COSTA RICA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,135	1	2,639	+ 4,496
Stroke	2	2,224	2	1,624	+ 599
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,389	5	953	+ 435
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	946	7	836	+ 110
Road Traffic Accidents	5	711	9	746	- 35
Liver Disease	6	548	18	370	+ 178
Congenital Anomalies	7	521	21	315	+ 206
Hypertension	8	485	6	863	- 378
Lung Disease	9	439	4	1,046	- 608
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	436	8	818	- 382
Kidney Disease	11	421	3	1,482	- 1,061
Falls	12	395	35	116	+ 278
Suicide	13	326	15	407	- 81
Drownings	14	285	37	97	+ 188
Low Birth Weight	15	279	28	178	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	276	12	621	- 345
Stomach Cancer	17	250	10	661	- 410
Breast Cancer	18	190	16	384	- 194
Lymphomas	19	186	19	356	- 170
Other Injuries	20	175	13	571	- 395
Inflammatory/Heart	21	172	26	191	- 19
Leukemia	22	171	24	262	- 90
Encephalitis	23	170	63	3	+ 167
Liver Cancer	24	157	17	382	- 225
Lung Cancers	25	152	20	343	- 191
Parkinson's Disease	26	148	30	138	+ 10
Skin Disease	27	124	32	126	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	106	39	87	+ 18
Birth Trauma	29	104	47	48	+ 56
Pancreas Cancer	30	103	22	294	- 190
Oral Cancer	31	95	38	96	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	32	72	27	183	- 112
Poisonings	33	63	60	5	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	34	57	29	159	- 102
Bladder Cancer	35	56	36	100	- 44
Fires	36	52	58	10	+ 41
Prostate Cancer	37	50	14	448	- 398
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	49	42	74	- 24
Violence	39	46	11	635	- 589
Oesophagus Cancer	40	44	44	61	- 17
HIV/AIDS	41	42	25	192	- 150
Drug Use	42	39	43	63	- 24
Ovary Cancer	43	35	40	80	- 45
Epilepsy	44	30	34	116	- 86
Skin Cancers	45	29	31	137	- 107
Maternal Conditions	46	29	55	17	+ 12
Meningitis	47	28	54	18	+ 10
Tuberculosis	48	24	50	32	- 8
Dengue	49	21	70	0	+ 21
Alcohol	50	18	33	126	- 108
Pertussis	51	18	69	0	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	52	16	57	11	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	16	49	32	- 17
Uterin Cancer	54	15	41	80	- 65
Asthma	55	15	45	60	- 45
Other Neoplasms	56	9	23	266	- 256
Appendicitis	57	6	52	22	- 15
War	58	6	68	1	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	59	3	76	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	60	3	48	37	- 34
Syphilis	61	3	65	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	46	55	- 53
Tetanus	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	59	7	- 6
Ascariasis	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	64	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.