SOUTH SUDAN VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	11,032	23	894	+ 10,138
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,032	10	2,930	+ 5,102
Tuberculosis	3	6,749	8	3,771	+ 2,978
Stroke	4	5,269	9	3,541	+ 1,728
Liver Disease	5	2,605	12	1,823	+ 782
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,546	1	9,918	- 7,372
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	2,478	3	7,270	- 4,792
Asthma	8	2,421	28	587	+ 1,833
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,900	7	4,063	- 2,163
Kidney Disease	10	1,749	20	1,090	+ 658
Low Birth Weight	11	1,560	6	4,339	- 2,779
Lung Cancers	12	1,464	49	164	+ 1,300
Falls	13	1,356	41	269	+ 1,086
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,196	17	1,312	- 116
Birth Trauma	15	1,092	5	5,210	- 4,118
Suicide	16	1,049	33	425	+ 624
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	947	53	121	+ 826
Hypertension	18	854	19	1,131	- 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	825	29	543	+ 282
Cervical Cancer	20	804	25	761	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	21	795	11	2,020	- 1,224
Other Injuries	22	675	18	1,207	- 531
Drownings	23	614	30	466	+ 148
Oral Cancer	24	567	43	259	+ 308
Stomach Cancer	25	563	44	241	+ 322
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	476	36	360	+ 117
Breast Cancer	27	424	26	695	- 271
Maternal Conditions	28	399	16	1,521	- 1,122
Encephalitis	29	360	64	32	+ 328
Epilepsy	30	357	50	152	+ 204
Malnutrition	31	345	14	1,660	- 1,315
Lymphomas	32	313	34	422	- 109
Parkinson's Disease	33	310	52	125	+ 185
HIV/AIDS	34	301	2	7,915	- 7,614
Violence	35	287	15	1,584	- 1,297
Leukemia	36	273	40	314	- 41
Ovary Cancer	37	239	47	188	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	38	200	31	435	- 235
Poisonings	39	193	42	259	- 66
Pertussis	40	185	24	784	- 599
Pancreas Cancer	41	182	54	109	+ 73
Skin Cancers	42	163	51	127	+ 36
Meningitis	43	154	13	1,780	- 1,626
Bladder Cancer	44	133	56	88	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	45	105	46	192	- 86
Liver Cancer	46	104	38	346	- 241
Appendicitis	47	90	61	65	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	48	89	45	217	- 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	78	48	186	- 108
Fires	50	75	32	433	- 359
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	71	65	16	+ 55
Alcohol	52	68	62	53	+ 15
Tetanus	53	55	22	937	- 882
Syphilis	54	55	37	351	- 296
Dengue	55	49	74	0	+ 49
Hepatitis B	56	48	57	77	- 29
Drug Use	57	38	63	33	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	58	35	35	409	- 374
Measles	59	25	39	334	- 310
Uterin Cancer	60	23	60	66	- 43
Other Neoplasms	61	20	66	14	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	62	16	21	1,005	- 990
Multiple Sclerosis	63	16	72	4	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	12	69	11	+ 1
War	65	10	27	614	- 604
Upper Respiratory	66	10	59	70	- 60
Skin Disease	67	7	55	97	- 91
Chlamydia	68	2	73	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	2	68	11	- 10
Otitis Media	70	2	70	6	- 4
Diphtheria	71	1	67	12	- 11
Malaria	72	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Schistosomiasis	73	0	58	72	- 72
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	5	- 5
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Nepal

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.