DR CONGO VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	156,378	7	34,713	+ 121,665
Stroke	2	48,733	6	36,596	+ 12,137
Diabetes Mellitus	3	30,434	16	12,902	+ 17,532
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	20,729	1	73,546	- 52,816
Road Traffic Accidents	5	15,586	10	30,256	- 14,670
Liver Disease	6	12,012	13	15,044	- 3,032
Congenital Anomalies	7	11,418	11	16,256	- 4,838
Hypertension	8	10,637	12	15,743	- 5,106
Lung Disease	9	9,617	14	13,527	- 3,910
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	9,561	28	4,548	+ 5,014
Kidney Disease	11	9,232	20	9,077	+ 156
Falls	12	8,647	33	3,483	+ 5,164
Suicide	13	7,138	26	5,812	+ 1,326
Drownings	14	6,236	34	3,454	+ 2,782
Low Birth Weight	15	6,121	8	34,668	- 28,547
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	6,050	36	2,966	+ 3,084
Stomach Cancer	17	5,486	37	2,579	+ 2,906
Breast Cancer	18	4,173	35	3,416	+ 757
Lymphomas	19	4,073	38	2,061	+ 2,012
Other Injuries	20	3,840	22	8,272	- 4,431
Inflammatory/Heart	21	3,766	29	4,045	- 279
Leukemia	22	3,756	41	1,871	+ 1,885
Encephalitis	23	3,720	57	680	+ 3,040
Liver Cancer	24	3,443	31	3,840	- 397
Lung Cancers	25	3,338	47	1,158	+ 2,180
Parkinson's Disease	26	3,244	49	1,035	+ 2,209
Skin Disease	27	2,718	54	781	+ 1,937
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	2,315	5	41,301	- 38,987
Birth Trauma	29	2,281	9	33,075	- 30,794
Pancreas Cancer	30	2,268	50	1,017	+ 1,251
Oral Cancer	31	2,073	51	1,003	+ 1,070
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,571	25	7,380	- 5,809
Poisonings	33	1,389	42	1,729	- 340
Cervical Cancer	34	1,255	27	4,823	- 3,568
Bladder Cancer	35	1,220	65	270	+ 951
Fires	36	1,131	39	2,007	- 876
Prostate Cancer	37	1,092	30	3,948	- 2,856
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	1,075	40	1,923	- 848
Violence	39	1,014	18	11,120	- 10,107
Oesophagus Cancer	40	954	53	790	+ 164
HIV/AIDS	41	917	15	13,286	- 12,369
Drug Use	42	846	59	638	+ 207
Ovary Cancer	43	777	58	656	+ 122
Epilepsy	44	650	44	1,727	- 1,076
Skin Cancers	45	646	55	765	- 120
Maternal Conditions	46	642	19	10,513	- 9,871
Meningitis	47	618	17	11,568	- 10,951
Tuberculosis	48	528	2	43,759	- 43,231
Dengue	49	464	74	1	+ 463
Alcohol	50	395	60	635	- 240
Pertussis	51	389	23	7,921	- 7,532
Multiple Sclerosis	52	342	71	44	+ 298
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	340	43	1,728	- 1,388
Uterin Cancer	54	336	63	352	- 16
Asthma	55	332	24	7,733	- 7,402
Other Neoplasms	56	201	67	88	+ 114
Appendicitis	57	138	56	703	- 565
War	58	127	45	1,658	- 1,531
Schistosomiasis	59	65	48	1,071	- 1,006
Malnutrition	60	63	21	8,910	- 8,847
Syphilis	61	55	32	3,751	- 3,696
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	45	66	217	- 172
Tetanus	63	28	46	1,166	- 1,137
Hepatitis B	64	13	61	456	- 443
Ascariasis	65	7	68	80	- 73
Leishmaniasis	66	7	52	869	- 862
Upper Respiratory	67	4	62	370	- 366
Diphtheria	68	4	70	47	- 43
Chlamydia	69	2	73	15	- 13
Otitis Media	70	1	72	38	- 37
Hepatitis C	71	1	69	69	- 68
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	64	347	- 347
Measles	76	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Oman

DR Congo

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.