GHANA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	46,870	3	14,103	+ 32,768
Stroke	2	14,606	2	15,163	- 556
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,122	12	5,929	+ 3,193
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,213	1	16,262	- 10,049
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,672	7	7,808	- 3,136
Liver Disease	6	3,600	11	6,053	- 2,453
Congenital Anomalies	7	3,422	14	3,935	- 513
Hypertension	8	3,188	19	2,231	+ 957
Lung Disease	9	2,882	15	3,120	- 237
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,866	29	1,294	+ 1,572
Kidney Disease	11	2,767	13	4,161	- 1,394
Falls	12	2,592	30	1,168	+ 1,424
Suicide	13	2,139	21	1,993	+ 146
Drownings	14	1,869	36	740	+ 1,129
Low Birth Weight	15	1,835	8	6,662	- 4,827
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,813	34	803	+ 1,011
Stomach Cancer	17	1,644	33	870	+ 774
Breast Cancer	18	1,251	25	1,937	- 687
Lymphomas	19	1,221	32	875	+ 346
Other Injuries	20	1,151	18	2,433	- 1,282
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,129	28	1,615	- 486
Leukemia	22	1,126	45	340	+ 786
Encephalitis	23	1,115	44	357	+ 758
Liver Cancer	24	1,032	17	2,851	- 1,819
Lung Cancers	25	1,000	55	237	+ 763
Parkinson's Disease	26	972	43	387	+ 586
Skin Disease	27	815	50	264	+ 551
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	694	9	6,538	- 5,844
Birth Trauma	29	684	10	6,194	- 5,510
Pancreas Cancer	30	680	46	334	+ 346
Oral Cancer	31	621	42	483	+ 139
Endocrine Disorders	32	471	24	1,965	- 1,494
Poisonings	33	416	40	522	- 105
Cervical Cancer	34	376	20	2,161	- 1,785
Bladder Cancer	35	366	53	245	+ 121
Fires	36	339	37	729	- 390
Prostate Cancer	37	327	31	1,031	- 703
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	322	48	321	+ 2
Violence	39	304	27	1,857	- 1,553
Oesophagus Cancer	40	286	49	285	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	41	275	4	13,565	- 13,290
Drug Use	42	253	39	630	- 377
Ovary Cancer	43	233	38	698	- 465
Epilepsy	44	195	47	329	- 134
Skin Cancers	45	194	58	214	- 21
Maternal Conditions	46	192	22	1,991	- 1,799
Meningitis	47	185	16	2,983	- 2,798
Tuberculosis	48	158	6	10,214	- 10,056
Dengue	49	139	71	0	+ 139
Alcohol	50	118	54	244	- 126
Pertussis	51	117	35	744	- 628
Multiple Sclerosis	52	102	61	113	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	102	52	256	- 154
Uterin Cancer	54	101	57	219	- 118
Asthma	55	99	23	1,979	- 1,880
Other Neoplasms	56	60	63	48	+ 12
Appendicitis	57	41	59	146	- 104
War	58	38	64	29	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	59	19	51	257	- 237
Malnutrition	60	19	26	1,868	- 1,849
Syphilis	61	17	41	483	- 466
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	13	67	16	- 3
Tetanus	63	8	56	220	- 212
Hepatitis B	64	4	62	101	- 97
Ascariasis	65	2	68	12	- 10
Leishmaniasis	66	2	77	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	16	- 15
Diphtheria	68	1	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	65	28	- 28
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	60	135	- 135
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	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	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 GHANA

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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.