SOUTH SUDAN VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,067	10	2,930	+ 8,137
Stroke	2	5,181	9	3,541	+ 1,640
Low Birth Weight	3	4,037	6	4,339	- 303
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,177	1	9,918	- 6,741
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,884	7	4,063	- 1,178
Measles	6	2,341	39	334	+ 2,007
Birth Trauma	7	2,146	5	5,210	- 3,064
Hypertension	8	1,834	19	1,131	+ 704
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,580	3	7,270	- 5,690
Malaria	10	1,413	4	5,342	- 3,929
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,386	11	2,020	- 633
Kidney Disease	12	1,283	20	1,090	+ 192
Lung Disease	13	1,103	23	894	+ 209
Liver Disease	14	1,094	12	1,823	- 729
Tuberculosis	15	1,070	8	3,771	- 2,701
Breast Cancer	16	773	26	695	+ 78
Diabetes Mellitus	17	773	17	1,312	- 539
Other Injuries	18	733	18	1,207	- 474
Asthma	19	663	28	587	+ 76
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	650	29	543	+ 107
Violence	21	624	15	1,584	- 960
HIV/AIDS	22	587	2	7,915	- 7,328
Maternal Conditions	23	494	16	1,521	- 1,027
Pertussis	24	478	24	784	- 306
Leukemia	25	460	40	314	+ 147
Drownings	26	424	30	466	- 42
Suicide	27	414	33	425	- 12
Falls	28	392	41	269	+ 123
Lymphomas	29	386	34	422	- 36
Endocrine Disorders	30	367	46	192	+ 176
Fires	31	330	32	433	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	32	283	31	435	- 152
Meningitis	33	275	13	1,780	- 1,505
Malnutrition	34	274	14	1,660	- 1,386
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	264	36	360	- 96
Drug Use	36	261	63	33	+ 228
Liver Cancer	37	238	38	346	- 108
Inflammatory/Heart	38	211	45	217	- 5
Ovary Cancer	39	200	47	188	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	195	48	186	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	41	194	25	761	- 567
Poisonings	42	187	42	259	- 72
Epilepsy	43	185	50	152	+ 32
Hepatitis B	44	184	57	77	+ 107
Parkinson's Disease	45	177	52	125	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	172	53	121	+ 51
Syphilis	47	152	37	351	- 199
Lung Cancers	48	137	49	164	- 27
Prostate Cancer	49	132	35	409	- 277
Oral Cancer	50	124	43	259	- 135
Stomach Cancer	51	120	44	241	- 121
Leishmaniasis	52	113	21	1,005	- 893
Tetanus	53	95	22	937	- 842
Bladder Cancer	54	93	56	88	+ 5
Skin Cancers	55	90	51	127	- 37
War	56	85	27	614	- 530
Encephalitis	57	76	64	32	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	58	69	54	109	- 40
Appendicitis	59	39	61	65	- 26
Skin Disease	60	28	55	97	- 69
Alcohol	61	21	62	53	- 32
Uterin Cancer	62	18	60	66	- 48
Schistosomiasis	63	17	58	72	- 54
Multiple Sclerosis	64	14	72	4	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	65	9	66	14	- 5
Ascariasis	66	5	68	11	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	65	16	- 11
Hepatitis C	68	4	69	11	- 7
Diphtheria	69	3	67	12	- 9
Upper Respiratory	70	1	59	70	- 69
Chlamydia	71	0	73	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	71	5	- 5
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	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

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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.