SOUTH SUDAN VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,118	10	2,930	+ 8,188
Kidney Disease	2	6,722	20	1,090	+ 5,631
Stroke	3	4,233	9	3,541	+ 691
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,934	17	1,312	+ 2,622
Lung Disease	5	2,986	23	894	+ 2,093
Liver Disease	6	2,289	12	1,823	+ 466
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,191	1	9,918	- 7,727
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,109	7	4,063	- 1,953
Hypertension	9	2,099	19	1,131	+ 968
Violence	10	1,177	15	1,584	- 407
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,086	11	2,020	- 934
Liver Cancer	12	968	38	346	+ 622
Low Birth Weight	13	932	6	4,339	- 3,408
Stomach Cancer	14	909	44	241	+ 668
Prostate Cancer	15	734	35	409	+ 326
Cervical Cancer	16	712	25	761	- 49
Other Injuries	17	680	18	1,207	- 527
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	600	36	360	+ 240
Suicide	19	542	33	425	+ 116
Breast Cancer	20	538	26	695	- 156
Alcohol	21	530	62	53	+ 477
Falls	22	525	41	269	+ 256
Lung Cancers	23	521	49	164	+ 357
Leukemia	24	432	40	314	+ 118
Birth Trauma	25	377	5	5,210	- 4,834
Other Neoplasms	26	366	66	14	+ 352
Pancreas Cancer	27	338	54	109	+ 229
Endocrine Disorders	28	311	46	192	+ 120
Lymphomas	29	311	34	422	- 111
Malnutrition	30	310	14	1,660	- 1,350
Skin Disease	31	308	55	97	+ 210
Drownings	32	298	30	466	- 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	284	29	543	- 259
Inflammatory/Heart	34	265	45	217	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	35	265	2	7,915	- 7,650
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	233	3	7,270	- 7,037
Tuberculosis	37	218	8	3,771	- 3,553
Asthma	38	200	28	587	- 388
Maternal Conditions	39	168	16	1,521	- 1,353
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	163	48	186	- 23
Epilepsy	41	141	50	152	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	42	127	52	125	+ 2
Oral Cancer	43	122	43	259	- 137
Ovary Cancer	44	117	47	188	- 71
Skin Cancers	45	112	51	127	- 15
Drug Use	46	96	63	33	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	47	80	31	435	- 356
Uterin Cancer	48	74	60	66	+ 8
Appendicitis	49	60	61	65	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	58	65	16	+ 42
Meningitis	51	55	13	1,780	- 1,724
Bladder Cancer	52	53	56	88	- 35
Anemia	53	53	81	0	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	38	53	121	- 83
Poisonings	55	34	42	259	- 226
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	32	84	0	+ 32
Fires	57	31	32	433	- 402
Encephalitis	58	19	64	32	- 13
Osteoarthritis	59	19	85	0	+ 19
Syphilis	60	18	37	351	- 333
Multiple Sclerosis	61	13	72	4	+ 9
Hepatitis B	62	10	57	77	- 67
Oral conditions	63	9	86	0	+ 9
Dengue	64	8	74	0	+ 8
Chagas disease	65	8	78	0	+ 8
Schizophrenia	66	6	83	0	+ 6
Pertussis	67	6	24	784	- 778
Hepatitis C	68	2	69	11	- 9
Ascariasis	69	2	68	11	- 10
War	70	1	27	614	- 613
Leprosy	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	59	70	- 69
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	73	2	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	70	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	76	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Diphtheria	77	0	67	12	- 12
Measles	78	0	39	334	- 334
Tetanus	79	0	22	937	- 937
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	5	- 5
Malaria	83	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Schistosomiasis	84	0	58	72	- 72
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Nicaragua

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.