SOUTH SUDAN VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	25,826	2	7,915	+ 17,911
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,276	1	9,918	+ 358
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,956	17	1,312	+ 8,645
Stroke	4	8,935	9	3,541	+ 5,393
Coronary Heart Disease	5	8,427	10	2,930	+ 5,497
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,773	3	7,270	- 1,497
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,290	7	4,063	+ 227
Kidney Disease	8	4,255	20	1,090	+ 3,164
Suicide	9	3,768	33	425	+ 3,342
Hypertension	10	3,260	19	1,131	+ 2,130
Liver Disease	11	3,055	12	1,823	+ 1,232
Lung Disease	12	2,952	23	894	+ 2,059
Tuberculosis	13	2,855	8	3,771	- 916
Low Birth Weight	14	2,601	6	4,339	- 1,739
Cervical Cancer	15	2,399	25	761	+ 1,638
Violence	16	2,370	15	1,584	+ 786
Other Injuries	17	2,122	18	1,207	+ 915
Birth Trauma	18	1,858	5	5,210	- 3,352
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,791	11	2,020	- 229
Asthma	20	1,669	28	587	+ 1,082
Maternal Conditions	21	1,293	16	1,521	- 228
Malnutrition	22	1,181	14	1,660	- 479
Meningitis	23	1,087	13	1,780	- 692
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,046	45	217	+ 829
Drownings	25	970	30	466	+ 504
Fires	26	934	32	433	+ 500
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	855	29	543	+ 312
Endocrine Disorders	28	828	46	192	+ 636
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	567	48	186	+ 381
Epilepsy	30	510	50	152	+ 358
Prostate Cancer	31	501	35	409	+ 93
Falls	32	460	41	269	+ 191
Pertussis	33	433	24	784	- 351
Poisonings	34	418	42	259	+ 159
Breast Cancer	35	412	26	695	- 283
Lymphomas	36	347	34	422	- 76
Liver Cancer	37	327	38	346	- 19
Drug Use	38	299	63	33	+ 267
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	292	53	121	+ 171
Skin Disease	40	282	55	97	+ 185
Parkinson's Disease	41	266	52	125	+ 142
Skin Cancers	42	222	51	127	+ 95
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	208	36	360	- 152
Oesophagus Cancer	44	206	31	435	- 229
Syphilis	45	194	37	351	- 157
Lung Cancers	46	185	49	164	+ 21
Leukemia	47	182	40	314	- 132
Alcohol	48	179	62	53	+ 126
Schistosomiasis	49	143	58	72	+ 71
Uterin Cancer	50	128	60	66	+ 62
Oral Cancer	51	114	43	259	- 145
Ovary Cancer	52	111	47	188	- 77
Stomach Cancer	53	76	44	241	- 165
Appendicitis	54	74	61	65	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	55	67	56	88	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	56	67	54	109	- 41
Hepatitis B	57	66	57	77	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	55	65	16	+ 39
Encephalitis	59	54	64	32	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	60	46	59	70	- 24
Other Neoplasms	61	44	66	14	+ 30
Tetanus	62	41	22	937	- 896
Multiple Sclerosis	63	17	72	4	+ 12
Measles	64	7	39	334	- 327
Hepatitis C	65	4	69	11	- 7
Ascariasis	66	3	68	11	- 8
Malaria	67	3	4	5,342	- 5,339
Otitis Media	68	3	70	6	- 3
Chlamydia	69	2	73	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	2	67	12	- 10
War	71	2	27	614	- 612
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	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
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Swaziland

South Sudan

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.