SOUTH SUDAN VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	13,269	2	7,915	+ 5,354
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,636	1	9,918	- 3,282
Tuberculosis	3	6,417	8	3,771	+ 2,646
Stroke	4	6,040	9	3,541	+ 2,498
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,531	10	2,930	+ 2,601
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,934	7	4,063	- 128
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,282	17	1,312	+ 1,970
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,922	3	7,270	- 4,348
Low Birth Weight	9	2,338	6	4,339	- 2,002
Lung Disease	10	2,090	23	894	+ 1,196
Violence	11	2,038	15	1,584	+ 454
Hypertension	12	1,939	19	1,131	+ 808
Birth Trauma	13	1,561	5	5,210	- 3,649
Liver Disease	14	1,521	12	1,823	- 302
Kidney Disease	15	1,457	20	1,090	+ 367
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,283	11	2,020	- 737
Suicide	17	1,100	33	425	+ 674
Malnutrition	18	1,013	14	1,660	- 647
Other Injuries	19	937	18	1,207	- 270
Asthma	20	908	28	587	+ 321
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	796	29	543	+ 253
Inflammatory/Heart	22	733	45	217	+ 517
Cervical Cancer	23	602	25	761	- 159
Breast Cancer	24	549	26	695	- 146
Maternal Conditions	25	499	16	1,521	- 1,022
Drownings	26	497	30	466	+ 30
Meningitis	27	493	13	1,780	- 1,287
Fires	28	493	32	433	+ 59
Skin Cancers	29	488	51	127	+ 361
Oral Cancer	30	452	43	259	+ 193
Prostate Cancer	31	427	35	409	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	343	48	186	+ 157
Endocrine Disorders	33	330	46	192	+ 139
Falls	34	281	41	269	+ 12
Lung Cancers	35	266	49	164	+ 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	247	36	360	- 113
Pertussis	37	245	24	784	- 538
Epilepsy	38	223	50	152	+ 70
Poisonings	39	210	42	259	- 49
Lymphomas	40	208	34	422	- 215
Liver Cancer	41	204	38	346	- 142
Parkinson's Disease	42	197	52	125	+ 72
Syphilis	43	158	37	351	- 194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	150	53	121	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	45	147	44	241	- 93
Drug Use	46	144	63	33	+ 111
Skin Disease	47	140	55	97	+ 43
Alcohol	48	127	62	53	+ 74
Leukemia	49	107	40	314	- 206
Ovary Cancer	50	105	47	188	- 83
Malaria	51	98	4	5,342	- 5,244
Oesophagus Cancer	52	95	31	435	- 340
Pancreas Cancer	53	79	54	109	- 29
Bladder Cancer	54	71	56	88	- 17
Schistosomiasis	55	62	58	72	- 10
Uterin Cancer	56	52	60	66	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	43	65	16	+ 27
Appendicitis	58	40	61	65	- 25
Encephalitis	59	37	64	32	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	60	35	66	14	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	61	29	59	70	- 41
Tetanus	62	27	22	937	- 910
Hepatitis B	63	20	57	77	- 56
Multiple Sclerosis	64	10	72	4	+ 6
Measles	65	9	39	334	- 325
Hepatitis C	66	3	69	11	- 8
War	67	2	27	614	- 612
Chlamydia	68	1	73	2	- 0
Ascariasis	69	1	68	11	- 10
Otitis Media	70	1	70	6	- 5
Diphtheria	71	1	67	12	- 11
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Namibia

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.