SOUTH SUDAN VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,757	10	2,930	+ 15,827
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	10,669	29	543	+ 10,126
Lung Disease	3	7,258	23	894	+ 6,365
Stroke	4	5,889	9	3,541	+ 2,347
Lung Cancers	5	5,778	49	164	+ 5,614
Kidney Disease	6	3,190	20	1,090	+ 2,099
Drug Use	7	2,765	63	33	+ 2,732
Hypertension	8	2,450	19	1,131	+ 1,320
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,297	36	360	+ 1,937
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,282	17	1,312	+ 970
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	2,241	1	9,918	- 7,677
Suicide	12	1,973	33	425	+ 1,547
Breast Cancer	13	1,808	26	695	+ 1,114
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,745	46	192	+ 1,554
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,645	54	109	+ 1,537
Liver Disease	16	1,612	12	1,823	- 211
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,549	7	4,063	- 2,514
Falls	18	1,502	41	269	+ 1,232
Lymphomas	19	1,496	34	422	+ 1,074
Prostate Cancer	20	1,323	35	409	+ 914
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,281	52	125	+ 1,157
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,208	45	217	+ 992
Liver Cancer	23	1,005	38	346	+ 659
Leukemia	24	1,002	40	314	+ 688
Other Injuries	25	966	18	1,207	- 241
Bladder Cancer	26	729	56	88	+ 641
Violence	27	705	15	1,584	- 879
Oesophagus Cancer	28	662	31	435	+ 227
Other Neoplasms	29	659	66	14	+ 645
Alcohol	30	545	62	53	+ 491
Ovary Cancer	31	542	47	188	+ 354
Skin Cancers	32	532	51	127	+ 404
Stomach Cancer	33	486	44	241	+ 245
Congenital Anomalies	34	437	11	2,020	- 1,583
Oral Cancer	35	429	43	259	+ 170
Uterin Cancer	36	374	60	66	+ 308
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	370	3	7,270	- 6,900
Cervical Cancer	38	259	25	761	- 501
Low Birth Weight	39	257	6	4,339	- 4,082
Malnutrition	40	251	14	1,660	- 1,409
Hepatitis C	41	211	69	11	+ 200
HIV/AIDS	42	210	2	7,915	- 7,705
Skin Disease	43	201	55	97	+ 103
Multiple Sclerosis	44	188	72	4	+ 184
Drownings	45	151	30	466	- 315
Asthma	46	142	28	587	- 445
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	135	53	121	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	129	48	186	- 58
Fires	49	118	32	433	- 315
Epilepsy	50	117	50	152	- 35
Anemia	51	116	81	0	+ 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	91	65	16	+ 75
Poisonings	53	62	42	259	- 197
Birth Trauma	54	46	5	5,210	- 5,165
War	55	44	27	614	- 570
Maternal Conditions	56	29	16	1,521	- 1,492
Schizophrenia	57	27	83	0	+ 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	25	84	0	+ 25
Hepatitis B	59	23	57	77	- 54
Meningitis	60	23	13	1,780	- 1,757
Osteoarthritis	61	21	85	0	+ 21
Tuberculosis	62	20	8	3,771	- 3,751
Appendicitis	63	16	61	65	- 49
Oral conditions	64	11	86	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	65	9	59	70	- 61
Syphilis	66	2	37	351	- 349
Otitis Media	67	1	70	6	- 5
Encephalitis	68	1	64	32	- 31
Pertussis	69	1	24	784	- 783
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	22	937	- 937
Schistosomiasis	72	0	58	72	- 71
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	12	- 12
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	79	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Measles	80	0	39	334	- 334
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	11	- 11
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	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.