SOUTH SUDAN VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,887	10	2,930	+ 10,957
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	11,376	29	543	+ 10,833
Stroke	3	7,793	9	3,541	+ 4,251
Lung Cancers	4	5,946	49	164	+ 5,782
Lung Disease	5	5,085	23	894	+ 4,192
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,556	36	360	+ 4,197
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,686	1	9,918	- 6,232
Kidney Disease	8	2,613	20	1,090	+ 1,522
Hypertension	9	2,449	19	1,131	+ 1,318
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,089	17	1,312	+ 777
Breast Cancer	11	1,899	26	695	+ 1,204
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,814	54	109	+ 1,705
Prostate Cancer	13	1,725	35	409	+ 1,316
Stomach Cancer	14	1,557	44	241	+ 1,316
Other Injuries	15	1,487	18	1,207	+ 281
Lymphomas	16	1,433	34	422	+ 1,011
Bladder Cancer	17	1,403	56	88	+ 1,315
Liver Cancer	18	1,370	38	346	+ 1,024
Inflammatory/Heart	19	1,339	45	217	+ 1,123
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,328	52	125	+ 1,203
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,307	46	192	+ 1,115
Other Neoplasms	22	1,276	66	14	+ 1,262
Liver Disease	23	1,137	12	1,823	- 686
Leukemia	24	1,014	40	314	+ 700
Suicide	25	970	33	425	+ 544
Falls	26	872	41	269	+ 603
Oral Cancer	27	694	43	259	+ 435
Ovary Cancer	28	544	47	188	+ 356
Oesophagus Cancer	29	540	31	435	+ 105
Skin Disease	30	495	55	97	+ 397
Road Traffic Accidents	31	492	7	4,063	- 3,571
Skin Cancers	32	484	51	127	+ 357
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	433	53	121	+ 312
Uterin Cancer	34	433	60	66	+ 367
Asthma	35	304	28	587	- 283
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	286	3	7,270	- 6,984
Anemia	37	246	81	0	+ 246
Congenital Anomalies	38	232	11	2,020	- 1,788
Cervical Cancer	39	230	25	761	- 531
Epilepsy	40	221	50	152	+ 69
Drug Use	41	209	63	33	+ 176
Hepatitis C	42	175	69	11	+ 164
HIV/AIDS	43	145	2	7,915	- 7,770
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	128	48	186	- 58
Drownings	45	120	30	466	- 346
Alcohol	46	90	62	53	+ 36
Malnutrition	47	81	14	1,660	- 1,579
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	79	65	16	+ 63
Multiple Sclerosis	49	77	72	4	+ 73
Tuberculosis	50	73	8	3,771	- 3,698
Violence	51	70	15	1,584	- 1,514
Low Birth Weight	52	68	6	4,339	- 4,272
Osteoarthritis	53	57	85	0	+ 57
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	55	84	0	+ 55
Fires	55	50	32	433	- 384
Schizophrenia	56	49	83	0	+ 49
Poisonings	57	46	42	259	- 213
Hepatitis B	58	44	57	77	- 33
Meningitis	59	35	13	1,780	- 1,745
Birth Trauma	60	30	5	5,210	- 5,180
Appendicitis	61	21	61	65	- 44
Upper Respiratory	62	13	59	70	- 57
Oral conditions	63	12	86	0	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	64	4	16	1,521	- 1,517
Leishmaniasis	65	3	21	1,005	- 1,003
Otitis Media	66	2	70	6	- 3
Syphilis	67	2	37	351	- 349
War	68	1	27	614	- 613
Iodine Deficiency	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	64	32	- 31
Chagas disease	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Tetanus	72	0	22	937	- 937
Pertussis	73	0	24	784	- 783
Schistosomiasis	74	0	58	72	- 71
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	12	- 12
Dengue	77	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	68	11	- 11
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	39	334	- 334
Chlamydia	82	0	73	2	- 2
Malaria	83	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	71	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

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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.