SOUTH SUDAN VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,462	2	7,915	- 2,453
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,863	1	9,918	- 5,055
Malaria	3	3,499	4	5,342	- 1,843
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,354	7	4,063	- 708
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,120	3	7,270	- 4,150
Stroke	6	2,882	9	3,541	- 659
Birth Trauma	7	2,682	5	5,210	- 2,528
Low Birth Weight	8	2,494	6	4,339	- 1,846
Coronary Heart Disease	9	2,264	10	2,930	- 666
Tuberculosis	10	1,870	8	3,771	- 1,901
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,712	11	2,020	- 308
Violence	12	1,592	15	1,584	+ 8
Liver Disease	13	1,320	12	1,823	- 503
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,236	17	1,312	- 76
Cervical Cancer	15	1,128	25	761	+ 368
Meningitis	16	958	13	1,780	- 821
Maternal Conditions	17	939	16	1,521	- 582
Malnutrition	18	855	14	1,660	- 805
Kidney Disease	19	817	20	1,090	- 274
Other Injuries	20	807	18	1,207	- 400
Hypertension	21	804	19	1,131	- 326
Lung Disease	22	786	23	894	- 107
Syphilis	23	576	37	351	+ 225
Suicide	24	524	33	425	+ 99
Pertussis	25	492	24	784	- 292
Lymphomas	26	454	34	422	+ 32
Asthma	27	450	28	587	- 137
Oesophagus Cancer	28	432	31	435	- 4
Liver Cancer	29	392	38	346	+ 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	332	29	543	- 211
Drownings	31	319	30	466	- 147
Breast Cancer	32	291	26	695	- 404
Falls	33	290	41	269	+ 21
Prostate Cancer	34	245	35	409	- 164
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	237	36	360	- 123
Fires	36	225	32	433	- 209
Inflammatory/Heart	37	221	45	217	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	38	196	46	192	+ 5
Poisonings	39	192	42	259	- 67
Oral Cancer	40	188	43	259	- 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	177	48	186	- 9
Leukemia	42	154	40	314	- 159
Epilepsy	43	154	50	152	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	44	134	47	188	- 54
Stomach Cancer	45	133	44	241	- 108
Lung Cancers	46	114	49	164	- 50
Pancreas Cancer	47	92	54	109	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	48	91	52	125	- 34
Skin Cancers	49	90	51	127	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	90	53	121	- 31
Measles	51	89	39	334	- 246
Schistosomiasis	52	74	58	72	+ 2
Tetanus	53	70	22	937	- 868
Alcohol	54	66	62	53	+ 13
Skin Disease	55	62	55	97	- 35
Uterin Cancer	56	60	60	66	- 6
Drug Use	57	60	63	33	+ 27
Appendicitis	58	54	61	65	- 10
Bladder Cancer	59	47	56	88	- 41
Upper Respiratory	60	37	59	70	- 33
Hepatitis B	61	32	57	77	- 45
Encephalitis	62	31	64	32	- 1
War	63	23	27	614	- 592
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	14	65	16	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	65	13	71	5	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	66	10	66	14	- 4
Hepatitis C	67	8	69	11	- 3
Leishmaniasis	68	7	21	1,005	- 998
Multiple Sclerosis	69	4	72	4	- 0
Ascariasis	70	4	68	11	- 7
Otitis Media	71	3	70	6	- 3
Diphtheria	72	3	67	12	- 9
Chlamydia	73	2	73	2	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	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

Uganda

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.