OMAN VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,415	1	5,287	- 1,873
Kidney Disease	2	2,065	11	312	+ 1,752
Stroke	3	1,300	2	1,648	- 348
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,208	3	1,029	+ 179
Lung Disease	5	917	9	325	+ 592
Liver Disease	6	703	6	406	+ 297
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	673	4	701	- 28
Road Traffic Accidents	8	648	5	527	+ 121
Hypertension	9	645	8	360	+ 285
Violence	10	361	39	34	+ 327
Congenital Anomalies	11	334	7	386	- 53
Liver Cancer	12	297	24	116	+ 181
Low Birth Weight	13	286	15	207	+ 79
Stomach Cancer	14	279	17	185	+ 94
Prostate Cancer	15	226	37	37	+ 189
Cervical Cancer	16	219	34	42	+ 176
Other Injuries	17	209	20	130	+ 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	184	16	205	- 20
Suicide	19	166	13	241	- 75
Breast Cancer	20	165	18	141	+ 24
Alcohol	21	163	50	13	+ 149
Falls	22	161	12	292	- 131
Lung Cancers	23	160	25	113	+ 47
Leukemia	24	133	22	127	+ 6
Birth Trauma	25	116	29	77	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	26	112	56	7	+ 106
Pancreas Cancer	27	104	30	77	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	28	96	32	53	+ 43
Lymphomas	29	96	19	138	- 42
Malnutrition	30	95	60	2	+ 93
Skin Disease	31	95	27	92	+ 3
Drownings	32	92	14	211	- 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	87	10	323	- 236
Inflammatory/Heart	34	81	21	127	- 46
HIV/AIDS	35	81	41	31	+ 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	72	28	78	- 7
Tuberculosis	37	67	48	18	+ 49
Asthma	38	61	55	11	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	39	51	46	22	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	50	38	36	+ 14
Epilepsy	41	43	44	22	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	42	39	26	110	- 71
Oral Cancer	43	38	31	70	- 33
Ovary Cancer	44	36	43	26	+ 10
Skin Cancers	45	34	45	22	+ 13
Drug Use	46	29	42	29	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	47	24	40	32	- 8
Uterin Cancer	48	23	54	11	+ 11
Appendicitis	49	19	57	5	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	18	62	2	+ 16
Meningitis	51	17	47	21	- 4
Bladder Cancer	52	16	35	41	- 25
Anemia	53	16	82	0	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	12	53	12	+ 0
Poisonings	55	10	33	47	- 37
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	10	84	0	+ 10
Fires	57	10	36	38	- 29
Encephalitis	58	6	23	126	- 120
Osteoarthritis	59	6	85	0	+ 6
Syphilis	60	5	61	2	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	52	12	- 8
Hepatitis B	62	3	64	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	63	3	86	0	+ 3
Dengue	64	3	49	16	- 13
Chagas disease	65	2	73	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	2	83	0	+ 2
Pertussis	67	2	51	13	- 11
Hepatitis C	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	65	0	+ 0
War	70	0	58	4	- 4
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	63	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	59	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	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.