SUDAN VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	84,175	4	12,619	+ 71,556
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	59,560	9	6,277	+ 53,283
Measles	3	44,878	6	9,301	+ 35,577
Tuberculosis	4	39,782	15	4,250	+ 35,533
Birth Trauma	5	37,115	7	8,526	+ 28,590
Stroke	6	33,324	2	20,582	+ 12,742
Coronary Heart Disease	7	28,041	1	43,966	- 15,925
Low Birth Weight	8	24,232	3	16,036	+ 8,195
Meningitis	9	20,862	33	1,092	+ 19,770
Malnutrition	10	18,705	34	1,089	+ 17,616
Road Traffic Accidents	11	16,404	5	11,459	+ 4,945
Maternal Conditions	12	15,998	23	1,961	+ 14,038
Liver Disease	13	15,185	14	4,348	+ 10,837
Other Injuries	14	13,963	18	2,912	+ 11,051
Congenital Anomalies	15	13,221	11	5,507	+ 7,714
Diabetes Mellitus	16	11,196	17	3,070	+ 8,126
Tetanus	17	10,267	53	378	+ 9,889
Hypertension	18	10,248	8	7,287	+ 2,961
Lung Disease	19	9,469	13	4,382	+ 5,087
Pertussis	20	7,963	24	1,899	+ 6,065
Kidney Disease	21	7,952	12	5,095	+ 2,856
Malaria	22	7,529	10	5,614	+ 1,915
Asthma	23	7,282	19	2,636	+ 4,646
War	24	5,111	56	336	+ 4,774
Drownings	25	4,930	26	1,684	+ 3,246
Breast Cancer	26	4,775	16	3,071	+ 1,704
Suicide	27	4,726	27	1,644	+ 3,082
Cervical Cancer	28	3,423	41	770	+ 2,653
Violence	29	3,211	21	2,478	+ 733
Fires	30	3,142	31	1,310	+ 1,832
Poisonings	31	2,939	42	744	+ 2,195
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	2,509	20	2,584	- 75
HIV/AIDS	33	2,364	22	2,331	+ 33
Lymphomas	34	2,344	29	1,533	+ 811
Leukemia	35	2,177	25	1,828	+ 349
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	2,167	40	775	+ 1,392
Falls	37	2,124	28	1,559	+ 565
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	2,118	35	1,049	+ 1,069
Inflammatory/Heart	39	2,020	38	839	+ 1,181
Oesophagus Cancer	40	2,002	32	1,126	+ 876
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,729	46	684	+ 1,045
Schistosomiasis	42	1,688	63	68	+ 1,620
Epilepsy	43	1,623	43	735	+ 889
Endocrine Disorders	44	1,575	30	1,459	+ 116
Syphilis	45	1,464	47	603	+ 860
Oral Cancer	46	1,271	50	493	+ 779
Upper Respiratory	47	1,263	70	5	+ 1,258
Hepatitis B	48	1,220	44	730	+ 490
Stomach Cancer	49	1,201	51	478	+ 723
Ovary Cancer	50	1,143	39	794	+ 350
Leishmaniasis	51	1,123	52	448	+ 675
Prostate Cancer	52	1,105	49	523	+ 582
Liver Cancer	53	991	37	946	+ 45
Lung Cancers	54	903	48	545	+ 358
Appendicitis	55	728	59	155	+ 573
Parkinson's Disease	56	713	45	705	+ 8
Skin Cancers	57	635	55	356	+ 278
Skin Disease	58	586	60	112	+ 474
Alcohol	59	586	61	84	+ 501
Diphtheria	60	580	69	11	+ 569
Bladder Cancer	61	579	54	369	+ 210
Pancreas Cancer	62	417	58	272	+ 145
Encephalitis	63	352	57	303	+ 49
Uterin Cancer	64	302	62	71	+ 230
Drug Use	65	211	36	1,036	- 825
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	136	67	20	+ 117
Hepatitis C	67	133	68	17	+ 116
Otitis Media	68	122	73	0	+ 122
Ascariasis	69	115	66	21	+ 94
Other Neoplasms	70	48	65	35	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	71	31	64	54	- 23
Chlamydia	72	19	71	1	+ 18
Dengue	73	3	72	0	+ 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

Somalia

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.