IRELAND VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,559	1	4,762	- 203
Stroke	2	2,134	5	1,770	+ 365
Low Birth Weight	3	1,663	44	56	+ 1,607
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,309	6	1,298	+ 10
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,188	33	153	+ 1,035
Measles	6	965	83	0	+ 965
Birth Trauma	7	884	56	10	+ 874
Hypertension	8	756	29	175	+ 581
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	651	45	53	+ 598
Malaria	10	582	75	0	+ 582
Congenital Anomalies	11	571	32	153	+ 418
Kidney Disease	12	528	10	566	- 38
Lung Disease	13	454	4	1,915	- 1,461
Liver Disease	14	451	19	279	+ 172
Tuberculosis	15	441	50	23	+ 418
Breast Cancer	16	318	8	760	- 441
Diabetes Mellitus	17	318	16	414	- 95
Other Injuries	18	302	30	171	+ 131
Asthma	19	273	41	58	+ 215
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	268	2	3,209	- 2,941
Violence	21	257	47	38	+ 219
HIV/AIDS	22	242	57	9	+ 233
Maternal Conditions	23	203	61	3	+ 200
Pertussis	24	197	67	0	+ 197
Leukemia	25	190	20	274	- 84
Drownings	26	175	43	57	+ 117
Suicide	27	170	14	470	- 299
Falls	28	162	25	247	- 85
Lymphomas	29	159	13	513	- 354
Endocrine Disorders	30	151	24	249	- 98
Fires	31	136	48	30	+ 106
Oesophagus Cancer	32	117	15	419	- 302
Meningitis	33	113	58	7	+ 106
Malnutrition	34	113	63	2	+ 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	109	7	1,095	- 986
Drug Use	36	107	31	167	- 59
Liver Cancer	37	98	18	318	- 220
Inflammatory/Heart	38	87	26	240	- 153
Ovary Cancer	39	82	21	273	- 191
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	80	38	67	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	41	80	35	103	- 23
Poisonings	42	77	53	14	+ 63
Epilepsy	43	76	36	85	- 9
Hepatitis B	44	76	59	6	+ 70
Parkinson's Disease	45	73	12	530	- 457
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	71	46	50	+ 21
Syphilis	47	63	68	0	+ 63
Lung Cancers	48	57	3	1,916	- 1,859
Prostate Cancer	49	54	9	585	- 531
Oral Cancer	50	51	28	183	- 132
Stomach Cancer	51	50	17	357	- 307
Leishmaniasis	52	46	76	0	+ 46
Tetanus	53	39	81	0	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	54	38	22	256	- 218
Skin Cancers	55	37	23	252	- 215
War	56	35	65	0	+ 34
Encephalitis	57	31	66	0	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	58	28	11	530	- 502
Appendicitis	59	16	60	3	+ 13
Skin Disease	60	12	42	58	- 46
Alcohol	61	9	39	64	- 55
Uterin Cancer	62	7	34	126	- 119
Schistosomiasis	63	7	72	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	37	83	- 77
Other Neoplasms	65	4	27	218	- 214
Ascariasis	66	2	77	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	40	59	- 57
Hepatitis C	68	2	52	19	- 17
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Sudan

Ireland

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.