ICELAND VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	317	1	403	- 86
Stroke	2	148	3	141	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	3	116	43	3	+ 113
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	91	6	82	+ 9
Road Traffic Accidents	5	83	35	7	+ 76
Measles	6	67	67	0	+ 67
Birth Trauma	7	61	46	2	+ 59
Hypertension	8	53	17	24	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	45	55	1	+ 44
Malaria	10	40	73	0	+ 40
Congenital Anomalies	11	40	34	7	+ 32
Kidney Disease	12	37	15	33	+ 4
Lung Disease	13	32	5	129	- 97
Liver Disease	14	31	31	9	+ 22
Tuberculosis	15	31	82	0	+ 31
Breast Cancer	16	22	9	53	- 31
Diabetes Mellitus	17	22	16	30	- 8
Other Injuries	18	21	11	50	- 29
Asthma	19	19	48	2	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	19	2	295	- 277
Violence	21	18	39	4	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	22	17	59	0	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	23	14	60	0	+ 14
Pertussis	24	14	62	0	+ 14
Leukemia	25	13	22	19	- 6
Drownings	26	12	56	1	+ 11
Suicide	27	12	13	40	- 28
Falls	28	11	18	24	- 12
Lymphomas	29	11	14	37	- 26
Endocrine Disorders	30	11	27	16	- 5
Fires	31	9	58	1	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	32	8	19	23	- 14
Meningitis	33	8	50	1	+ 7
Malnutrition	34	8	57	1	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	8	7	73	- 66
Drug Use	36	7	24	17	- 9
Liver Cancer	37	7	20	22	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	38	6	26	16	- 10
Ovary Cancer	39	6	25	16	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	6	41	3	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	41	6	32	9	- 4
Poisonings	42	5	42	3	+ 2
Epilepsy	43	5	37	5	- 0
Hepatitis B	44	5	63	0	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	45	5	10	53	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	5	54	1	+ 4
Syphilis	47	4	80	0	+ 4
Lung Cancers	48	4	4	134	- 130
Prostate Cancer	49	4	8	61	- 57
Oral Cancer	50	4	33	9	- 5
Stomach Cancer	51	3	23	18	- 14
Leishmaniasis	52	3	77	0	+ 3
Tetanus	53	3	68	0	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	54	3	21	20	- 18
Skin Cancers	55	3	29	13	- 10
War	56	2	61	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	57	2	78	0	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	2	12	43	- 41
Appendicitis	59	1	86	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	60	1	45	3	- 2
Alcohol	61	1	28	14	- 14
Uterin Cancer	62	1	36	7	- 6
Schistosomiasis	63	0	75	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	0	44	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	65	0	30	10	- 9
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	38	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	0	52	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	51	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	49	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Sudan

Iceland

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.