BOTSWANA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,321	3	1,632	+ 1,689
Stroke	2	1,035	4	1,588	- 553
Diabetes Mellitus	3	646	5	1,273	- 626
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	440	2	1,674	- 1,233
Road Traffic Accidents	5	331	7	608	- 277
Liver Disease	6	255	12	459	- 204
Congenital Anomalies	7	242	16	287	- 45
Hypertension	8	226	11	471	- 245
Lung Disease	9	204	10	482	- 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	203	23	164	+ 39
Kidney Disease	11	196	9	506	- 310
Falls	12	184	34	62	+ 122
Suicide	13	152	15	370	- 218
Drownings	14	132	30	83	+ 50
Low Birth Weight	15	130	13	447	- 317
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	128	47	28	+ 101
Stomach Cancer	17	116	53	10	+ 106
Breast Cancer	18	89	33	68	+ 20
Lymphomas	19	86	31	77	+ 10
Other Injuries	20	82	19	216	- 135
Inflammatory/Heart	21	80	20	177	- 97
Leukemia	22	80	51	13	+ 67
Encephalitis	23	79	59	7	+ 72
Liver Cancer	24	73	35	57	+ 16
Lung Cancers	25	71	39	45	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	26	69	38	47	+ 22
Skin Disease	27	58	46	30	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	49	8	527	- 478
Birth Trauma	29	48	17	261	- 213
Pancreas Cancer	30	48	50	16	+ 32
Oral Cancer	31	44	32	70	- 26
Endocrine Disorders	32	33	27	103	- 69
Poisonings	33	30	42	42	- 13
Cervical Cancer	34	27	22	164	- 137
Bladder Cancer	35	26	60	6	+ 20
Fires	36	24	26	108	- 84
Prostate Cancer	37	23	41	45	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	23	29	90	- 67
Violence	39	22	14	389	- 368
Oesophagus Cancer	40	20	28	103	- 82
HIV/AIDS	41	19	1	4,950	- 4,930
Drug Use	42	18	48	26	- 8
Ovary Cancer	43	17	49	19	- 3
Epilepsy	44	14	36	56	- 42
Skin Cancers	45	14	37	52	- 38
Maternal Conditions	46	14	24	118	- 104
Meningitis	47	13	25	108	- 95
Tuberculosis	48	11	6	649	- 638
Dengue	49	10	76	0	+ 10
Alcohol	50	8	45	31	- 22
Pertussis	51	8	40	45	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	52	7	63	3	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	7	43	37	- 30
Uterin Cancer	54	7	56	9	- 2
Asthma	55	7	18	232	- 225
Other Neoplasms	56	4	55	9	- 5
Appendicitis	57	3	57	8	- 5
War	58	3	69	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	59	1	54	10	- 9
Malnutrition	60	1	21	171	- 170
Syphilis	61	1	44	36	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	52	11	- 10
Tetanus	63	1	61	6	- 6
Hepatitis B	64	0	62	6	- 5
Ascariasis	65	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	58	7	- 7
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	66	1	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Oman

Botswana

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.