SOUTH SUDAN VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	21,189	1	9,918	+ 11,271
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	14,993	3	7,270	+ 7,723
Measles	3	11,297	39	334	+ 10,963
Tuberculosis	4	10,014	8	3,771	+ 6,243
Birth Trauma	5	9,343	5	5,210	+ 4,132
Stroke	6	8,388	9	3,541	+ 4,847
Coronary Heart Disease	7	7,059	10	2,930	+ 4,129
Low Birth Weight	8	6,100	6	4,339	+ 1,760
Meningitis	9	5,252	13	1,780	+ 3,472
Malnutrition	10	4,708	14	1,660	+ 3,049
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,129	7	4,063	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	12	4,027	16	1,521	+ 2,506
Liver Disease	13	3,822	12	1,823	+ 1,999
Other Injuries	14	3,515	18	1,207	+ 2,308
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,328	11	2,020	+ 1,308
Diabetes Mellitus	16	2,818	17	1,312	+ 1,506
Tetanus	17	2,584	22	937	+ 1,647
Hypertension	18	2,580	19	1,131	+ 1,449
Lung Disease	19	2,384	23	894	+ 1,490
Pertussis	20	2,005	24	784	+ 1,221
Kidney Disease	21	2,002	20	1,090	+ 911
Malaria	22	1,895	4	5,342	- 3,447
Asthma	23	1,833	28	587	+ 1,246
War	24	1,286	27	614	+ 672
Drownings	25	1,241	30	466	+ 775
Breast Cancer	26	1,202	26	695	+ 507
Suicide	27	1,190	33	425	+ 764
Cervical Cancer	28	862	25	761	+ 101
Violence	29	808	15	1,584	- 776
Fires	30	791	32	433	+ 357
Poisonings	31	740	42	259	+ 481
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	632	29	543	+ 89
HIV/AIDS	33	595	2	7,915	- 7,320
Lymphomas	34	590	34	422	+ 168
Leukemia	35	548	40	314	+ 234
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	546	48	186	+ 359
Falls	37	535	41	269	+ 265
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	533	36	360	+ 173
Inflammatory/Heart	39	509	45	217	+ 292
Oesophagus Cancer	40	504	31	435	+ 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	435	53	121	+ 314
Schistosomiasis	42	425	58	72	+ 353
Epilepsy	43	409	50	152	+ 256
Endocrine Disorders	44	396	46	192	+ 205
Syphilis	45	368	37	351	+ 17
Oral Cancer	46	320	43	259	+ 61
Upper Respiratory	47	318	59	70	+ 248
Hepatitis B	48	307	57	77	+ 230
Stomach Cancer	49	302	44	241	+ 61
Ovary Cancer	50	288	47	188	+ 100
Leishmaniasis	51	283	21	1,005	- 723
Prostate Cancer	52	278	35	409	- 131
Liver Cancer	53	249	38	346	- 96
Lung Cancers	54	227	49	164	+ 63
Appendicitis	55	183	61	65	+ 118
Parkinson's Disease	56	179	52	125	+ 55
Skin Cancers	57	160	51	127	+ 33
Skin Disease	58	148	55	97	+ 50
Alcohol	59	147	62	53	+ 94
Diphtheria	60	146	67	12	+ 134
Bladder Cancer	61	146	56	88	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	62	105	54	109	- 4
Encephalitis	63	89	64	32	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	64	76	60	66	+ 10
Drug Use	65	53	63	33	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	34	65	16	+ 18
Hepatitis C	67	33	69	11	+ 23
Otitis Media	68	31	70	6	+ 25
Ascariasis	69	29	68	11	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	70	12	66	14	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	71	8	72	4	+ 3
Chlamydia	72	5	73	2	+ 3
Dengue	73	1	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Somalia

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.