OMAN VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,852	1	5,287	- 1,435
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,292	10	323	+ 1,969
Stroke	3	1,798	2	1,648	+ 150
Lung Cancers	4	1,416	25	113	+ 1,303
Lung Disease	5	1,372	9	325	+ 1,047
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,130	16	205	+ 925
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	696	4	701	- 5
Diabetes Mellitus	8	581	3	1,029	- 448
Prostate Cancer	9	559	37	37	+ 522
Breast Cancer	10	557	18	141	+ 416
Falls	11	474	12	292	+ 181
Skin Cancers	12	462	45	22	+ 440
Lymphomas	13	460	19	138	+ 322
Pancreas Cancer	14	410	30	77	+ 334
Suicide	15	399	13	241	+ 158
Road Traffic Accidents	16	346	5	527	- 181
Kidney Disease	17	327	11	312	+ 14
Leukemia	18	296	22	127	+ 169
Parkinson's Disease	19	267	26	110	+ 157
Hypertension	20	247	8	360	- 113
Endocrine Disorders	21	245	32	53	+ 192
Stomach Cancer	22	244	17	185	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	23	237	21	127	+ 109
Liver Cancer	24	218	24	116	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	25	211	40	32	+ 179
Bladder Cancer	26	202	35	41	+ 160
Other Neoplasms	27	185	56	7	+ 178
Other Injuries	28	165	20	130	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	29	156	43	26	+ 130
Congenital Anomalies	30	133	7	386	- 253
Oral Cancer	31	124	31	70	+ 54
Liver Disease	32	119	6	406	- 287
Uterin Cancer	33	109	54	11	+ 98
Skin Disease	34	89	27	92	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	85	53	12	+ 74
Asthma	36	69	55	11	+ 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	61	28	78	- 17
Low Birth Weight	38	59	15	207	- 148
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	53	38	36	+ 17
Drug Use	40	52	42	29	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	41	46	34	42	+ 4
Violence	42	43	39	34	+ 9
Epilepsy	43	42	44	22	+ 20
Drownings	44	41	14	211	- 170
Alcohol	45	39	50	13	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	36	62	2	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	47	33	52	12	+ 21
Hepatitis C	48	22	71	0	+ 22
Osteoarthritis	49	18	85	0	+ 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	17	84	0	+ 17
Anemia	51	13	82	0	+ 13
Tuberculosis	52	13	48	18	- 5
Fires	53	13	36	38	- 25
Birth Trauma	54	11	29	77	- 66
Malnutrition	55	11	60	2	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	10	64	0	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	57	8	41	31	- 23
Poisonings	58	7	33	47	- 40
Meningitis	59	7	47	21	- 14
Schizophrenia	60	6	83	0	+ 6
Oral conditions	61	6	86	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	62	4	57	5	- 0
Maternal Conditions	63	4	46	22	- 18
Upper Respiratory	64	3	67	0	+ 3
Pertussis	65	1	51	13	- 13
Encephalitis	66	1	23	126	- 125
Otitis Media	67	1	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	58	4	- 4
Tetanus	69	0	63	1	- 1
Syphilis	70	0	61	2	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	49	16	- 16
Ascariasis	76	0	65	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	2	- 2
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

New Zealand

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.