LESOTHO VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,941	5	2,101	- 160
Stroke	2	908	3	2,817	- 1,908
Low Birth Weight	3	708	12	957	- 249
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	557	2	3,214	- 2,657
Road Traffic Accidents	5	506	16	678	- 173
Measles	6	411	59	12	+ 399
Birth Trauma	7	376	15	717	- 341
Hypertension	8	322	11	990	- 668
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	277	4	2,354	- 2,077
Malaria	10	248	79	0	+ 248
Congenital Anomalies	11	243	19	389	- 146
Kidney Disease	12	225	10	1,015	- 790
Lung Disease	13	193	9	1,102	- 908
Liver Disease	14	192	14	792	- 600
Tuberculosis	15	188	8	1,208	- 1,021
Breast Cancer	16	136	34	97	+ 38
Diabetes Mellitus	17	136	6	2,000	- 1,864
Other Injuries	18	129	18	533	- 404
Asthma	19	116	17	678	- 561
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	114	29	194	- 80
Violence	21	109	13	924	- 815
HIV/AIDS	22	103	1	4,767	- 4,665
Maternal Conditions	23	87	24	292	- 206
Pertussis	24	84	44	51	+ 33
Leukemia	25	81	49	39	+ 42
Drownings	26	74	28	200	- 126
Suicide	27	73	7	1,539	- 1,467
Falls	28	69	31	128	- 59
Lymphomas	29	68	36	78	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	30	64	27	235	- 171
Fires	31	58	26	269	- 211
Oesophagus Cancer	32	50	37	73	- 24
Meningitis	33	48	22	318	- 270
Malnutrition	34	48	21	357	- 309
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	46	48	40	+ 7
Drug Use	36	46	50	32	+ 14
Liver Cancer	37	42	39	71	- 29
Inflammatory/Heart	38	37	23	305	- 268
Ovary Cancer	39	35	53	24	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	34	25	279	- 244
Cervical Cancer	41	34	20	372	- 338
Poisonings	42	33	33	111	- 78
Epilepsy	43	32	30	143	- 111
Hepatitis B	44	32	51	27	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	45	31	41	55	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	30	32	126	- 95
Syphilis	47	27	45	50	- 24
Lung Cancers	48	24	43	51	- 27
Prostate Cancer	49	23	35	81	- 58
Oral Cancer	50	22	42	52	- 30
Stomach Cancer	51	21	60	11	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	52	20	75	0	+ 20
Tetanus	53	17	47	45	- 28
Bladder Cancer	54	16	61	10	+ 7
Skin Cancers	55	16	46	46	- 31
War	56	15	68	0	+ 15
Encephalitis	57	13	57	14	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	58	12	58	12	- 0
Appendicitis	59	7	52	25	- 18
Skin Disease	60	5	40	70	- 65
Alcohol	61	4	38	71	- 67
Uterin Cancer	62	3	54	23	- 20
Schistosomiasis	63	3	76	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	63	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	65	2	62	9	- 8
Ascariasis	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	56	18	- 17
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	55	18	- 18
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 1
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Sudan

Lesotho

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.