JORDAN VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	13,310	63	2	+ 13,308
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,273	8	937	+ 6,335
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,052	1	4,856	+ 1,196
Stroke	4	5,674	2	2,908	+ 2,766
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,581	4	1,684	+ 3,897
Tuberculosis	6	4,061	53	12	+ 4,049
Violence	7	3,882	21	269	+ 3,613
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,929	30	152	+ 2,777
Kidney Disease	9	2,829	6	1,494	+ 1,335
Suicide	10	2,546	28	165	+ 2,381
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,406	3	1,717	+ 689
Hypertension	12	2,364	5	1,532	+ 833
Lung Disease	13	2,199	15	444	+ 1,755
Liver Disease	14	1,666	14	494	+ 1,173
Lung Cancers	15	1,424	7	1,059	+ 366
Low Birth Weight	16	1,155	10	857	+ 298
Other Injuries	17	1,112	19	294	+ 818
Asthma	18	1,103	35	114	+ 988
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,089	26	180	+ 909
Cervical Cancer	20	1,027	41	64	+ 963
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,000	38	74	+ 925
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	864	11	706	+ 158
Breast Cancer	23	838	12	686	+ 152
Prostate Cancer	24	809	33	131	+ 678
Congenital Anomalies	25	804	9	934	- 130
Meningitis	26	677	37	78	+ 598
Fires	27	669	29	153	+ 516
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	663	13	616	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	29	644	42	63	+ 581
Birth Trauma	30	555	20	271	+ 284
Lymphomas	31	521	18	323	+ 198
Drownings	32	444	36	107	+ 337
Liver Cancer	33	441	25	186	+ 255
Malnutrition	34	440	51	15	+ 425
Pancreas Cancer	35	371	22	245	+ 126
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	350	40	67	+ 284
Epilepsy	37	346	46	49	+ 297
Maternal Conditions	38	314	44	53	+ 262
Stomach Cancer	39	284	17	365	- 81
Leukemia	40	271	16	370	- 99
Oral Cancer	41	260	31	143	+ 117
Falls	42	259	24	191	+ 68
Pertussis	43	211	43	55	+ 157
Syphilis	44	209	45	52	+ 157
Skin Disease	45	204	48	42	+ 161
Parkinson's Disease	46	199	27	169	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	188	50	22	+ 165
Skin Cancers	48	184	49	38	+ 146
Alcohol	49	182	55	11	+ 172
Poisonings	50	180	47	47	+ 134
Ovary Cancer	51	176	32	139	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	52	153	23	213	- 59
Drug Use	53	142	34	115	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	54	95	39	74	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	69	61	4	+ 66
Appendicitis	56	51	58	8	+ 43
Measles	57	50	65	1	+ 49
Other Neoplasms	58	49	57	9	+ 40
Encephalitis	59	43	52	14	+ 30
Upper Respiratory	60	41	69	0	+ 41
Hepatitis B	61	26	60	4	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	62	21	54	12	+ 9
Malaria	63	15	77	0	+ 15
War	64	12	59	6	+ 6
Tetanus	65	7	56	11	- 4
Schistosomiasis	66	6	62	3	+ 4
Otitis Media	67	4	71	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	68	3	70	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	3	67	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	70	1	64	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	1	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

South Africa

Jordan

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.