OMAN VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,302	41	31	+ 2,271
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,387	4	701	+ 687
Malaria	3	1,131	74	0	+ 1,131
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,115	5	527	+ 588
Stroke	5	1,065	2	1,648	- 583
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,037	28	78	+ 958
Coronary Heart Disease	7	884	1	5,287	- 4,404
Low Birth Weight	8	778	15	207	+ 571
Birth Trauma	9	639	29	77	+ 562
Liver Disease	10	584	6	406	+ 178
Tuberculosis	11	536	48	18	+ 519
Cervical Cancer	12	516	34	42	+ 473
Congenital Anomalies	13	450	7	386	+ 64
Diabetes Mellitus	14	406	3	1,029	- 623
Maternal Conditions	15	332	46	22	+ 311
Oesophagus Cancer	16	330	40	32	+ 298
Hypertension	17	322	8	360	- 38
Meningitis	18	321	47	21	+ 300
Kidney Disease	19	281	11	312	- 31
Malnutrition	20	269	60	2	+ 267
Lung Disease	21	240	9	325	- 85
Other Injuries	22	227	20	130	+ 97
Suicide	23	181	13	241	- 61
Lymphomas	24	150	19	138	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	140	10	323	- 183
Asthma	26	126	55	11	+ 115
Breast Cancer	27	108	18	141	- 33
Falls	28	101	12	292	- 192
Syphilis	29	86	61	2	+ 84
Drownings	30	82	14	211	- 129
Pertussis	31	78	51	13	+ 65
Violence	32	73	39	34	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	33	70	35	41	+ 28
Fires	34	68	36	38	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	35	66	21	127	- 61
Skin Cancers	36	59	45	22	+ 37
Poisonings	37	58	33	47	+ 11
Liver Cancer	38	57	24	116	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	50	38	36	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	40	49	37	37	+ 12
Epilepsy	41	47	44	22	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	42	46	32	53	- 7
Oral Cancer	43	45	31	70	- 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	42	16	205	- 163
Stomach Cancer	45	37	17	185	- 149
Parkinson's Disease	46	36	26	110	- 74
Tetanus	47	32	63	1	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	48	28	43	26	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	28	53	12	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	50	26	59	2	+ 24
Lung Cancers	51	23	25	113	- 89
Alcohol	52	20	50	13	+ 7
Skin Disease	53	18	27	92	- 74
Appendicitis	54	17	57	5	+ 12
Hepatitis B	55	16	64	0	+ 15
Leukemia	56	15	22	127	- 112
Upper Respiratory	57	11	67	0	+ 11
Encephalitis	58	9	23	126	- 117
Drug Use	59	9	42	29	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	60	7	30	77	- 70
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	5	62	2	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	62	4	54	11	- 7
Other Neoplasms	63	3	56	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	3	71	0	+ 3
Dengue	65	2	49	16	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	52	12	- 10
Measles	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	65	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
War	71	0	58	4	- 4
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	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

Malawi

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.