SOUTH SUDAN VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,973	10	2,930	+ 10,044
Stroke	2	6,646	9	3,541	+ 3,104
Lung Cancers	3	5,296	49	164	+ 5,132
Lung Disease	4	3,789	23	894	+ 2,895
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,703	17	1,312	+ 1,391
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,614	29	543	+ 2,071
Kidney Disease	7	2,570	20	1,090	+ 1,480
Hypertension	8	2,230	19	1,131	+ 1,099
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,940	1	9,918	- 7,978
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,602	36	360	+ 1,242
Stomach Cancer	11	1,560	44	241	+ 1,319
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,039	54	109	+ 931
Liver Disease	13	957	12	1,823	- 866
Breast Cancer	14	852	26	695	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	15	847	35	409	+ 438
Road Traffic Accidents	16	842	7	4,063	- 3,221
Congenital Anomalies	17	750	11	2,020	- 1,270
Leukemia	18	735	40	314	+ 422
Lymphomas	19	732	34	422	+ 310
Liver Cancer	20	686	38	346	+ 340
Bladder Cancer	21	677	56	88	+ 589
Falls	22	660	41	269	+ 391
Violence	23	606	15	1,584	- 978
Low Birth Weight	24	525	6	4,339	- 3,814
Parkinson's Disease	25	519	52	125	+ 395
Endocrine Disorders	26	394	46	192	+ 203
Asthma	27	368	28	587	- 220
Ovary Cancer	28	345	47	188	+ 157
Suicide	29	303	33	425	- 123
Other Injuries	30	253	18	1,207	- 953
Inflammatory/Heart	31	246	45	217	+ 30
Skin Cancers	32	234	51	127	+ 107
Oesophagus Cancer	33	200	31	435	- 236
Cervical Cancer	34	198	25	761	- 563
Oral Cancer	35	197	43	259	- 62
Epilepsy	36	173	50	152	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	37	165	60	66	+ 99
Drug Use	38	147	63	33	+ 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	119	48	186	- 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	112	3	7,270	- 7,158
Birth Trauma	41	109	5	5,210	- 5,102
Other Neoplasms	42	98	66	14	+ 84
Malnutrition	43	89	14	1,660	- 1,571
Drownings	44	83	30	466	- 383
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	68	53	121	- 53
Poisonings	46	56	42	259	- 203
Fires	47	52	32	433	- 382
Skin Disease	48	49	55	97	- 49
War	49	48	27	614	- 566
Tuberculosis	50	46	8	3,771	- 3,725
Meningitis	51	41	13	1,780	- 1,738
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	36	65	16	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	53	31	2	7,915	- 7,884
Encephalitis	54	28	64	32	- 4
Alcohol	55	28	62	53	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	56	26	72	4	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	57	16	16	1,521	- 1,504
Pertussis	58	16	24	784	- 768
Appendicitis	59	14	61	65	- 51
Hepatitis B	60	11	57	77	- 66
Syphilis	61	8	37	351	- 343
Schistosomiasis	62	5	58	72	- 67
Hepatitis C	63	3	69	11	- 8
Tetanus	64	2	22	937	- 936
Measles	65	1	39	334	- 333
Upper Respiratory	66	1	59	70	- 69
Otitis Media	67	0	70	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	68	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Chlamydia	69	0	73	2	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	68	11	- 11
Diphtheria	71	0	67	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	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

Turkey

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.