	634	42	259	+ 374
Breast Cancer	34	554	26	695	- 141
Prostate Cancer	35	460	35	409	+ 51
Lymphomas	36	444	34	422	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	37	419	31	435	- 17
Alcohol	38	404	62	53	+ 350
Liver Cancer	39	403	38	346	+ 57
Skin Disease	40	398	55	97	+ 301
Parkinson's Disease	41	312	52	125	+ 188
Oral Cancer	42	295	43	259	+ 36
Lung Cancers	43	291	49	164	+ 127
Pertussis	44	291	24	784	- 493
Syphilis	45	288	37	351	- 63
Skin Cancers	46	264	51	127	+ 137
Tetanus	47	257	22	937	- 680
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	226	36	360	- 134
Leukemia	49	222	40	314	- 92
Drug Use	50	180	63	33	+ 147
Hepatitis B	51	152	57	77	+ 76
Appendicitis	52	142	61	65	+ 77
Ovary Cancer	53	139	47	188	- 49
Uterin Cancer	54	134	60	66	+ 68
Upper Respiratory	55	103	59	70	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	103	65	16	+ 87
Encephalitis	57	77	64	32	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	58	70	54	109	- 39
Measles	59	67	39	334	- 267
Stomach Cancer	60	61	44	241	- 180
Bladder Cancer	61	55	56	88	- 33
Other Neoplasms	62	53	66	14	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	63	34	72	4	+ 30
Hepatitis C	64	14	69	11	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	9	73	2	+ 7
Otitis Media	66	7	70	6	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	4	68	11	- 7
War	68	2	27	614	- 613
Diphtheria	69	1	67	12	- 10
Dengue	70	1	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Schistosomiasis	76	0	58	72	- 72
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
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

Lesotho

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.