SOUTH SUDAN VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,408	10	2,930	+ 8,478
Stroke	2	4,492	9	3,541	+ 951
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,491	7	4,063	- 1,571
Kidney Disease	4	2,046	20	1,090	+ 956
War	5	1,820	27	614	+ 1,206
Hypertension	6	1,579	19	1,131	+ 448
Tuberculosis	7	1,402	8	3,771	- 2,369
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,386	17	1,312	+ 74
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,283	1	9,918	- 8,635
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,282	29	543	+ 739
Liver Disease	11	1,088	12	1,823	- 735
Lung Disease	12	1,048	23	894	+ 154
Lung Cancers	13	1,022	49	164	+ 858
Congenital Anomalies	14	851	11	2,020	- 1,169
Other Injuries	15	746	18	1,207	- 461
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	736	36	360	+ 376
Drug Use	17	640	63	33	+ 607
Low Birth Weight	18	619	6	4,339	- 3,720
Suicide	19	524	33	425	+ 98
Asthma	20	512	28	587	- 75
HIV/AIDS	21	387	2	7,915	- 7,528
Leukemia	22	374	40	314	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	23	360	54	109	+ 251
Falls	24	351	41	269	+ 82
Breast Cancer	25	328	26	695	- 367
Lymphomas	26	326	34	422	- 96
Parkinson's Disease	27	275	52	125	+ 150
Liver Cancer	28	264	38	346	- 82
Endocrine Disorders	29	263	46	192	+ 72
Violence	30	251	15	1,584	- 1,333
Bladder Cancer	31	234	56	88	+ 146
Cervical Cancer	32	232	25	761	- 528
Stomach Cancer	33	231	44	241	- 10
Birth Trauma	34	228	5	5,210	- 4,982
Maternal Conditions	35	214	16	1,521	- 1,307
Fires	36	199	32	433	- 234
Inflammatory/Heart	37	185	45	217	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	171	48	186	- 15
Prostate Cancer	39	165	35	409	- 244
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	158	3	7,270	- 7,112
Oral Cancer	41	139	43	259	- 120
Ovary Cancer	42	129	47	188	- 58
Drownings	43	128	30	466	- 338
Epilepsy	44	115	50	152	- 38
Poisonings	45	96	42	259	- 163
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	85	53	121	- 36
Meningitis	47	72	13	1,780	- 1,708
Hepatitis B	48	59	57	77	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	49	57	31	435	- 379
Alcohol	50	37	62	53	- 16
Skin Cancers	51	35	51	127	- 92
Multiple Sclerosis	52	34	72	4	+ 30
Encephalitis	53	34	64	32	+ 1
Skin Disease	54	30	55	97	- 68
Pertussis	55	29	24	784	- 755
Appendicitis	56	25	61	65	- 39
Malnutrition	57	18	14	1,660	- 1,642
Other Neoplasms	58	17	66	14	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	15	58	72	- 57
Uterin Cancer	60	14	60	66	- 52
Syphilis	61	10	37	351	- 341
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	65	16	- 9
Leishmaniasis	63	3	21	1,005	- 1,002
Tetanus	64	2	22	937	- 936
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	11	- 10
Ascariasis	66	0	68	11	- 11
Upper Respiratory	67	0	59	70	- 70
Diphtheria	68	0	67	12	- 12
Chlamydia	69	0	73	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	39	334	- 334
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Libya

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.