SOUTH SUDAN VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	23,983	9	3,541	+ 20,441
Coronary Heart Disease	2	15,140	10	2,930	+ 12,210
Lung Disease	3	12,645	23	894	+ 11,752
Tuberculosis	4	8,413	8	3,771	+ 4,643
Lung Cancers	5	5,745	49	164	+ 5,581
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,010	1	9,918	- 6,908
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,000	7	4,063	- 1,063
Hypertension	8	2,593	19	1,131	+ 1,462
Liver Cancer	9	2,573	38	346	+ 2,227
Liver Disease	10	2,177	12	1,823	+ 354
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,096	29	543	+ 1,553
Kidney Disease	12	1,912	20	1,090	+ 822
Stomach Cancer	13	1,822	44	241	+ 1,581
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,773	17	1,312	+ 461
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,561	36	360	+ 1,201
Suicide	16	1,163	33	425	+ 737
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,011	53	121	+ 890
Falls	18	870	41	269	+ 601
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	827	48	186	+ 641
Other Injuries	20	740	18	1,207	- 467
Pancreas Cancer	21	737	54	109	+ 628
Asthma	22	695	28	587	+ 108
Breast Cancer	23	660	26	695	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	24	590	31	435	+ 155
Low Birth Weight	25	584	6	4,339	- 3,756
Parkinson's Disease	26	558	52	125	+ 433
Drownings	27	544	30	466	+ 78
Violence	28	523	15	1,584	- 1,061
Congenital Anomalies	29	479	11	2,020	- 1,541
Leukemia	30	466	40	314	+ 153
HIV/AIDS	31	364	2	7,915	- 7,551
Birth Trauma	32	355	5	5,210	- 4,855
Cervical Cancer	33	340	25	761	- 420
Inflammatory/Heart	34	331	45	217	+ 114
Lymphomas	35	270	34	422	- 152
Ovary Cancer	36	257	47	188	+ 69
Oral Cancer	37	248	43	259	- 11
Bladder Cancer	38	241	56	88	+ 153
Endocrine Disorders	39	218	46	192	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	181	3	7,270	- 7,089
Poisonings	41	177	42	259	- 82
Drug Use	42	172	63	33	+ 139
Malnutrition	43	153	14	1,660	- 1,507
Alcohol	44	147	62	53	+ 94
Epilepsy	45	128	50	152	- 24
Fires	46	122	32	433	- 311
Maternal Conditions	47	122	16	1,521	- 1,399
Prostate Cancer	48	106	35	409	- 303
Meningitis	49	100	13	1,780	- 1,680
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	96	65	16	+ 80
Skin Cancers	51	81	51	127	- 46
Skin Disease	52	77	55	97	- 21
Uterin Cancer	53	67	60	66	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	56	64	32	+ 24
Hepatitis B	55	33	57	77	- 44
Upper Respiratory	56	32	59	70	- 38
Appendicitis	57	27	61	65	- 38
Syphilis	58	26	37	351	- 325
Other Neoplasms	59	21	66	14	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	19	72	4	+ 15
Pertussis	61	17	24	784	- 767
Tetanus	62	13	22	937	- 924
War	63	8	27	614	- 606
Hepatitis C	64	5	69	11	- 6
Measles	65	2	39	334	- 332
Chlamydia	66	1	73	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	68	11	- 11
Diphtheria	68	0	67	12	- 12
Malaria	69	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Otitis Media	70	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	74	0	58	72	- 72
Leishmaniasis	75	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Dengue	76	0	74	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
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	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

North Korea

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.