SOUTH SUDAN VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,646	10	2,930	+ 21,716
Diabetes Mellitus	2	15,653	17	1,312	+ 14,341
Stroke	3	15,192	9	3,541	+ 11,651
Kidney Disease	4	7,173	20	1,090	+ 6,082
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,604	1	9,918	- 3,314
Lung Disease	6	5,258	23	894	+ 4,364
Suicide	7	4,096	33	425	+ 3,670
Hypertension	8	3,458	19	1,131	+ 2,328
Liver Disease	9	3,024	12	1,823	+ 1,201
Lung Cancers	10	2,925	49	164	+ 2,761
Drownings	11	2,197	30	466	+ 1,731
Breast Cancer	12	2,166	26	695	+ 1,471
Asthma	13	2,029	28	587	+ 1,442
Low Birth Weight	14	1,909	6	4,339	- 2,431
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,750	53	121	+ 1,629
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,713	3	7,270	- 5,557
Other Injuries	17	1,697	18	1,207	+ 491
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,694	11	2,020	- 326
Tuberculosis	19	1,596	8	3,771	- 2,175
Stomach Cancer	20	1,497	44	241	+ 1,257
Birth Trauma	21	1,380	5	5,210	- 3,831
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,075	36	360	+ 716
Cervical Cancer	23	1,062	25	761	+ 301
Liver Cancer	24	1,041	38	346	+ 695
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	844	48	186	+ 658
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	831	29	543	+ 288
Falls	27	785	41	269	+ 515
Inflammatory/Heart	28	768	45	217	+ 552
Prostate Cancer	29	703	35	409	+ 294
Endocrine Disorders	30	677	46	192	+ 485
Violence	31	672	15	1,584	- 912
Leukemia	32	641	40	314	+ 327
Parkinson's Disease	33	595	52	125	+ 471
Maternal Conditions	34	468	16	1,521	- 1,053
Pancreas Cancer	35	462	54	109	+ 354
Lymphomas	36	459	34	422	+ 36
Pertussis	37	450	24	784	- 334
Oral Cancer	38	431	43	259	+ 172
Meningitis	39	407	13	1,780	- 1,372
Syphilis	40	385	37	351	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	41	365	60	66	+ 299
Skin Disease	42	349	55	97	+ 252
Epilepsy	43	348	50	152	+ 196
Malnutrition	44	339	14	1,660	- 1,321
Ovary Cancer	45	294	47	188	+ 106
Alcohol	46	290	62	53	+ 237
Oesophagus Cancer	47	278	31	435	- 157
Fires	48	257	32	433	- 177
Bladder Cancer	49	199	56	88	+ 111
Poisonings	50	130	42	259	- 129
Skin Cancers	51	116	51	127	- 11
Drug Use	52	79	63	33	+ 46
Encephalitis	53	76	64	32	+ 44
Appendicitis	54	57	61	65	- 8
Other Neoplasms	55	47	66	14	+ 34
Measles	56	44	39	334	- 290
Hepatitis B	57	38	57	77	- 38
Road Traffic Accidents	58	23	7	4,063	- 4,039
Tetanus	59	21	22	937	- 916
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	19	65	16	+ 3
Dengue	61	18	74	0	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	62	18	72	4	+ 13
Hepatitis C	63	5	69	11	- 6
Diphtheria	64	4	67	12	- 7
Ascariasis	65	4	68	11	- 7
War	66	2	27	614	- 613
Chlamydia	67	2	73	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	59	70	- 69
Otitis Media	69	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	2	7,915	- 7,915
Leishmaniasis	75	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	79	0	58	72	- 72
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
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Micronesia

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.