OMAN VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,891	48	18	+ 2,873
HIV/AIDS	2	1,793	41	31	+ 1,762
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,619	1	5,287	- 3,668
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,535	4	701	+ 834
Stroke	5	1,425	2	1,648	- 223
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,021	3	1,029	- 8
Malaria	7	858	74	0	+ 858
Road Traffic Accidents	8	824	5	527	+ 297
Low Birth Weight	9	786	15	207	+ 579
Liver Disease	10	662	6	406	+ 256
Hypertension	11	655	8	360	+ 295
Kidney Disease	12	610	11	312	+ 298
Birth Trauma	13	576	29	77	+ 499
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	506	28	78	+ 427
Congenital Anomalies	15	453	7	386	+ 67
Lung Disease	16	342	9	325	+ 17
Violence	17	292	39	34	+ 258
Suicide	18	290	13	241	+ 49
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	241	10	323	- 82
Measles	20	232	76	0	+ 232
Maternal Conditions	21	231	46	22	+ 209
Other Injuries	22	222	20	130	+ 92
Meningitis	23	180	47	21	+ 159
Inflammatory/Heart	24	161	21	127	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	25	156	32	53	+ 103
Cervical Cancer	26	153	34	42	+ 110
Breast Cancer	27	147	18	141	+ 6
Asthma	28	144	55	11	+ 133
Lung Cancers	29	139	25	113	+ 26
Falls	30	134	12	292	- 158
Pertussis	31	129	51	13	+ 116
Prostate Cancer	32	127	37	37	+ 90
Malnutrition	33	123	60	2	+ 121
Oral Cancer	34	110	31	70	+ 40
Liver Cancer	35	84	24	116	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	36	75	26	110	- 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	68	16	205	- 136
Drownings	38	66	14	211	- 144
Fires	39	61	36	38	+ 23
Epilepsy	40	59	44	22	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	58	38	36	+ 21
Trypanosomiasis	42	56	75	0	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	43	55	35	41	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	44	55	40	32	+ 23
Drug Use	45	54	42	29	+ 25
Skin Cancers	46	54	45	22	+ 32
Syphilis	47	52	61	2	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	48	52	17	185	- 134
Lymphomas	49	50	19	138	- 87
Poisonings	50	44	33	47	- 3
Ovary Cancer	51	42	43	26	+ 16
Skin Disease	52	34	27	92	- 58
Pancreas Cancer	53	33	30	77	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	32	53	12	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	55	31	54	11	+ 19
Alcohol	56	31	50	13	+ 17
Leukemia	57	27	22	127	- 100
Schistosomiasis	58	22	59	2	+ 20
Tetanus	59	13	63	1	+ 12
Encephalitis	60	11	23	126	- 114
Appendicitis	61	11	57	5	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	10	64	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	10	62	2	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	64	8	56	7	+ 2
War	65	4	58	4	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	4	67	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	52	12	- 9
Hepatitis C	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	49	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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
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 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.