SOUTH SUDAN VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,144	10	2,930	+ 15,215
Stroke	2	11,520	9	3,541	+ 7,979
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,068	17	1,312	+ 3,756
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,967	1	9,918	- 4,951
Lung Disease	5	4,330	23	894	+ 3,437
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,192	3	7,270	- 4,078
Kidney Disease	7	2,814	20	1,090	+ 1,723
Suicide	8	2,160	33	425	+ 1,735
Liver Disease	9	2,055	12	1,823	+ 232
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,907	11	2,020	- 113
Hypertension	11	1,879	19	1,131	+ 748
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,781	7	4,063	- 2,282
Asthma	13	1,780	28	587	+ 1,192
Low Birth Weight	14	1,730	6	4,339	- 2,609
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,397	53	121	+ 1,276
Drownings	16	1,390	30	466	+ 924
Other Injuries	17	1,193	18	1,207	- 14
Liver Cancer	18	1,098	38	346	+ 752
Birth Trauma	19	785	5	5,210	- 4,426
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	737	48	186	+ 551
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	703	29	543	+ 160
Tuberculosis	22	650	8	3,771	- 3,121
Lung Cancers	23	600	49	164	+ 436
Maternal Conditions	24	564	16	1,521	- 957
Falls	25	526	41	269	+ 256
Breast Cancer	26	517	26	695	- 177
Cervical Cancer	27	513	25	761	- 248
Parkinson's Disease	28	464	52	125	+ 339
Inflammatory/Heart	29	444	45	217	+ 227
Pertussis	30	405	24	784	- 378
Malnutrition	31	400	14	1,660	- 1,260
Leukemia	32	357	40	314	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	33	351	46	192	+ 159
Prostate Cancer	34	347	35	409	- 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	339	36	360	- 20
Meningitis	36	322	13	1,780	- 1,457
Syphilis	37	306	37	351	- 45
Violence	38	271	15	1,584	- 1,313
Skin Disease	39	271	55	97	+ 173
Stomach Cancer	40	245	44	241	+ 4
Epilepsy	41	211	50	152	+ 59
Fires	42	167	32	433	- 266
Alcohol	43	159	62	53	+ 106
Ovary Cancer	44	157	47	188	- 31
Lymphomas	45	128	34	422	- 294
Tetanus	46	114	22	937	- 823
Poisonings	47	88	42	259	- 171
Uterin Cancer	48	78	60	66	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	49	75	56	88	- 13
Appendicitis	50	54	61	65	- 11
Hepatitis B	51	50	57	77	- 27
Encephalitis	52	42	64	32	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	53	35	54	109	- 73
Oral Cancer	54	33	43	259	- 226
Other Neoplasms	55	29	66	14	+ 15
Drug Use	56	17	63	33	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	72	4	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	10	65	16	- 6
Dengue	59	8	74	0	+ 7
Diphtheria	60	7	67	12	- 5
Hepatitis C	61	6	69	11	- 5
Measles	62	4	39	334	- 330
Ascariasis	63	3	68	11	- 8
War	64	1	27	614	- 613
Upper Respiratory	65	1	59	70	- 69
Chlamydia	66	1	73	2	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	68	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	2	7,915	- 7,915
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	74	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Malaria	75	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Schistosomiasis	76	0	58	72	- 72
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	31	435	- 435
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	51	127	- 127
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Vanuatu

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.