BELGIUM VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,230	1	15,281	+ 950
Stroke	2	5,058	3	7,408	- 2,350
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,159	20	1,269	+ 1,889
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,151	6	5,677	- 3,526
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,618	29	666	+ 952
Liver Disease	6	1,247	17	1,433	- 186
Congenital Anomalies	7	1,185	40	282	+ 903
Hypertension	8	1,104	27	740	+ 364
Lung Disease	9	998	5	6,438	- 5,440
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	992	2	9,416	- 8,424
Kidney Disease	11	958	8	2,952	- 1,994
Falls	12	897	15	1,756	- 858
Suicide	13	741	10	2,111	- 1,370
Drownings	14	647	47	79	+ 569
Low Birth Weight	15	635	50	70	+ 566
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	628	7	3,329	- 2,701
Stomach Cancer	17	569	26	863	- 294
Breast Cancer	18	433	9	2,587	- 2,154
Lymphomas	19	423	16	1,552	- 1,130
Other Injuries	20	399	11	2,006	- 1,608
Inflammatory/Heart	21	391	23	1,060	- 670
Leukemia	22	390	21	1,199	- 809
Encephalitis	23	386	66	1	+ 385
Liver Cancer	24	357	24	976	- 618
Lung Cancers	25	346	4	6,777	- 6,430
Parkinson's Disease	26	337	19	1,378	- 1,041
Skin Disease	27	282	35	380	- 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	240	33	418	- 177
Birth Trauma	29	237	53	47	+ 190
Pancreas Cancer	30	235	14	1,809	- 1,574
Oral Cancer	31	215	28	675	- 460
Endocrine Disorders	32	163	18	1,432	- 1,269
Poisonings	33	144	55	41	+ 103
Cervical Cancer	34	130	41	243	- 113
Bladder Cancer	35	127	22	1,078	- 952
Fires	36	117	48	75	+ 42
Prostate Cancer	37	113	13	1,824	- 1,711
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	112	42	213	- 101
Violence	39	105	44	149	- 44
Oesophagus Cancer	40	99	25	898	- 799
HIV/AIDS	41	95	57	36	+ 59
Drug Use	42	88	39	287	- 200
Ovary Cancer	43	81	30	653	- 572
Epilepsy	44	67	36	348	- 280
Skin Cancers	45	67	31	522	- 455
Maternal Conditions	46	67	64	6	+ 61
Meningitis	47	64	58	28	+ 36
Tuberculosis	48	55	54	46	+ 9
Dengue	49	48	83	0	+ 48
Alcohol	50	41	32	500	- 459
Pertussis	51	40	68	1	+ 40
Multiple Sclerosis	52	35	45	147	- 111
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	35	37	293	- 257
Uterin Cancer	54	35	34	384	- 349
Asthma	55	34	46	128	- 93
Other Neoplasms	56	21	12	1,828	- 1,807
Appendicitis	57	14	62	17	- 2
War	58	13	67	1	+ 12
Schistosomiasis	59	7	76	0	+ 7
Malnutrition	60	7	38	291	- 284
Syphilis	61	6	70	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	49	73	- 68
Tetanus	63	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	64	1	63	17	- 15
Ascariasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	59	22	- 22
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	71	0	52	53	- 53
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	43	199	- 199
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	40	- 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	86	0	61	19	- 19
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Oman

Belgium

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.