NEW GUINEA VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,752	1	6,835	+ 1,917
Stroke	2	4,097	2	5,095	- 997
Low Birth Weight	3	3,192	10	1,661	+ 1,531
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,512	6	2,595	- 83
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,281	12	1,105	+ 1,176
Measles	6	1,852	41	238	+ 1,614
Birth Trauma	7	1,697	11	1,504	+ 193
Hypertension	8	1,451	13	1,096	+ 355
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,250	8	2,295	- 1,045
Malaria	10	1,118	7	2,446	- 1,329
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,096	16	951	+ 146
Kidney Disease	12	1,014	18	687	+ 328
Lung Disease	13	872	3	4,538	- 3,666
Liver Disease	14	866	22	624	+ 241
Tuberculosis	15	846	5	3,969	- 3,123
Breast Cancer	16	611	17	764	- 152
Diabetes Mellitus	17	611	4	4,533	- 3,922
Other Injuries	18	580	20	647	- 67
Asthma	19	525	9	1,842	- 1,317
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	514	33	343	+ 171
Violence	21	493	15	969	- 475
HIV/AIDS	22	464	24	611	- 147
Maternal Conditions	23	390	30	421	- 30
Pertussis	24	378	39	248	+ 130
Leukemia	25	364	38	253	+ 111
Drownings	26	335	40	240	+ 96
Suicide	27	327	37	259	+ 69
Falls	28	310	26	502	- 191
Lymphomas	29	305	32	353	- 48
Endocrine Disorders	30	290	47	153	+ 137
Fires	31	261	27	488	- 227
Oesophagus Cancer	32	224	44	199	+ 25
Meningitis	33	217	34	324	- 106
Malnutrition	34	217	48	134	+ 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	209	29	445	- 236
Drug Use	36	206	61	13	+ 194
Liver Cancer	37	188	21	644	- 456
Inflammatory/Heart	38	167	43	229	- 62
Ovary Cancer	39	158	46	179	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	154	35	302	- 147
Cervical Cancer	41	153	19	665	- 511
Poisonings	42	148	50	121	+ 27
Epilepsy	43	146	51	111	+ 36
Hepatitis B	44	145	58	27	+ 118
Parkinson's Disease	45	140	45	185	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	136	14	1,072	- 936
Syphilis	47	120	42	234	- 114
Lung Cancers	48	108	23	622	- 513
Prostate Cancer	49	104	36	285	- 181
Oral Cancer	50	98	25	580	- 482
Stomach Cancer	51	95	28	447	- 352
Leishmaniasis	52	89	74	0	+ 89
Tetanus	53	75	56	48	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	54	73	54	82	- 9
Skin Cancers	55	71	31	417	- 346
War	56	67	69	1	+ 66
Encephalitis	57	60	57	31	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	58	54	52	107	- 53
Appendicitis	59	31	59	20	+ 11
Skin Disease	60	22	49	126	- 104
Alcohol	61	17	53	93	- 77
Uterin Cancer	62	14	55	81	- 67
Schistosomiasis	63	14	73	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	66	5	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	65	7	60	15	- 8
Ascariasis	66	4	63	7	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	65	5	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	3	62	8	- 4
Diphtheria	69	2	67	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	64	6	- 6
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Sudan

New Guinea

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.