SOUTH SUDAN VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,635	10	2,930	+ 11,705
Stroke	2	9,005	9	3,541	+ 5,463
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,552	17	1,312	+ 5,240
Lung Disease	4	3,463	23	894	+ 2,570
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,227	1	9,918	- 6,690
Kidney Disease	6	3,193	20	1,090	+ 2,103
Hypertension	7	1,814	19	1,131	+ 684
Liver Disease	8	1,664	12	1,823	- 159
Lung Cancers	9	1,610	49	164	+ 1,446
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,562	7	4,063	- 2,501
Suicide	11	1,505	33	425	+ 1,079
Asthma	12	1,263	28	587	+ 676
Breast Cancer	13	1,166	26	695	+ 472
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,152	29	543	+ 609
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,070	11	2,020	- 950
Low Birth Weight	16	996	6	4,339	- 3,344
Stomach Cancer	17	973	44	241	+ 732
Measles	18	945	39	334	+ 610
Drownings	19	803	30	466	+ 337
Other Injuries	20	781	18	1,207	- 426
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	725	3	7,270	- 6,545
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	720	36	360	+ 360
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	690	53	121	+ 569
Prostate Cancer	24	647	35	409	+ 238
Ovary Cancer	25	606	47	188	+ 418
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	531	48	186	+ 345
Falls	27	480	41	269	+ 210
Parkinson's Disease	28	444	52	125	+ 320
Inflammatory/Heart	29	437	45	217	+ 220
Liver Cancer	30	410	38	346	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	31	366	46	192	+ 175
Cervical Cancer	32	356	25	761	- 405
Lymphomas	33	340	34	422	- 83
Violence	34	338	15	1,584	- 1,246
Birth Trauma	35	330	5	5,210	- 4,881
Uterin Cancer	36	322	60	66	+ 256
Maternal Conditions	37	319	16	1,521	- 1,201
Bladder Cancer	38	290	56	88	+ 202
Oral Cancer	39	266	43	259	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	40	225	54	109	+ 116
Skin Disease	41	210	55	97	+ 112
Leukemia	42	192	40	314	- 122
Malnutrition	43	172	14	1,660	- 1,488
Meningitis	44	147	13	1,780	- 1,633
Epilepsy	45	142	50	152	- 11
Alcohol	46	129	62	53	+ 75
Skin Cancers	47	119	51	127	- 8
Fires	48	109	32	433	- 325
Syphilis	49	107	37	351	- 244
Tuberculosis	50	106	8	3,771	- 3,665
Oesophagus Cancer	51	58	31	435	- 378
Poisonings	52	51	42	259	- 208
Other Neoplasms	53	40	66	14	+ 26
Encephalitis	54	35	64	32	+ 3
Drug Use	55	33	63	33	+ 0
Appendicitis	56	24	61	65	- 41
Hepatitis B	57	20	57	77	- 57
Pertussis	58	14	24	784	- 770
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	65	16	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	72	4	+ 6
Dengue	61	8	74	0	+ 7
Tetanus	62	3	22	937	- 934
Diphtheria	63	2	67	12	- 10
Hepatitis C	64	2	69	11	- 9
War	65	1	27	614	- 613
Ascariasis	66	1	68	11	- 10
Chlamydia	67	1	73	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	59	70	- 69
Otitis Media	69	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	2	7,915	- 7,915
Schistosomiasis	74	0	58	72	- 72
Leishmaniasis	75	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Malaria	76	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
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
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Samoa

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.