NAMIBIA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,799	5	1,221	+ 2,578
Stroke	2	1,184	4	1,333	- 149
Diabetes Mellitus	3	739	7	724	+ 15
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	504	2	1,464	- 961
Road Traffic Accidents	5	379	6	868	- 490
Liver Disease	6	292	14	336	- 44
Congenital Anomalies	7	277	16	283	- 6
Hypertension	8	258	12	428	- 170
Lung Disease	9	234	10	461	- 228
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	232	21	176	+ 57
Kidney Disease	11	224	15	322	- 97
Falls	12	210	34	62	+ 148
Suicide	13	173	17	243	- 69
Drownings	14	151	26	110	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	15	149	9	516	- 367
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	147	36	54	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	17	133	45	33	+ 101
Breast Cancer	18	101	24	121	- 20
Lymphomas	19	99	40	46	+ 53
Other Injuries	20	93	19	207	- 113
Inflammatory/Heart	21	91	22	162	- 70
Leukemia	22	91	49	24	+ 68
Encephalitis	23	90	59	8	+ 82
Liver Cancer	24	84	41	45	+ 39
Lung Cancers	25	81	35	59	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	26	79	42	43	+ 35
Skin Disease	27	66	47	31	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	56	8	645	- 589
Birth Trauma	29	55	13	345	- 289
Pancreas Cancer	30	55	53	18	+ 38
Oral Cancer	31	50	30	100	- 49
Endocrine Disorders	32	38	33	73	- 35
Poisonings	33	34	39	46	- 13
Cervical Cancer	34	30	23	133	- 102
Bladder Cancer	35	30	54	16	+ 14
Fires	36	27	28	109	- 81
Prostate Cancer	37	27	31	94	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	26	32	76	- 50
Violence	39	25	11	450	- 425
Oesophagus Cancer	40	23	52	21	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	41	22	1	2,928	- 2,906
Drug Use	42	21	46	32	- 11
Ovary Cancer	43	19	50	23	- 4
Epilepsy	44	16	38	49	- 33
Skin Cancers	45	16	29	108	- 92
Maternal Conditions	46	16	25	110	- 95
Meningitis	47	15	27	109	- 94
Tuberculosis	48	13	3	1,416	- 1,403
Dengue	49	11	74	0	+ 11
Alcohol	50	10	48	28	- 19
Pertussis	51	9	37	54	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	52	8	64	2	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	8	44	33	- 25
Uterin Cancer	54	8	56	11	- 3
Asthma	55	8	20	200	- 192
Other Neoplasms	56	5	60	8	- 3
Appendicitis	57	3	58	9	- 5
War	58	3	67	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	2	55	14	- 12
Malnutrition	60	2	18	224	- 222
Syphilis	61	1	43	35	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	57	9	- 8
Tetanus	63	1	62	6	- 5
Hepatitis B	64	0	63	4	- 4
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	65	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.