ESTONIA VS SOUTH SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH SUDAN		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	932	6	349	+ 583
HIV/AIDS	2	744	39	40	+ 703
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	683	53	8	+ 675
Malaria	4	502	73	0	+ 502
Birth Trauma	5	490	57	5	+ 485
Low Birth Weight	6	408	55	7	+ 401
Road Traffic Accidents	7	382	35	59	+ 323
Tuberculosis	8	354	47	16	+ 338
Stroke	9	333	3	1,116	- 783
Coronary Heart Disease	10	275	1	3,009	- 2,734
Congenital Anomalies	11	190	43	25	+ 165
Liver Disease	12	171	7	328	- 157
Meningitis	13	167	54	7	+ 160
Malnutrition	14	156	79	0	+ 156
Violence	15	149	42	28	+ 120
Maternal Conditions	16	143	61	1	+ 142
Diabetes Mellitus	17	123	19	146	- 23
Other Injuries	18	113	20	141	- 28
Hypertension	19	106	2	2,700	- 2,594
Kidney Disease	20	102	17	176	- 74
Leishmaniasis	21	94	69	0	+ 94
Tetanus	22	88	81	0	+ 88
Lung Disease	23	84	13	229	- 145
Pertussis	24	74	83	0	+ 74
Cervical Cancer	25	71	32	68	+ 4
Breast Cancer	26	65	11	260	- 195
War	27	58	64	0	+ 58
Asthma	28	55	44	24	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	51	12	229	- 178
Drownings	30	44	40	30	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	31	41	27	99	- 58
Fires	32	41	38	41	- 0
Suicide	33	40	16	197	- 157
Lymphomas	34	40	15	213	- 173
Prostate Cancer	35	38	8	298	- 260
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	34	5	527	- 493
Syphilis	37	33	62	1	+ 32
Liver Cancer	38	33	26	107	- 75
Measles	39	31	84	0	+ 31
Leukemia	40	29	22	126	- 96
Falls	41	25	24	119	- 93
Poisonings	42	24	52	8	+ 16
Oral Cancer	43	24	25	110	- 86
Stomach Cancer	44	23	9	290	- 267
Inflammatory/Heart	45	20	14	217	- 197
Endocrine Disorders	46	18	33	66	- 48
Ovary Cancer	47	18	28	87	- 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	17	36	55	- 38
Lung Cancers	49	15	4	657	- 642
Epilepsy	50	14	37	45	- 30
Skin Cancers	51	12	30	79	- 67
Parkinson's Disease	52	12	29	82	- 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	11	45	22	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	54	10	10	268	- 258
Skin Disease	55	9	41	29	- 19
Bladder Cancer	56	8	21	126	- 118
Hepatitis B	57	7	65	0	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	58	7	72	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	59	7	66	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	60	6	34	60	- 54
Appendicitis	61	6	59	2	+ 4
Alcohol	62	5	18	148	- 143
Drug Use	63	3	31	75	- 72
Encephalitis	64	3	63	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	46	17	- 16
Other Neoplasms	66	1	23	123	- 122
Diphtheria	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	58	4	- 3
Otitis Media	70	1	67	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	72	0	48	16	- 16
Chlamydia	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.