NEW ZEALAND VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,496	1	5,095	- 599
Stroke	2	2,105	3	2,378	- 273
Low Birth Weight	3	1,640	38	78	+ 1,562
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,291	7	920	+ 371
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,172	16	458	+ 714
Measles	6	951	82	0	+ 951
Birth Trauma	7	872	54	15	+ 857
Hypertension	8	745	20	327	+ 418
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	642	37	81	+ 561
Malaria	10	574	78	0	+ 574
Congenital Anomalies	11	563	30	176	+ 388
Kidney Disease	12	521	17	432	+ 89
Lung Disease	13	448	5	1,815	- 1,367
Liver Disease	14	445	32	158	+ 287
Tuberculosis	15	435	52	17	+ 417
Breast Cancer	16	314	10	737	- 423
Diabetes Mellitus	17	314	8	769	- 455
Other Injuries	18	298	28	218	+ 80
Asthma	19	270	36	91	+ 179
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	264	2	3,032	- 2,767
Violence	21	253	42	57	+ 196
HIV/AIDS	22	238	57	10	+ 228
Maternal Conditions	23	201	63	5	+ 196
Pertussis	24	194	65	1	+ 193
Leukemia	25	187	18	391	- 204
Drownings	26	172	44	54	+ 118
Suicide	27	168	15	528	- 360
Falls	28	159	11	627	- 467
Lymphomas	29	157	13	608	- 451
Endocrine Disorders	30	149	21	325	- 175
Fires	31	134	53	17	+ 117
Oesophagus Cancer	32	115	25	279	- 164
Meningitis	33	112	59	9	+ 103
Malnutrition	34	111	55	14	+ 97
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	107	6	1,495	- 1,387
Drug Use	36	106	40	69	+ 37
Liver Cancer	37	97	24	288	- 191
Inflammatory/Heart	38	86	23	313	- 227
Ovary Cancer	39	81	29	207	- 126
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	79	39	70	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	41	79	41	61	+ 18
Poisonings	42	76	58	9	+ 67
Epilepsy	43	75	43	55	+ 20
Hepatitis B	44	75	56	14	+ 61
Parkinson's Disease	45	72	19	353	- 281
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	70	35	113	- 43
Syphilis	47	62	70	0	+ 61
Lung Cancers	48	56	4	1,873	- 1,818
Prostate Cancer	49	54	9	739	- 685
Oral Cancer	50	50	31	164	- 113
Stomach Cancer	51	49	22	323	- 274
Leishmaniasis	52	46	80	0	+ 46
Tetanus	53	39	69	0	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	54	38	26	267	- 229
Skin Cancers	55	36	12	612	- 575
War	56	34	68	1	+ 34
Encephalitis	57	31	66	1	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	58	28	14	543	- 515
Appendicitis	59	16	62	6	+ 10
Skin Disease	60	11	34	118	- 106
Alcohol	61	9	45	51	- 43
Uterin Cancer	62	7	33	145	- 137
Schistosomiasis	63	7	77	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	47	43	- 38
Other Neoplasms	65	4	27	245	- 241
Ascariasis	66	2	76	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	46	47	- 45
Hepatitis C	68	2	48	30	- 28
Diphtheria	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	64	4	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Sudan

New Zealand

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.