SOUTH SUDAN VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,494	2	7,915	- 421
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,517	1	9,918	- 5,401
Malaria	3	3,682	4	5,342	- 1,660
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,632	7	4,063	- 431
Stroke	5	3,467	9	3,541	- 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,375	3	7,270	- 3,895
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,877	10	2,930	- 53
Low Birth Weight	8	2,533	6	4,339	- 1,807
Birth Trauma	9	2,080	5	5,210	- 3,131
Liver Disease	10	1,902	12	1,823	+ 79
Tuberculosis	11	1,747	8	3,771	- 2,024
Cervical Cancer	12	1,679	25	761	+ 918
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,465	11	2,020	- 555
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,323	17	1,312	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	15	1,082	16	1,521	- 439
Oesophagus Cancer	16	1,075	31	435	+ 640
Hypertension	17	1,049	19	1,131	- 82
Meningitis	18	1,046	13	1,780	- 733
Kidney Disease	19	915	20	1,090	- 176
Malnutrition	20	875	14	1,660	- 785
Lung Disease	21	782	23	894	- 111
Other Injuries	22	739	18	1,207	- 468
Suicide	23	588	33	425	+ 162
Lymphomas	24	489	34	422	+ 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	457	29	543	- 86
Asthma	26	411	28	587	- 176
Breast Cancer	27	350	26	695	- 344
Falls	28	328	41	269	+ 58
Syphilis	29	280	37	351	- 71
Drownings	30	267	30	466	- 199
Pertussis	31	255	24	784	- 529
Violence	32	237	15	1,584	- 1,347
Bladder Cancer	33	226	56	88	+ 138
Fires	34	222	32	433	- 212
Inflammatory/Heart	35	216	45	217	- 0
Skin Cancers	36	193	51	127	+ 66
Poisonings	37	190	42	259	- 69
Liver Cancer	38	185	38	346	- 161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	163	48	186	- 23
Prostate Cancer	40	158	35	409	- 251
Epilepsy	41	152	50	152	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	42	150	46	192	- 42
Oral Cancer	43	147	43	259	- 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	137	36	360	- 223
Stomach Cancer	45	120	44	241	- 121
Parkinson's Disease	46	117	52	125	- 8
Tetanus	47	104	22	937	- 834
Ovary Cancer	48	92	47	188	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	90	53	121	- 31
Schistosomiasis	50	84	58	72	+ 12
Lung Cancers	51	76	49	164	- 88
Alcohol	52	66	62	53	+ 13
Skin Disease	53	59	55	97	- 38
Appendicitis	54	55	61	65	- 10
Hepatitis B	55	51	57	77	- 25
Leukemia	56	48	40	314	- 266
Upper Respiratory	57	35	59	70	- 35
Encephalitis	58	28	64	32	- 4
Drug Use	59	28	63	33	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	60	22	54	109	- 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	17	65	16	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	62	13	60	66	- 53
Other Neoplasms	63	10	66	14	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	9	69	11	- 2
Dengue	65	5	74	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	72	4	+ 1
Measles	67	4	39	334	- 331
Otitis Media	68	3	70	6	- 3
Ascariasis	69	2	68	11	- 9
Chlamydia	70	1	73	2	- 0
War	71	1	27	614	- 613
Diphtheria	72	1	67	12	- 11
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	74	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	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

Malawi

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.