SOUTH SUDAN VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	9,412	8	3,771	+ 5,641
HIV/AIDS	2	5,837	2	7,915	- 2,078
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,272	10	2,930	+ 2,342
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,998	1	9,918	- 4,920
Stroke	5	4,638	9	3,541	+ 1,097
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,325	17	1,312	+ 2,014
Malaria	7	2,793	4	5,342	- 2,549
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,682	7	4,063	- 1,380
Low Birth Weight	9	2,558	6	4,339	- 1,781
Liver Disease	10	2,155	12	1,823	+ 332
Hypertension	11	2,133	19	1,131	+ 1,002
Kidney Disease	12	1,985	20	1,090	+ 895
Birth Trauma	13	1,876	5	5,210	- 3,335
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,646	3	7,270	- 5,623
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,476	11	2,020	- 543
Lung Disease	16	1,113	23	894	+ 219
Violence	17	951	15	1,584	- 633
Suicide	18	945	33	425	+ 520
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	784	29	543	+ 241
Measles	20	756	39	334	+ 422
Maternal Conditions	21	752	16	1,521	- 769
Other Injuries	22	722	18	1,207	- 484
Meningitis	23	585	13	1,780	- 1,195
Inflammatory/Heart	24	524	45	217	+ 308
Endocrine Disorders	25	507	46	192	+ 316
Cervical Cancer	26	498	25	761	- 263
Breast Cancer	27	477	26	695	- 217
Asthma	28	468	28	587	- 119
Lung Cancers	29	451	49	164	+ 287
Falls	30	437	41	269	+ 167
Pertussis	31	420	24	784	- 364
Prostate Cancer	32	412	35	409	+ 3
Malnutrition	33	402	14	1,660	- 1,258
Oral Cancer	34	358	43	259	+ 99
Liver Cancer	35	272	38	346	- 74
Parkinson's Disease	36	244	52	125	+ 120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	223	36	360	- 137
Drownings	38	216	30	466	- 250
Fires	39	200	32	433	- 234
Epilepsy	40	192	50	152	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	188	48	186	+ 2
Trypanosomiasis	42	183	71	5	+ 178
Bladder Cancer	43	180	56	88	+ 92
Oesophagus Cancer	44	179	31	435	- 256
Drug Use	45	175	63	33	+ 142
Skin Cancers	46	175	51	127	+ 48
Syphilis	47	169	37	351	- 182
Stomach Cancer	48	168	44	241	- 73
Lymphomas	49	164	34	422	- 258
Poisonings	50	145	42	259	- 115
Ovary Cancer	51	137	47	188	- 51
Skin Disease	52	112	55	97	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	53	107	54	109	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	103	53	121	- 18
Uterin Cancer	55	100	60	66	+ 34
Alcohol	56	100	62	53	+ 47
Leukemia	57	87	40	314	- 226
Schistosomiasis	58	72	58	72	+ 0
Tetanus	59	44	22	937	- 894
Encephalitis	60	37	64	32	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	34	61	65	- 31
Hepatitis B	62	34	57	77	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	32	65	16	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	64	28	66	14	+ 14
War	65	14	27	614	- 600
Upper Respiratory	66	13	59	70	- 57
Multiple Sclerosis	67	8	72	4	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	5	69	11	- 6
Diphtheria	69	2	67	12	- 10
Ascariasis	70	2	68	11	- 9
Chlamydia	71	1	73	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	1	70	6	- 5
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Gabon

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.