SOUTH SUDAN VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,121	10	2,930	+ 6,191
Stroke	2	4,677	9	3,541	+ 1,135
Lung Disease	3	2,976	23	894	+ 2,083
Kidney Disease	4	2,627	20	1,090	+ 1,536
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,543	29	543	+ 1,000
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,530	17	1,312	+ 218
Lung Cancers	7	1,188	49	164	+ 1,024
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,079	1	9,918	- 8,839
Breast Cancer	9	914	26	695	+ 219
Liver Cancer	10	876	38	346	+ 530
Liver Disease	11	797	12	1,823	- 1,026
Endocrine Disorders	12	706	46	192	+ 515
Cervical Cancer	13	703	25	761	- 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	685	36	360	+ 325
Congenital Anomalies	15	629	11	2,020	- 1,390
Falls	16	615	41	269	+ 345
Hypertension	17	535	19	1,131	- 595
Other Injuries	18	512	18	1,207	- 695
Oral Cancer	19	504	43	259	+ 245
Low Birth Weight	20	479	6	4,339	- 3,860
Suicide	21	475	33	425	+ 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	469	3	7,270	- 6,801
Drownings	23	452	30	466	- 14
Leukemia	24	418	40	314	+ 104
Parkinson's Disease	25	378	52	125	+ 254
Prostate Cancer	26	375	35	409	- 33
Tuberculosis	27	369	8	3,771	- 3,402
Violence	28	327	15	1,584	- 1,257
Asthma	29	321	28	587	- 266
Ovary Cancer	30	303	47	188	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	31	282	7	4,063	- 3,780
Skin Disease	32	276	55	97	+ 179
Dengue	33	246	74	0	+ 246
Lymphomas	34	242	34	422	- 181
Maternal Conditions	35	178	16	1,521	- 1,343
Inflammatory/Heart	36	175	45	217	- 42
Bladder Cancer	37	171	56	88	+ 83
Epilepsy	38	160	50	152	+ 7
Birth Trauma	39	157	5	5,210	- 5,053
Pancreas Cancer	40	144	54	109	+ 35
Fires	41	128	32	433	- 305
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	117	48	186	- 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	111	53	121	- 10
Encephalitis	44	89	64	32	+ 56
Malnutrition	45	88	14	1,660	- 1,572
Other Neoplasms	46	67	66	14	+ 53
Uterin Cancer	47	64	60	66	- 2
Drug Use	48	60	63	33	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	49	40	44	241	- 201
Meningitis	50	35	13	1,780	- 1,744
Alcohol	51	22	62	53	- 32
Pertussis	52	12	24	784	- 772
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	11	65	16	- 5
Tetanus	54	9	22	937	- 928
Poisonings	55	8	42	259	- 251
Hepatitis B	56	7	57	77	- 69
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	72	4	+ 3
Syphilis	58	5	37	351	- 346
Oesophagus Cancer	59	5	31	435	- 431
Measles	60	4	39	334	- 330
Appendicitis	61	4	61	65	- 61
War	62	2	27	614	- 612
Skin Cancers	63	2	51	127	- 125
Hepatitis C	64	2	69	11	- 9
Ascariasis	65	1	68	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	1	59	70	- 69
Chlamydia	67	0	73	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	67	12	- 12
Otitis Media	69	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	58	72	- 72
Leishmaniasis	72	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	5	- 5
Malaria	75	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	2	7,915	- 7,915
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
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Maldives

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.