SOUTH SUDAN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,570	10	2,930	+ 10,640
Stroke	2	5,838	9	3,541	+ 2,296
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,282	7	4,063	+ 219
Kidney Disease	4	3,146	20	1,090	+ 2,056
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,132	1	9,918	- 7,786
Falls	6	1,856	41	269	+ 1,587
Liver Disease	7	1,714	12	1,823	- 109
Other Injuries	8	1,392	18	1,207	+ 185
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,352	17	1,312	+ 40
Lung Disease	10	988	23	894	+ 94
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	849	29	543	+ 306
Congenital Anomalies	12	802	11	2,020	- 1,218
Suicide	13	711	33	425	+ 286
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	567	36	360	+ 207
Endocrine Disorders	15	503	46	192	+ 312
Inflammatory/Heart	16	466	45	217	+ 250
Asthma	17	406	28	587	- 181
Low Birth Weight	18	344	6	4,339	- 3,996
Leukemia	19	321	40	314	+ 8
Breast Cancer	20	316	26	695	- 379
Liver Cancer	21	294	38	346	- 52
Hypertension	22	290	19	1,131	- 841
Fires	23	287	32	433	- 147
Drownings	24	286	30	466	- 181
Parkinson's Disease	25	270	52	125	+ 145
Lung Cancers	26	269	49	164	+ 105
Tuberculosis	27	261	8	3,771	- 3,510
Lymphomas	28	249	34	422	- 174
Epilepsy	29	241	50	152	+ 89
Violence	30	224	15	1,584	- 1,359
Pancreas Cancer	31	183	54	109	+ 74
Skin Disease	32	179	55	97	+ 82
Drug Use	33	171	63	33	+ 138
Oral Cancer	34	162	43	259	- 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	159	3	7,270	- 7,111
Stomach Cancer	36	135	44	241	- 106
Birth Trauma	37	119	5	5,210	- 5,091
Uterin Cancer	38	112	60	66	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	97	53	121	- 24
Poisonings	40	97	42	259	- 162
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	96	48	186	- 90
Ovary Cancer	42	86	47	188	- 102
Encephalitis	43	81	64	32	+ 49
Oesophagus Cancer	44	80	31	435	- 356
Meningitis	45	79	13	1,780	- 1,701
Bladder Cancer	46	74	56	88	- 14
HIV/AIDS	47	67	2	7,915	- 7,848
Maternal Conditions	48	60	16	1,521	- 1,461
Cervical Cancer	49	54	25	761	- 706
Prostate Cancer	50	52	35	409	- 357
Alcohol	51	45	62	53	- 9
Malnutrition	52	28	14	1,660	- 1,632
Hepatitis B	53	20	57	77	- 57
Pertussis	54	20	24	784	- 764
Skin Cancers	55	19	51	127	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	56	17	72	4	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	57	14	66	14	+ 0
Appendicitis	58	12	61	65	- 53
Syphilis	59	11	37	351	- 340
Schistosomiasis	60	9	58	72	- 63
Tetanus	61	5	22	937	- 932
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	65	16	- 13
Dengue	63	3	74	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	3	69	11	- 8
War	65	1	27	614	- 613
Ascariasis	66	0	68	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	67	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Measles	68	0	39	334	- 334
Diphtheria	69	0	67	12	- 12
Upper Respiratory	70	0	59	70	- 70
Chlamydia	71	0	73	2	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	5	- 5
Malaria	75	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	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

Saudi Arabia

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.