SOUTH SUDAN VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	10,172	1	9,918	+ 254
Malaria	2	8,209	4	5,342	+ 2,867
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	7,731	3	7,270	+ 461
Low Birth Weight	4	4,610	6	4,339	+ 271
Stroke	5	4,204	9	3,541	+ 662
Coronary Heart Disease	6	3,969	10	2,930	+ 1,039
Birth Trauma	7	3,873	5	5,210	- 1,338
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,867	7	4,063	- 1,195
Meningitis	9	2,526	13	1,780	+ 746
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,096	11	2,020	+ 76
Liver Disease	11	1,985	12	1,823	+ 162
Other Injuries	12	1,845	18	1,207	+ 638
Tuberculosis	13	1,786	8	3,771	- 1,985
Maternal Conditions	14	1,600	16	1,521	+ 79
Pertussis	15	1,378	24	784	+ 594
Kidney Disease	16	1,318	20	1,090	+ 227
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1,268	17	1,312	- 44
Measles	18	1,164	39	334	+ 830
Violence	19	1,082	15	1,584	- 502
Lung Disease	20	1,047	23	894	+ 154
Malnutrition	21	1,046	14	1,660	- 613
Asthma	22	917	28	587	+ 330
Endocrine Disorders	23	871	46	192	+ 680
Drownings	24	762	30	466	+ 296
Hypertension	25	654	19	1,131	- 477
Falls	26	626	41	269	+ 356
Suicide	27	592	33	425	+ 166
Fires	28	540	32	433	+ 107
Breast Cancer	29	519	26	695	- 176
HIV/AIDS	30	505	2	7,915	- 7,409
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	504	48	186	+ 318
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	414	29	543	- 129
Poisonings	33	372	42	259	+ 113
Inflammatory/Heart	34	371	45	217	+ 154
Liver Cancer	35	359	38	346	+ 13
Epilepsy	36	326	50	152	+ 174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	252	36	360	- 108
Cervical Cancer	38	235	25	761	- 526
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	225	53	121	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	40	205	47	188	+ 17
War	41	197	27	614	- 417
Tetanus	42	180	22	937	- 758
Lymphomas	43	169	34	422	- 254
Stomach Cancer	44	145	44	241	- 96
Skin Cancers	45	138	51	127	+ 11
Hepatitis B	46	134	57	77	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	47	133	52	125	+ 8
Leukemia	48	124	40	314	- 189
Oral Cancer	49	117	43	259	- 142
Schistosomiasis	50	114	58	72	+ 43
Leishmaniasis	51	114	21	1,005	- 891
Skin Disease	52	103	55	97	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	53	78	56	88	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	54	66	54	109	- 42
Oesophagus Cancer	55	63	31	435	- 372
Appendicitis	56	62	61	65	- 3
Prostate Cancer	57	62	35	409	- 347
Drug Use	58	61	63	33	+ 28
Ascariasis	59	60	68	11	+ 49
Alcohol	60	58	62	53	+ 5
Encephalitis	61	54	64	32	+ 22
Syphilis	62	53	37	351	- 298
Upper Respiratory	63	45	59	70	- 25
Uterin Cancer	64	42	60	66	- 24
Diphtheria	65	29	67	12	+ 17
Hepatitis C	66	22	69	11	+ 11
Lung Cancers	67	20	49	164	- 144
Other Neoplasms	68	12	66	14	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	11	72	4	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	9	65	16	- 7
Chlamydia	71	1	73	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	70	6	- 5
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Niger

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.