OMAN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,835	4	701	+ 1,134
Stroke	2	1,711	2	1,648	+ 63
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,591	1	5,287	- 3,697
HIV/AIDS	4	1,530	41	31	+ 1,499
Malaria	5	1,259	74	0	+ 1,259
Tuberculosis	6	1,152	48	18	+ 1,134
Road Traffic Accidents	7	881	5	527	+ 354
Low Birth Weight	8	752	15	207	+ 545
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	738	28	78	+ 659
Birth Trauma	10	699	29	77	+ 622
Liver Disease	11	683	6	406	+ 277
Diabetes Mellitus	12	669	3	1,029	- 360
Kidney Disease	13	469	11	312	+ 157
Congenital Anomalies	14	444	7	386	+ 58
Lung Disease	15	352	9	325	+ 27
Meningitis	16	337	47	21	+ 316
Liver Cancer	17	322	24	116	+ 205
Other Injuries	18	274	20	130	+ 145
Hypertension	19	252	8	360	- 108
Cervical Cancer	20	244	34	42	+ 201
Suicide	21	225	13	241	- 16
Maternal Conditions	22	225	46	22	+ 203
Asthma	23	223	55	11	+ 212
Endocrine Disorders	24	222	32	53	+ 169
Breast Cancer	25	219	18	141	+ 77
Malnutrition	26	211	60	2	+ 209
Violence	27	210	39	34	+ 175
Inflammatory/Heart	28	182	21	127	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	146	10	323	- 177
Falls	30	132	12	292	- 161
Prostate Cancer	31	116	37	37	+ 79
Lymphomas	32	99	19	138	- 39
Stomach Cancer	33	98	17	185	- 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	91	16	205	- 114
Pertussis	35	84	51	13	+ 71
Drownings	36	84	14	211	- 127
Fires	37	82	36	38	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	38	79	43	26	+ 53
Drug Use	39	71	42	29	+ 42
Poisonings	40	59	33	47	+ 12
Syphilis	41	54	61	2	+ 53
Oral Cancer	42	54	31	70	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	43	44	26	110	- 66
Encephalitis	44	40	23	126	- 85
Leukemia	45	38	22	127	- 89
Pancreas Cancer	46	38	30	77	- 39
Epilepsy	47	37	44	22	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	36	38	36	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	49	32	40	32	- 0
Skin Disease	50	30	27	92	- 62
Schistosomiasis	51	29	59	2	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	29	53	12	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	53	28	35	41	- 14
Alcohol	54	28	50	13	+ 14
Lung Cancers	55	27	25	113	- 86
Tetanus	56	25	63	1	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	57	25	54	11	+ 13
Skin Cancers	58	24	45	22	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	16	57	5	+ 12
Measles	60	15	76	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	61	13	52	12	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	11	64	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	63	5	56	7	- 1
War	64	3	58	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	62	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	1	65	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	49	16	- 16
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
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

Ghana

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.