GABON VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,327	3	1,019	+ 2,308
Stroke	2	1,037	5	896	+ 140
Diabetes Mellitus	3	647	6	643	+ 5
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	441	4	966	- 525
Road Traffic Accidents	5	332	8	518	- 187
Liver Disease	6	256	10	416	- 161
Congenital Anomalies	7	243	15	285	- 42
Hypertension	8	226	11	412	- 186
Lung Disease	9	205	16	215	- 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	203	19	152	+ 52
Kidney Disease	11	196	12	384	- 187
Falls	12	184	30	84	+ 100
Suicide	13	152	18	183	- 31
Drownings	14	133	38	42	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	15	130	9	494	- 364
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	129	37	43	+ 86
Stomach Cancer	17	117	48	32	+ 84
Breast Cancer	18	89	27	92	- 3
Lymphomas	19	87	49	32	+ 55
Other Injuries	20	82	22	140	- 58
Inflammatory/Heart	21	80	24	101	- 21
Leukemia	22	80	57	17	+ 63
Encephalitis	23	79	60	7	+ 72
Liver Cancer	24	73	35	53	+ 21
Lung Cancers	25	71	29	87	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	26	69	36	47	+ 22
Skin Disease	27	58	52	22	+ 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	49	14	318	- 269
Birth Trauma	29	49	13	362	- 314
Pancreas Cancer	30	48	53	21	+ 28
Oral Cancer	31	44	34	69	- 25
Endocrine Disorders	32	33	25	98	- 65
Poisonings	33	30	50	28	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	34	27	26	96	- 70
Bladder Cancer	35	26	43	35	- 9
Fires	36	24	39	39	- 14
Prostate Cancer	37	23	32	80	- 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	23	41	36	- 14
Violence	39	22	17	184	- 162
Oesophagus Cancer	40	20	44	35	- 14
HIV/AIDS	41	20	2	1,128	- 1,108
Drug Use	42	18	45	34	- 16
Ovary Cancer	43	17	51	27	- 10
Epilepsy	44	14	40	37	- 23
Skin Cancers	45	14	46	34	- 20
Maternal Conditions	46	14	21	145	- 132
Meningitis	47	13	23	113	- 100
Tuberculosis	48	11	1	1,819	- 1,808
Dengue	49	10	73	0	+ 10
Alcohol	50	8	56	19	- 11
Pertussis	51	8	31	81	- 73
Multiple Sclerosis	52	7	67	2	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	7	54	20	- 13
Uterin Cancer	54	7	55	19	- 12
Asthma	55	7	28	90	- 83
Other Neoplasms	56	4	64	5	- 1
Appendicitis	57	3	61	7	- 4
War	58	3	65	3	- 0
Schistosomiasis	59	1	58	14	- 12
Malnutrition	60	1	33	78	- 76
Syphilis	61	1	47	33	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	63	6	- 5
Tetanus	63	1	59	8	- 8
Hepatitis B	64	0	62	7	- 6
Ascariasis	65	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	42	35	- 35
Measles	76	0	20	146	- 146
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.