SOMALIA VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,340	7	7,233	+ 4,108
Stroke	2	5,309	6	8,595	- 3,287
Low Birth Weight	3	4,136	8	6,250	- 2,114
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,255	1	21,712	- 18,457
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,956	11	4,231	- 1,276
Measles	6	2,399	3	11,576	- 9,176
Birth Trauma	7	2,199	5	9,573	- 7,374
Hypertension	8	1,880	18	2,643	- 764
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,619	2	15,363	- 13,744
Malaria	10	1,448	22	1,942	- 494
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,420	15	3,410	- 1,990
Kidney Disease	12	1,314	21	2,051	- 737
Lung Disease	13	1,130	19	2,442	- 1,312
Liver Disease	14	1,121	13	3,917	- 2,795
Tuberculosis	15	1,096	4	10,261	- 9,165
Breast Cancer	16	792	26	1,232	- 439
Diabetes Mellitus	17	792	16	2,888	- 2,096
Other Injuries	18	751	14	3,602	- 2,851
Asthma	19	680	23	1,878	- 1,198
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	666	32	647	+ 19
Violence	21	639	29	828	- 189
HIV/AIDS	22	601	33	610	- 8
Maternal Conditions	23	506	12	4,127	- 3,621
Pertussis	24	490	20	2,054	- 1,564
Leukemia	25	472	35	562	- 90
Drownings	26	434	25	1,272	- 837
Suicide	27	424	27	1,219	- 795
Falls	28	402	37	548	- 146
Lymphomas	29	395	34	605	- 209
Endocrine Disorders	30	376	44	406	- 30
Fires	31	338	30	810	- 472
Oesophagus Cancer	32	290	40	516	- 226
Meningitis	33	282	9	5,381	- 5,099
Malnutrition	34	281	10	4,825	- 4,544
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	270	38	546	- 276
Drug Use	36	267	65	54	+ 213
Liver Cancer	37	244	53	256	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	38	216	39	521	- 305
Ovary Cancer	39	205	50	295	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	200	36	559	- 359
Cervical Cancer	41	198	28	883	- 684
Poisonings	42	192	31	758	- 566
Epilepsy	43	189	43	419	- 229
Hepatitis B	44	188	48	315	- 126
Parkinson's Disease	45	182	56	184	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	177	41	446	- 269
Syphilis	47	156	45	378	- 222
Lung Cancers	48	141	54	233	- 92
Prostate Cancer	49	135	52	285	- 150
Oral Cancer	50	127	46	328	- 201
Stomach Cancer	51	123	49	310	- 187
Leishmaniasis	52	116	51	290	- 174
Tetanus	53	97	17	2,648	- 2,551
Bladder Cancer	54	95	61	149	- 54
Skin Cancers	55	92	57	164	- 72
War	56	87	24	1,318	- 1,231
Encephalitis	57	78	63	91	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	58	70	62	108	- 37
Appendicitis	59	40	55	188	- 148
Skin Disease	60	29	58	151	- 122
Alcohol	61	22	59	151	- 129
Uterin Cancer	62	18	64	78	- 59
Schistosomiasis	63	18	42	435	- 418
Multiple Sclerosis	64	14	71	8	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	65	9	70	12	- 3
Ascariasis	66	5	69	30	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	66	35	- 30
Hepatitis C	68	4	67	34	- 30
Diphtheria	69	3	60	150	- 147
Upper Respiratory	70	1	47	326	- 324
Chlamydia	71	0	72	5	- 5
Dengue	72	0	73	1	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	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	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 SOMALIA

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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.