OMAN VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,978	1	5,287	- 309
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,067	10	323	+ 2,744
Stroke	3	2,413	2	1,648	+ 765
Lung Cancers	4	2,208	25	113	+ 2,095
Lung Disease	5	2,097	9	325	+ 1,772
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,850	4	701	+ 1,149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,084	16	205	+ 880
Kidney Disease	8	962	11	312	+ 649
Breast Cancer	9	843	18	141	+ 702
Suicide	10	688	13	241	+ 446
Other Injuries	11	654	20	130	+ 524
Other Neoplasms	12	595	56	7	+ 589
Prostate Cancer	13	594	37	37	+ 557
Pancreas Cancer	14	589	30	77	+ 513
Falls	15	572	12	292	+ 280
Lymphomas	16	506	19	138	+ 368
Liver Disease	17	467	6	406	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	18	466	32	53	+ 413
Parkinson's Disease	19	449	26	110	+ 339
Diabetes Mellitus	20	414	3	1,029	- 616
Leukemia	21	391	22	127	+ 264
Bladder Cancer	22	351	35	41	+ 310
Inflammatory/Heart	23	345	21	127	+ 218
Liver Cancer	24	318	24	116	+ 201
Oesophagus Cancer	25	293	40	32	+ 260
Stomach Cancer	26	281	17	185	+ 96
Hypertension	27	241	8	360	- 119
Oral Cancer	28	220	31	70	+ 150
Road Traffic Accidents	29	217	5	527	- 310
Ovary Cancer	30	213	43	26	+ 186
Skin Cancers	31	170	45	22	+ 148
Alcohol	32	163	50	13	+ 149
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	136	28	78	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	34	125	54	11	+ 114
Skin Disease	35	124	27	92	+ 32
Epilepsy	36	113	44	22	+ 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	95	53	12	+ 84
Malnutrition	38	95	60	2	+ 93
Drug Use	39	94	42	29	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	40	92	7	386	- 294
Cervical Cancer	41	79	34	42	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	69	38	36	+ 33
Anemia	43	65	82	0	+ 65
Violence	44	49	39	34	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	45	48	52	12	+ 36
Asthma	46	42	55	11	+ 30
Drownings	47	26	14	211	- 185
Fires	48	24	36	38	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	24	62	2	+ 22
Low Birth Weight	50	23	15	207	- 184
Osteoarthritis	51	19	85	0	+ 19
Hepatitis C	52	17	71	0	+ 17
Birth Trauma	53	15	29	77	- 62
Tuberculosis	54	15	48	18	- 3
Poisonings	55	13	33	47	- 34
Schizophrenia	56	13	83	0	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	57	12	41	31	- 19
Meningitis	58	9	47	21	- 12
Upper Respiratory	59	7	67	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	7	84	0	+ 7
Oral conditions	61	6	86	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	62	5	57	5	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	5	64	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	64	2	46	22	- 20
Otitis Media	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	0	23	126	- 125
War	67	0	58	4	- 4
Pertussis	68	0	51	13	- 13
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	61	2	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	63	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	49	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

Belgium

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.