OMAN VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,512	4	701	+ 811
HIV/AIDS	2	1,399	41	31	+ 1,368
Tuberculosis	3	1,317	48	18	+ 1,299
Stroke	4	1,065	2	1,648	- 583
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,033	28	78	+ 955
Road Traffic Accidents	6	997	5	527	+ 470
Liver Disease	7	898	6	406	+ 492
Malaria	8	848	74	0	+ 848
Coronary Heart Disease	9	802	1	5,287	- 4,485
Birth Trauma	10	667	29	77	+ 590
Low Birth Weight	11	641	15	207	+ 434
Congenital Anomalies	12	410	7	386	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	13	379	46	22	+ 357
Diabetes Mellitus	14	379	3	1,029	- 650
Meningitis	15	359	47	21	+ 338
Kidney Disease	16	299	11	312	- 13
Hypertension	17	296	8	360	- 64
Oesophagus Cancer	18	293	40	32	+ 261
Other Injuries	19	290	20	130	+ 161
Lung Disease	20	287	9	325	- 38
Malnutrition	21	282	60	2	+ 280
Cervical Cancer	22	227	34	42	+ 185
Suicide	23	215	13	241	- 26
Violence	24	197	39	34	+ 163
Breast Cancer	25	178	18	141	+ 37
Asthma	26	154	55	11	+ 143
Tetanus	27	143	63	1	+ 142
Stomach Cancer	28	135	17	185	- 51
Lymphomas	29	129	19	138	- 8
Oral Cancer	30	123	31	70	+ 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	122	10	323	- 201
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	99	16	205	- 106
Falls	33	98	12	292	- 194
Liver Cancer	34	90	24	116	- 26
Leukemia	35	89	22	127	- 38
Fires	36	88	36	38	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	37	87	37	37	+ 50
Poisonings	38	85	33	47	+ 38
Drownings	39	80	14	211	- 130
Inflammatory/Heart	40	75	21	127	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	73	38	36	+ 37
Pertussis	42	68	51	13	+ 55
Epilepsy	43	56	44	22	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	44	56	32	53	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	45	53	43	26	+ 27
Pancreas Cancer	46	48	30	77	- 29
Lung Cancers	47	45	25	113	- 68
Skin Cancers	48	43	45	22	+ 21
Hepatitis B	49	35	64	0	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	50	31	26	110	- 78
Skin Disease	51	30	27	92	- 61
Syphilis	52	30	61	2	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	27	53	12	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	54	25	59	2	+ 23
Alcohol	55	24	50	13	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	56	22	54	11	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	57	21	35	41	- 20
Appendicitis	58	16	57	5	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	59	13	66	0	+ 13
Encephalitis	60	13	23	126	- 113
Hepatitis C	61	10	71	0	+ 10
Drug Use	62	8	42	29	- 21
Measles	63	7	76	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	64	6	67	0	+ 6
War	65	6	58	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	62	2	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	67	4	56	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	52	12	- 9
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	49	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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

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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.