OMAN VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,909	1	5,287	- 1,378
War	2	2,492	58	4	+ 2,487
Stroke	3	1,854	2	1,648	+ 206
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,425	4	701	+ 724
Low Birth Weight	5	1,228	15	207	+ 1,021
Birth Trauma	6	1,043	29	77	+ 966
Tuberculosis	7	957	48	18	+ 939
Hypertension	8	778	8	360	+ 418
Maternal Conditions	9	759	46	22	+ 738
Kidney Disease	10	641	11	312	+ 329
Road Traffic Accidents	11	587	5	527	+ 60
Diabetes Mellitus	12	559	3	1,029	- 470
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	540	28	78	+ 462
Congenital Anomalies	14	486	7	386	+ 100
Lung Disease	15	452	9	325	+ 127
Liver Disease	16	447	6	406	+ 41
Asthma	17	331	55	11	+ 320
Other Injuries	18	315	20	130	+ 185
Violence	19	313	39	34	+ 279
Meningitis	20	255	47	21	+ 234
Pertussis	21	205	51	13	+ 192
Breast Cancer	22	177	18	141	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	172	10	323	- 152
Suicide	24	153	13	241	- 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	146	38	36	+ 110
Stomach Cancer	26	146	17	185	- 40
Oral Cancer	27	143	31	70	+ 73
Endocrine Disorders	28	133	32	53	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	29	128	40	32	+ 96
Tetanus	30	122	63	1	+ 121
Encephalitis	31	116	23	126	- 10
Lung Cancers	32	105	25	113	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	101	53	12	+ 90
Drownings	34	97	14	211	- 114
Epilepsy	35	97	44	22	+ 75
Lymphomas	36	92	19	138	- 46
Falls	37	88	12	292	- 204
Hepatitis B	38	84	64	0	+ 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	72	16	205	- 132
Liver Cancer	40	64	24	116	- 52
Parkinson's Disease	41	61	26	110	- 49
Leukemia	42	59	22	127	- 68
Malnutrition	43	57	60	2	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	44	53	34	42	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	45	51	21	127	- 76
HIV/AIDS	46	45	41	31	+ 14
Poisonings	47	37	33	47	- 10
Ovary Cancer	48	36	43	26	+ 10
Measles	49	34	76	0	+ 34
Fires	50	34	36	38	- 4
Drug Use	51	32	42	29	+ 3
Appendicitis	52	29	57	5	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	53	28	54	11	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	54	26	35	41	- 15
Prostate Cancer	55	25	37	37	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	56	22	30	77	- 54
Malaria	57	18	74	0	+ 18
Alcohol	58	15	50	13	+ 1
Skin Cancers	59	14	45	22	- 8
Syphilis	60	9	61	2	+ 7
Skin Disease	61	9	27	92	- 83
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	52	12	- 3
Other Neoplasms	63	3	56	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	3	71	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	62	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	2	65	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	2	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	49	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	2	- 2
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

Afghanistan

Oman

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.