LESOTHO VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,018	5	2,101	+ 918
Stroke	2	941	3	2,817	- 1,876
Diabetes Mellitus	3	587	6	2,000	- 1,412
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	400	2	3,214	- 2,814
Road Traffic Accidents	5	301	16	678	- 378
Liver Disease	6	232	14	792	- 560
Congenital Anomalies	7	220	19	389	- 169
Hypertension	8	205	11	990	- 785
Lung Disease	9	186	9	1,102	- 916
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	185	29	194	- 10
Kidney Disease	11	178	10	1,015	- 836
Falls	12	167	31	128	+ 39
Suicide	13	138	7	1,539	- 1,402
Drownings	14	120	28	200	- 80
Low Birth Weight	15	118	12	957	- 839
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	117	48	40	+ 77
Stomach Cancer	17	106	60	11	+ 95
Breast Cancer	18	81	34	97	- 17
Lymphomas	19	79	36	78	+ 1
Other Injuries	20	74	18	533	- 459
Inflammatory/Heart	21	73	23	305	- 232
Leukemia	22	73	49	39	+ 34
Encephalitis	23	72	57	14	+ 58
Liver Cancer	24	66	39	71	- 4
Lung Cancers	25	64	43	51	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	26	63	41	55	+ 8
Skin Disease	27	52	40	70	- 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	45	4	2,354	- 2,309
Birth Trauma	29	44	15	717	- 673
Pancreas Cancer	30	44	58	12	+ 32
Oral Cancer	31	40	42	52	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	32	30	27	235	- 205
Poisonings	33	27	33	111	- 84
Cervical Cancer	34	24	20	372	- 348
Bladder Cancer	35	24	61	10	+ 14
Fires	36	22	26	269	- 247
Prostate Cancer	37	21	35	81	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	21	25	279	- 258
Violence	39	20	13	924	- 904
Oesophagus Cancer	40	18	37	73	- 55
HIV/AIDS	41	18	1	4,767	- 4,750
Drug Use	42	16	50	32	- 15
Ovary Cancer	43	15	53	24	- 9
Epilepsy	44	13	30	143	- 131
Skin Cancers	45	12	46	46	- 34
Maternal Conditions	46	12	24	292	- 280
Meningitis	47	12	22	318	- 306
Tuberculosis	48	10	8	1,208	- 1,198
Dengue	49	9	70	0	+ 9
Alcohol	50	8	38	71	- 63
Pertussis	51	8	44	51	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	52	7	63	6	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	7	32	126	- 119
Uterin Cancer	54	6	54	23	- 17
Asthma	55	6	17	678	- 671
Other Neoplasms	56	4	62	9	- 5
Appendicitis	57	3	52	25	- 22
War	58	2	68	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	59	1	76	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	60	1	21	357	- 356
Syphilis	61	1	45	50	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	56	18	- 17
Tetanus	63	1	47	45	- 45
Hepatitis B	64	0	51	27	- 26
Ascariasis	65	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	55	18	- 18
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	71	0	64	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	59	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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 LESOTHO

Oman

Lesotho

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.