SOUTH SUDAN VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,201	10	2,930	+ 12,271
Diabetes Mellitus	2	7,201	17	1,312	+ 5,889
Lung Disease	3	5,465	23	894	+ 4,571
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	4,010	29	543	+ 3,467
Kidney Disease	5	3,963	20	1,090	+ 2,873
Stroke	6	3,933	9	3,541	+ 391
Asthma	7	3,740	28	587	+ 3,152
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,957	1	9,918	- 6,961
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,427	7	4,063	- 1,636
Suicide	10	1,721	33	425	+ 1,295
Oral Cancer	11	1,672	43	259	+ 1,413
Lung Cancers	12	1,026	49	164	+ 862
Oesophagus Cancer	13	892	31	435	+ 457
Other Injuries	14	884	18	1,207	- 323
Breast Cancer	15	799	26	695	+ 105
Stomach Cancer	16	763	44	241	+ 522
Liver Disease	17	753	12	1,823	- 1,070
Leukemia	18	667	40	314	+ 354
Liver Cancer	19	630	38	346	+ 284
Hypertension	20	610	19	1,131	- 521
Lymphomas	21	594	34	422	+ 171
Congenital Anomalies	22	572	11	2,020	- 1,448
Falls	23	557	41	269	+ 288
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	527	36	360	+ 167
Tuberculosis	25	445	8	3,771	- 3,326
Cervical Cancer	26	441	25	761	- 320
Drownings	27	422	30	466	- 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	349	3	7,270	- 6,920
Low Birth Weight	29	310	6	4,339	- 4,030
Prostate Cancer	30	293	35	409	- 116
Violence	31	288	15	1,584	- 1,295
Endocrine Disorders	32	267	46	192	+ 76
Anemia	33	257	81	0	+ 257
Bladder Cancer	34	250	56	88	+ 162
Inflammatory/Heart	35	246	45	217	+ 29
Skin Disease	36	169	55	97	+ 72
Ovary Cancer	37	162	47	188	- 25
War	38	162	27	614	- 453
Epilepsy	39	156	50	152	+ 3
Drug Use	40	149	63	33	+ 116
Fires	41	138	32	433	- 296
Uterin Cancer	42	126	60	66	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	43	123	54	109	+ 15
Birth Trauma	44	111	5	5,210	- 5,099
Parkinson's Disease	45	97	52	125	- 28
Meningitis	46	84	13	1,780	- 1,695
Dengue	47	76	74	0	+ 75
Maternal Conditions	48	56	16	1,521	- 1,465
Poisonings	49	54	42	259	- 205
Other Neoplasms	50	50	66	14	+ 36
Alcohol	51	48	62	53	- 6
Skin Cancers	52	34	51	127	- 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	29	53	121	- 93
Malnutrition	54	25	14	1,660	- 1,635
HIV/AIDS	55	23	2	7,915	- 7,892
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	22	48	186	- 164
Tetanus	57	16	22	937	- 921
Syphilis	58	9	37	351	- 343
Pertussis	59	8	24	784	- 775
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	65	16	- 10
Encephalitis	61	6	64	32	- 26
Hepatitis B	62	3	57	77	- 73
Leprosy	63	3	77	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	64	3	61	65	- 62
Schizophrenia	65	3	83	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	59	70	- 67
Osteoarthritis	67	2	85	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	86	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	72	4	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	68	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	73	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Diphtheria	74	0	67	12	- 12
Hepatitis C	75	0	69	11	- 11
Otitis Media	76	0	70	6	- 6
Measles	77	0	39	334	- 334
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Schistosomiasis	81	0	58	72	- 72
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Sri Lanka

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.