SOUTH SUDAN VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,920	10	2,930	+ 8,990
Stroke	2	5,363	9	3,541	+ 1,822
War	3	5,105	27	614	+ 4,490
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,735	1	9,918	- 5,183
Low Birth Weight	5	3,482	6	4,339	- 857
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,384	7	4,063	- 679
Birth Trauma	7	2,348	5	5,210	- 2,863
Hypertension	8	2,092	19	1,131	+ 962
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,728	3	7,270	- 5,542
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,696	11	2,020	- 324
Lung Disease	11	1,263	23	894	+ 370
Measles	12	1,193	39	334	+ 859
Liver Disease	13	1,143	12	1,823	- 680
Violence	14	1,122	15	1,584	- 462
Kidney Disease	15	1,059	20	1,090	- 32
Other Injuries	16	880	18	1,207	- 327
Asthma	17	832	28	587	+ 245
Tuberculosis	18	751	8	3,771	- 3,020
Diabetes Mellitus	19	709	17	1,312	- 603
Malaria	20	679	4	5,342	- 4,663
Suicide	21	671	33	425	+ 246
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	555	29	543	+ 12
Pertussis	23	490	24	784	- 294
Falls	24	462	41	269	+ 193
Drownings	25	451	30	466	- 15
Breast Cancer	26	448	26	695	- 246
Malnutrition	27	418	14	1,660	- 1,242
Meningitis	28	403	13	1,780	- 1,377
Fires	29	392	32	433	- 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	361	36	360	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	31	357	44	241	+ 116
Maternal Conditions	32	352	16	1,521	- 1,169
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	329	48	186	+ 143
Leukemia	34	307	40	314	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	35	302	31	435	- 133
Endocrine Disorders	36	292	46	192	+ 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	279	53	121	+ 158
Drug Use	38	242	63	33	+ 209
Liver Cancer	39	241	38	346	- 105
Inflammatory/Heart	40	231	45	217	+ 15
Lung Cancers	41	225	49	164	+ 61
Oral Cancer	42	216	43	259	- 43
Epilepsy	43	213	50	152	+ 61
Poisonings	44	210	42	259	- 49
Lymphomas	45	171	34	422	- 251
HIV/AIDS	46	157	2	7,915	- 7,758
Tetanus	47	156	22	937	- 781
Encephalitis	48	146	64	32	+ 114
Parkinson's Disease	49	143	52	125	+ 18
Hepatitis B	50	118	57	77	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	51	112	54	109	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	52	74	47	188	- 114
Syphilis	53	69	37	351	- 282
Appendicitis	54	64	61	65	- 1
Bladder Cancer	55	63	56	88	- 25
Schistosomiasis	56	49	58	72	- 23
Cervical Cancer	57	47	25	761	- 713
Skin Cancers	58	39	51	127	- 88
Alcohol	59	31	62	53	- 22
Dengue	60	28	74	0	+ 28
Skin Disease	61	17	55	97	- 80
Multiple Sclerosis	62	16	72	4	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	63	16	35	409	- 393
Other Neoplasms	64	8	66	14	- 6
Ascariasis	65	7	68	11	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	65	16	- 10
Diphtheria	67	5	67	12	- 6
Hepatitis C	68	3	69	11	- 8
Uterin Cancer	69	2	60	66	- 64
Upper Respiratory	70	2	59	70	- 68
Leishmaniasis	71	1	21	1,005	- 1,005
Chlamydia	72	0	73	2	- 2
Otitis Media	73	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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

Yemen

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.