SOUTH SUDAN VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,013	10	2,930	+ 12,083
Stroke	2	4,306	9	3,541	+ 764
War	3	4,131	27	614	+ 3,517
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,575	1	9,918	- 8,343
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,357	7	4,063	- 2,705
Kidney Disease	6	1,240	20	1,090	+ 149
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,148	3	7,270	- 6,122
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,106	11	2,020	- 914
Lung Cancers	9	1,090	49	164	+ 926
Breast Cancer	10	1,039	26	695	+ 345
Liver Disease	11	915	12	1,823	- 908
Low Birth Weight	12	879	6	4,339	- 3,460
Lung Disease	13	852	23	894	- 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	825	29	543	+ 282
Diabetes Mellitus	15	816	17	1,312	- 495
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	651	36	360	+ 292
Asthma	17	560	28	587	- 27
Lymphomas	18	440	34	422	+ 18
Leukemia	19	424	40	314	+ 110
Bladder Cancer	20	403	56	88	+ 315
Birth Trauma	21	396	5	5,210	- 4,814
Stomach Cancer	22	386	44	241	+ 145
Hypertension	23	377	19	1,131	- 754
Other Injuries	24	277	18	1,207	- 929
Violence	25	236	15	1,584	- 1,347
Endocrine Disorders	26	222	46	192	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	27	219	54	109	+ 110
Prostate Cancer	28	215	35	409	- 194
Falls	29	204	41	269	- 66
Parkinson's Disease	30	195	52	125	+ 71
Liver Cancer	31	195	38	346	- 151
Inflammatory/Heart	32	180	45	217	- 37
Suicide	33	177	33	425	- 248
Ovary Cancer	34	175	47	188	- 13
Meningitis	35	157	13	1,780	- 1,623
Oral Cancer	36	154	43	259	- 105
Pertussis	37	154	24	784	- 630
Skin Cancers	38	147	51	127	+ 20
Drug Use	39	133	63	33	+ 100
Drownings	40	114	30	466	- 352
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	105	53	121	- 16
Cervical Cancer	42	100	25	761	- 660
Fires	43	95	32	433	- 338
Uterin Cancer	44	77	60	66	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	45	56	16	1,521	- 1,465
Poisonings	46	52	42	259	- 207
Oesophagus Cancer	47	52	31	435	- 383
Epilepsy	48	49	50	152	- 103
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	42	48	186	- 144
Encephalitis	50	41	64	32	+ 9
Malnutrition	51	39	14	1,660	- 1,621
Tetanus	52	31	22	937	- 907
Alcohol	53	27	62	53	- 27
Appendicitis	54	19	61	65	- 45
Syphilis	55	16	37	351	- 335
Tuberculosis	56	12	8	3,771	- 3,758
Other Neoplasms	57	11	66	14	- 3
HIV/AIDS	58	8	2	7,915	- 7,907
Multiple Sclerosis	59	8	72	4	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	60	6	58	72	- 65
Skin Disease	61	4	55	97	- 93
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	65	16	- 12
Hepatitis B	63	3	57	77	- 74
Diphtheria	64	3	67	12	- 9
Leishmaniasis	65	3	21	1,005	- 1,003
Upper Respiratory	66	2	59	70	- 68
Ascariasis	67	1	68	11	- 11
Hepatitis C	68	0	69	11	- 10
Chlamydia	69	0	73	2	- 2
Measles	70	0	39	334	- 334
Otitis Media	71	0	70	6	- 6
Dengue	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Syria

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.