DOMINICAN REP. VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,656	1	14,986	- 329
Stroke	2	4,567	2	7,882	- 3,315
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,852	4	2,762	+ 90
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,943	6	2,254	- 312
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,461	3	6,937	- 5,476
Liver Disease	6	1,126	5	2,680	- 1,554
Congenital Anomalies	7	1,070	17	1,038	+ 32
Hypertension	8	997	10	1,894	- 897
Lung Disease	9	901	15	1,360	- 459
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	896	11	1,808	- 912
Kidney Disease	11	865	7	2,121	- 1,255
Falls	12	810	30	435	+ 375
Suicide	13	669	25	530	+ 139
Drownings	14	584	37	248	+ 337
Low Birth Weight	15	574	13	1,532	- 959
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	567	20	851	- 284
Stomach Cancer	17	514	24	547	- 33
Breast Cancer	18	391	14	1,460	- 1,069
Lymphomas	19	382	33	374	+ 8
Other Injuries	20	360	19	890	- 530
Inflammatory/Heart	21	353	35	312	+ 41
Leukemia	22	352	32	409	- 57
Encephalitis	23	349	56	44	+ 304
Liver Cancer	24	323	21	664	- 341
Lung Cancers	25	313	16	1,244	- 931
Parkinson's Disease	26	304	28	446	- 142
Skin Disease	27	255	53	50	+ 205
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	217	26	504	- 287
Birth Trauma	29	214	18	915	- 701
Pancreas Cancer	30	213	27	456	- 243
Oral Cancer	31	194	31	434	- 240
Endocrine Disorders	32	147	22	602	- 455
Poisonings	33	130	55	47	+ 83
Cervical Cancer	34	118	23	560	- 443
Bladder Cancer	35	114	49	92	+ 22
Fires	36	106	44	139	- 33
Prostate Cancer	37	102	12	1,655	- 1,552
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	101	36	295	- 194
Violence	39	95	9	1,917	- 1,822
Oesophagus Cancer	40	89	40	200	- 111
HIV/AIDS	41	86	8	1,931	- 1,845
Drug Use	42	79	43	156	- 77
Ovary Cancer	43	73	50	89	- 16
Epilepsy	44	61	42	158	- 97
Skin Cancers	45	61	41	172	- 112
Maternal Conditions	46	60	39	202	- 142
Meningitis	47	58	45	134	- 76
Tuberculosis	48	50	38	242	- 192
Dengue	49	43	64	5	+ 39
Alcohol	50	37	48	120	- 83
Pertussis	51	36	47	121	- 84
Multiple Sclerosis	52	32	62	13	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	32	46	123	- 91
Uterin Cancer	54	32	57	43	- 12
Asthma	55	31	29	441	- 410
Other Neoplasms	56	19	58	35	- 16
Appendicitis	57	13	52	67	- 54
War	58	12	67	1	+ 11
Schistosomiasis	59	6	59	22	- 16
Malnutrition	60	6	34	372	- 366
Syphilis	61	5	51	70	- 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	54	48	- 44
Tetanus	63	3	61	17	- 14
Hepatitis B	64	1	63	11	- 10
Ascariasis	65	1	70	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	60	17	- 17
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Oman

Dominican Rep.

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.