FIJI VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Oman OMAN FIJI Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 1,289 2 1,481 - 192
Stroke 2 402 3 583 - 181
Diabetes Mellitus 3 251 1 1,628 - 1,377
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 171 5 228 - 58
Road Traffic Accidents 5 129 11 120 + 8
Liver Disease 6 99 15 82 + 17
Congenital Anomalies 7 94 10 129 - 35
Hypertension 8 88 7 170 - 82
Lung Disease 9 79 9 141 - 61
Alzheimers & Dementia 10 79 19 63 + 16
Kidney Disease 11 76 4 277 - 201
Falls 12 71 36 27 + 45
Suicide 13 59 16 80 - 21
Drownings 14 51 21 60 - 8
Low Birth Weight 15 50 14 86 - 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers 16 50 24 45 + 5
Stomach Cancer 17 45 37 23 + 22
Breast Cancer 18 34 8 162 - 128
Lymphomas 19 34 35 27 + 6
Other Injuries 20 32 17 77 - 45
Inflammatory/Heart 21 31 23 45 - 14
Leukemia 22 31 30 31 + 0
Encephalitis 23 31 51 7 + 23
Liver Cancer 24 28 18 68 - 40
Lung Cancers 25 28 22 48 - 20
Parkinson's Disease 26 27 26 40 - 14
Skin Disease 27 22 41 19 + 3
Diarrhoeal diseases 28 19 12 96 - 77
Birth Trauma 29 19 28 36 - 18
Pancreas Cancer 30 19 38 21 - 2
Oral Cancer 31 17 46 13 + 5
Endocrine Disorders 32 13 34 28 - 15
Poisonings 33 11 56 2 + 9
Cervical Cancer 34 10 13 86 - 76
Bladder Cancer 35 10 50 8 + 2
Fires 36 9 33 28 - 18
Prostate Cancer 37 9 25 41 - 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease 38 9 29 34 - 25
Violence 39 8 40 19 - 11
Oesophagus Cancer 40 8 42 18 - 10
HIV/AIDS 41 8 31 30 - 22
Drug Use 42 7 52 4 + 3
Ovary Cancer 43 6 32 29 - 23
Epilepsy 44 5 44 16 - 11
Skin Cancers 45 5 61 1 + 5
Maternal Conditions 46 5 49 9 - 3
Meningitis 47 5 43 17 - 12
Tuberculosis 48 4 27 39 - 35
Dengue 49 4 55 3 + 1
Alcohol 50 3 57 2 + 2
Pertussis 51 3 48 10 - 7
Multiple Sclerosis 52 3 60 1 + 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease 53 3 20 62 - 59
Uterin Cancer 54 3 39 20 - 17
Asthma 55 3 6 226 - 223
Other Neoplasms 56 2 53 3 - 2
Appendicitis 57 1 54 3 - 2
War 58 1 66 0 + 1
Schistosomiasis 59 1 74 0 + 1
Malnutrition 60 1 45 14 - 14
Syphilis 61 0 47 11 - 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis 62 0 62 0 + 0
Tetanus 63 0 58 1 - 1
Hepatitis B 64 0 59 1 - 1
Ascariasis 65 0 67 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 66 0 73 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 67 0 69 0 + 0
Diphtheria 68 0 68 0 - 0
Chlamydia 69 0 64 0 - 0
Otitis Media 70 0 70 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 71 0 65 0 - 0
Leprosy 72 0 71 0 - 0
Chagas disease 73 0 76 0 - 0
Malaria 74 0 75 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 75 0 72 0 - 0
Measles 76 0 63 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 77 0 78 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 78 0 79 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 79 0 77 0 - 0
Depression 80 0 80 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 81 0 83 0 - 0
Anemia 82 0 82 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 83 0 81 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 84 0 84 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 85 0 85 0 - 0
Oral conditions 86 0 86 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Oman

Oman

Fiji

Fiji

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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020