OMAN VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,886	41	31	+ 2,855
Tuberculosis	2	1,780	48	18	+ 1,762
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,649	4	701	+ 948
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,596	1	5,287	- 3,691
Stroke	5	1,450	2	1,648	- 197
Malaria	6	1,265	74	0	+ 1,265
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,023	5	527	+ 496
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	835	28	78	+ 756
Low Birth Weight	9	821	15	207	+ 614
Diabetes Mellitus	10	672	3	1,029	- 357
Birth Trauma	11	638	29	77	+ 561
Hypertension	12	597	8	360	+ 237
Liver Disease	13	595	6	406	+ 189
Congenital Anomalies	14	466	7	386	+ 80
Kidney Disease	15	392	11	312	+ 80
Maternal Conditions	16	370	46	22	+ 348
Lung Disease	17	346	9	325	+ 21
Violence	18	345	39	34	+ 310
Suicide	19	223	13	241	- 18
Other Injuries	20	213	20	130	+ 83
Pertussis	21	211	51	13	+ 197
Meningitis	22	191	47	21	+ 171
Asthma	23	186	55	11	+ 175
Malnutrition	24	174	60	2	+ 172
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	147	10	323	- 176
Inflammatory/Heart	26	140	21	127	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	27	133	32	53	+ 80
Prostate Cancer	28	127	37	37	+ 90
Cervical Cancer	29	126	34	42	+ 83
Liver Cancer	30	108	24	116	- 8
Measles	31	102	76	0	+ 102
Breast Cancer	32	102	18	141	- 40
Falls	33	95	12	292	- 197
Syphilis	34	68	61	2	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	67	38	36	+ 31
Drownings	36	66	14	211	- 144
Fires	37	58	36	38	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	57	16	205	- 148
Stomach Cancer	39	56	17	185	- 129
Epilepsy	40	49	44	22	+ 27
Poisonings	41	45	33	47	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	42	44	26	110	- 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	43	53	12	+ 31
Drug Use	44	42	42	29	+ 13
Lymphomas	45	39	19	138	- 99
Leukemia	46	37	22	127	- 90
Lung Cancers	47	34	25	113	- 79
Ovary Cancer	48	32	43	26	+ 5
Alcohol	49	29	50	13	+ 16
Skin Disease	50	29	27	92	- 63
Schistosomiasis	51	29	59	2	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	52	27	30	77	- 50
Skin Cancers	53	23	45	22	+ 1
Oral Cancer	54	21	31	70	- 49
Tetanus	55	15	63	1	+ 14
Encephalitis	56	13	23	126	- 113
Oesophagus Cancer	57	12	40	32	- 20
Appendicitis	58	12	57	5	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	10	62	2	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	60	9	54	11	- 2
Bladder Cancer	61	9	35	41	- 32
Hepatitis B	62	9	64	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	63	5	56	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	64	4	67	0	+ 4
Trypanosomiasis	65	4	75	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	52	12	- 9
Hepatitis C	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
War	72	0	58	4	- 4
Dengue	73	0	49	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

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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.