SOUTH SUDAN VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,923	1	9,918	- 4,995
Stroke	2	4,719	9	3,541	+ 1,177
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,467	7	4,063	- 595
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,362	10	2,930	+ 432
Malaria	5	3,075	4	5,342	- 2,267
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,911	3	7,270	- 4,359
HIV/AIDS	7	2,635	2	7,915	- 5,280
Liver Disease	8	2,376	12	1,823	+ 553
Low Birth Weight	9	2,045	6	4,339	- 2,295
Birth Trauma	10	1,761	5	5,210	- 3,450
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,733	17	1,312	+ 421
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,657	11	2,020	- 362
Lung Disease	13	1,450	23	894	+ 556
Hypertension	14	1,266	19	1,131	+ 135
Kidney Disease	15	1,124	20	1,090	+ 34
Malnutrition	16	1,089	14	1,660	- 571
Other Injuries	17	880	18	1,207	- 326
Cervical Cancer	18	877	25	761	+ 116
Meningitis	19	790	13	1,780	- 989
Stomach Cancer	20	727	44	241	+ 487
Maternal Conditions	21	674	16	1,521	- 847
Asthma	22	669	28	587	+ 82
Liver Cancer	23	659	38	346	+ 313
Suicide	24	656	33	425	+ 231
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	613	29	543	+ 70
Tuberculosis	26	583	8	3,771	- 3,188
Breast Cancer	27	559	26	695	- 135
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	551	36	360	+ 191
Violence	29	511	15	1,584	- 1,073
Lymphomas	30	419	34	422	- 3
Falls	31	384	41	269	+ 115
Prostate Cancer	32	369	35	409	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	338	48	186	+ 152
Inflammatory/Heart	34	323	45	217	+ 107
Leukemia	35	296	40	314	- 18
Drownings	36	265	30	466	- 201
Oral Cancer	37	254	43	259	- 5
Fires	38	251	32	433	- 182
Lung Cancers	39	218	49	164	+ 54
Poisonings	40	205	42	259	- 54
Endocrine Disorders	41	205	46	192	+ 13
Pertussis	42	203	24	784	- 581
Pancreas Cancer	43	199	54	109	+ 90
Oesophagus Cancer	44	199	31	435	- 237
Epilepsy	45	178	50	152	+ 26
Syphilis	46	161	37	351	- 190
Parkinson's Disease	47	136	52	125	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	127	53	121	+ 6
Alcohol	49	117	62	53	+ 64
Skin Cancers	50	105	51	127	- 22
Schistosomiasis	51	104	58	72	+ 32
Skin Disease	52	96	55	97	- 2
Ovary Cancer	53	86	47	188	- 102
Appendicitis	54	65	61	65	+ 1
Hepatitis B	55	64	57	77	- 13
Uterin Cancer	56	54	60	66	- 12
Upper Respiratory	57	54	59	70	- 16
Tetanus	58	49	22	937	- 888
Measles	59	48	39	334	- 286
Drug Use	60	42	63	33	+ 9
Encephalitis	61	36	64	32	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	62	33	56	88	- 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	22	65	16	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	64	15	66	14	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	11	69	11	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	72	4	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	4	68	11	- 7
Otitis Media	68	3	70	6	- 2
War	69	2	27	614	- 612
Chlamydia	70	2	73	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	1	67	12	- 11
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Rwanda

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.