SOUTH SUDAN VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	14,237	9	3,541	+ 10,696
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,244	10	2,930	+ 8,314
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,557	17	1,312	+ 9,245
Kidney Disease	4	6,025	20	1,090	+ 4,934
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,965	1	9,918	- 4,953
Prostate Cancer	6	4,254	35	409	+ 3,845
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,124	7	4,063	+ 61
Lung Disease	8	3,994	23	894	+ 3,100
Hypertension	9	3,966	19	1,131	+ 2,836
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,597	29	543	+ 3,054
Violence	11	2,797	15	1,584	+ 1,213
Liver Disease	12	2,634	12	1,823	+ 811
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,381	45	217	+ 2,165
Breast Cancer	14	1,924	26	695	+ 1,230
Stomach Cancer	15	1,656	44	241	+ 1,415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,595	36	360	+ 1,236
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,525	46	192	+ 1,334
Lung Cancers	18	1,413	49	164	+ 1,249
Low Birth Weight	19	1,299	6	4,339	- 3,040
Skin Disease	20	1,222	55	97	+ 1,124
Other Injuries	21	1,115	18	1,207	- 92
Suicide	22	1,088	33	425	+ 663
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,049	52	125	+ 924
Lymphomas	24	989	34	422	+ 567
Cervical Cancer	25	897	25	761	+ 136
Falls	26	796	41	269	+ 526
Asthma	27	725	28	587	+ 138
Drownings	28	705	30	466	+ 239
Alcohol	29	699	62	53	+ 645
Congenital Anomalies	30	612	11	2,020	- 1,408
Pancreas Cancer	31	609	54	109	+ 500
Epilepsy	32	538	50	152	+ 386
Malnutrition	33	498	14	1,660	- 1,162
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	406	48	186	+ 220
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	346	3	7,270	- 6,924
Leukemia	36	334	40	314	+ 21
Liver Cancer	37	306	38	346	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	298	53	121	+ 176
Fires	39	250	32	433	- 183
Oesophagus Cancer	40	237	31	435	- 198
Ovary Cancer	41	236	47	188	+ 49
Birth Trauma	42	234	5	5,210	- 4,977
Oral Cancer	43	233	43	259	- 26
Tuberculosis	44	221	8	3,771	- 3,550
Uterin Cancer	45	154	60	66	+ 88
Drug Use	46	145	63	33	+ 112
Maternal Conditions	47	139	16	1,521	- 1,381
Other Neoplasms	48	137	66	14	+ 123
Meningitis	49	110	13	1,780	- 1,669
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	99	65	16	+ 83
Appendicitis	51	85	61	65	+ 20
Encephalitis	52	83	64	32	+ 51
Dengue	53	45	74	0	+ 44
Multiple Sclerosis	54	34	72	4	+ 29
Poisonings	55	20	42	259	- 239
Tetanus	56	16	22	937	- 921
Syphilis	57	14	37	351	- 337
War	58	13	27	614	- 602
Upper Respiratory	59	10	59	70	- 60
Hepatitis B	60	4	57	77	- 72
Schistosomiasis	61	4	58	72	- 68
Chlamydia	62	3	73	2	+ 1
Pertussis	63	2	24	784	- 781
Ascariasis	64	1	68	11	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	11	- 11
Otitis Media	66	0	70	6	- 6
Diphtheria	67	0	67	12	- 12
Skin Cancers	68	0	51	127	- 127
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	56	88	- 88
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	39	334	- 334
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	71	5	- 5
Malaria	81	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Leishmaniasis	82	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	2	7,915	- 7,915
Trichuriasis	85	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Saint Lucia

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.