SOUTH SUDAN VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,142	10	2,930	+ 8,212
Violence	2	10,512	15	1,584	+ 8,928
Kidney Disease	3	9,056	20	1,090	+ 7,966
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,634	1	9,918	- 5,284
Stroke	5	3,057	9	3,541	- 484
Lung Disease	6	2,861	23	894	+ 1,967
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,655	17	1,312	+ 1,343
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,581	7	4,063	- 1,481
HIV/AIDS	9	1,614	2	7,915	- 6,301
Liver Disease	10	1,528	12	1,823	- 295
Stomach Cancer	11	1,345	44	241	+ 1,105
Alcohol	12	1,242	62	53	+ 1,189
Cervical Cancer	13	865	25	761	+ 105
Congenital Anomalies	14	861	11	2,020	- 1,159
Suicide	15	748	33	425	+ 323
Liver Cancer	16	681	38	346	+ 335
Prostate Cancer	17	629	35	409	+ 221
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	613	29	543	+ 70
Low Birth Weight	19	608	6	4,339	- 3,732
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	603	36	360	+ 243
Leukemia	21	597	40	314	+ 284
Breast Cancer	22	559	26	695	- 136
Lung Cancers	23	555	49	164	+ 391
Falls	24	465	41	269	+ 196
Endocrine Disorders	25	427	46	192	+ 235
Malnutrition	26	411	14	1,660	- 1,249
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	381	3	7,270	- 6,888
Lymphomas	28	357	34	422	- 66
Pancreas Cancer	29	308	54	109	+ 199
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	301	48	186	+ 115
Hypertension	31	280	19	1,131	- 851
Other Neoplasms	32	278	66	14	+ 264
Drownings	33	262	30	466	- 204
Anemia	34	251	81	0	+ 251
Asthma	35	234	28	587	- 353
Skin Disease	36	231	55	97	+ 134
Birth Trauma	37	231	5	5,210	- 4,979
Other Injuries	38	183	18	1,207	- 1,024
Oral Cancer	39	180	43	259	- 79
Ovary Cancer	40	179	47	188	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	41	154	31	435	- 281
Inflammatory/Heart	42	149	45	217	- 68
Drug Use	43	141	63	33	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	44	134	52	125	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	123	84	0	+ 123
Tuberculosis	46	115	8	3,771	- 3,656
Skin Cancers	47	114	51	127	- 13
Epilepsy	48	97	50	152	- 56
Bladder Cancer	49	80	56	88	- 8
Uterin Cancer	50	76	60	66	+ 10
Meningitis	51	68	13	1,780	- 1,712
Pertussis	52	62	24	784	- 722
Maternal Conditions	53	51	16	1,521	- 1,470
Fires	54	41	32	433	- 392
Chagas disease	55	35	78	0	+ 35
Appendicitis	56	34	61	65	- 31
Poisonings	57	29	42	259	- 230
Syphilis	58	27	37	351	- 324
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	27	65	16	+ 11
Tetanus	60	22	22	937	- 916
Dengue	61	17	74	0	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	62	16	59	70	- 54
Encephalitis	63	14	64	32	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	64	13	72	4	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	12	53	121	- 109
Hepatitis B	66	9	57	77	- 68
Schizophrenia	67	7	83	0	+ 7
Oral conditions	68	4	86	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	69	3	85	0	+ 3
War	70	1	27	614	- 613
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	68	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	73	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Diphtheria	74	0	67	12	- 12
Hepatitis C	75	0	69	11	- 11
Measles	76	0	39	334	- 334
Otitis Media	77	0	70	6	- 6
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	73	2	- 2
Malaria	80	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	71	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	82	0	58	72	- 72
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

El Salvador

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.