SOUTH SUDAN VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,806	2	7,915	+ 6,891
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,985	1	9,918	- 1,933
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,291	10	2,930	+ 3,361
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,472	7	4,063	+ 409
Stroke	5	3,797	9	3,541	+ 255
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,403	3	7,270	- 3,866
Low Birth Weight	7	2,991	6	4,339	- 1,349
Birth Trauma	8	2,523	5	5,210	- 2,688
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,477	17	1,312	+ 1,165
Malnutrition	10	1,775	14	1,660	+ 115
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,642	11	2,020	- 377
Kidney Disease	12	1,640	20	1,090	+ 549
Suicide	13	1,532	33	425	+ 1,107
Cervical Cancer	14	1,498	25	761	+ 738
Malaria	15	1,484	4	5,342	- 3,858
Tuberculosis	16	1,481	8	3,771	- 2,290
Liver Disease	17	1,438	12	1,823	- 385
Violence	18	1,419	15	1,584	- 165
Maternal Conditions	19	1,296	16	1,521	- 225
Other Injuries	20	1,226	18	1,207	+ 20
Asthma	21	1,134	28	587	+ 546
Meningitis	22	982	13	1,780	- 798
Lung Disease	23	862	23	894	- 32
Hypertension	24	849	19	1,131	- 282
Inflammatory/Heart	25	776	45	217	+ 559
Lymphomas	26	711	34	422	+ 288
Drownings	27	708	30	466	+ 242
Breast Cancer	28	622	26	695	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	29	594	31	435	+ 158
Fires	30	587	32	433	+ 154
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	569	29	543	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	32	465	35	409	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	33	414	44	241	+ 173
Endocrine Disorders	34	410	46	192	+ 218
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	406	48	186	+ 220
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	401	53	121	+ 280
Poisonings	37	382	42	259	+ 123
Liver Cancer	38	378	38	346	+ 32
Epilepsy	39	376	50	152	+ 224
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	374	36	360	+ 14
Falls	41	344	41	269	+ 75
Pertussis	42	310	24	784	- 474
Lung Cancers	43	212	49	164	+ 48
Skin Cancers	44	196	51	127	+ 68
Leukemia	45	180	40	314	- 133
Parkinson's Disease	46	167	52	125	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	47	161	54	109	+ 52
Drug Use	48	157	63	33	+ 125
Oral Cancer	49	154	43	259	- 105
Uterin Cancer	50	135	60	66	+ 69
Ovary Cancer	51	128	47	188	- 59
Skin Disease	52	128	55	97	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	53	127	58	72	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	54	92	56	88	+ 4
Syphilis	55	92	37	351	- 259
Encephalitis	56	87	64	32	+ 55
Tetanus	57	75	22	937	- 862
Appendicitis	58	49	61	65	- 16
Upper Respiratory	59	48	59	70	- 22
Hepatitis B	60	42	57	77	- 35
Alcohol	61	36	62	53	- 18
Other Neoplasms	62	28	66	14	+ 14
Measles	63	23	39	334	- 312
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	19	65	16	+ 3
War	65	19	27	614	- 595
Hepatitis C	66	11	69	11	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	10	72	4	+ 6
Otitis Media	68	2	70	6	- 3
Chlamydia	69	2	73	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	2	68	11	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	71	5	- 3
Diphtheria	72	1	67	12	- 10
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Leprosy	78	0	77	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

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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.