SUDAN VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	47,354	1	43,966	+ 3,388
Stroke	2	21,307	2	20,582	+ 725
War	3	20,279	56	336	+ 19,943
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	18,809	4	12,619	+ 6,189
Low Birth Weight	5	13,833	3	16,036	- 2,203
Road Traffic Accidents	6	13,442	5	11,459	+ 1,984
Birth Trauma	7	9,326	7	8,526	+ 801
Hypertension	8	8,312	8	7,287	+ 1,025
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	6,865	9	6,277	+ 588
Congenital Anomalies	10	6,738	11	5,507	+ 1,230
Lung Disease	11	5,018	13	4,382	+ 637
Measles	12	4,741	6	9,301	- 4,560
Liver Disease	13	4,540	14	4,348	+ 192
Violence	14	4,458	21	2,478	+ 1,980
Kidney Disease	15	4,206	12	5,095	- 889
Other Injuries	16	3,494	18	2,912	+ 582
Asthma	17	3,307	19	2,636	+ 671
Tuberculosis	18	2,983	15	4,250	- 1,267
Diabetes Mellitus	19	2,818	17	3,070	- 253
Malaria	20	2,699	10	5,614	- 2,915
Suicide	21	2,667	27	1,644	+ 1,023
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	2,207	20	2,584	- 377
Pertussis	23	1,946	24	1,899	+ 47
Falls	24	1,837	28	1,559	+ 278
Drownings	25	1,793	26	1,684	+ 110
Breast Cancer	26	1,780	16	3,071	- 1,291
Malnutrition	27	1,662	34	1,089	+ 573
Meningitis	28	1,599	33	1,092	+ 507
Fires	29	1,556	31	1,310	+ 246
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,434	35	1,049	+ 385
Stomach Cancer	31	1,417	51	478	+ 939
Maternal Conditions	32	1,397	23	1,961	- 564
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,309	40	775	+ 534
Leukemia	34	1,219	25	1,828	- 609
Oesophagus Cancer	35	1,201	32	1,126	+ 75
Endocrine Disorders	36	1,158	30	1,459	- 301
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	1,110	46	684	+ 425
Drug Use	38	962	36	1,036	- 74
Liver Cancer	39	956	37	946	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	40	918	38	839	+ 79
Lung Cancers	41	894	48	545	+ 349
Oral Cancer	42	859	50	493	+ 367
Epilepsy	43	846	43	735	+ 112
Poisonings	44	835	42	744	+ 91
Lymphomas	45	679	29	1,533	- 854
HIV/AIDS	46	622	22	2,331	- 1,709
Tetanus	47	620	53	378	+ 242
Encephalitis	48	579	57	303	+ 276
Parkinson's Disease	49	568	45	705	- 137
Hepatitis B	50	470	44	730	- 260
Pancreas Cancer	51	444	58	272	+ 172
Ovary Cancer	52	296	39	794	- 498
Syphilis	53	275	47	603	- 328
Appendicitis	54	254	59	155	+ 99
Bladder Cancer	55	252	54	369	- 117
Schistosomiasis	56	194	63	68	+ 126
Cervical Cancer	57	187	41	770	- 583
Skin Cancers	58	156	55	356	- 200
Alcohol	59	123	61	84	+ 38
Dengue	60	112	72	0	+ 112
Skin Disease	61	69	60	112	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	62	65	64	54	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	63	62	49	523	- 462
Other Neoplasms	64	33	65	35	- 2
Ascariasis	65	27	66	21	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	22	67	20	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	22	69	11	+ 10
Hepatitis C	68	13	68	17	- 4
Uterin Cancer	69	8	62	71	- 63
Upper Respiratory	70	8	70	5	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	71	4	52	448	- 445
Chlamydia	72	1	71	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

Yemen

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.