NICARAGUA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,048	1	5,843	+ 3,204
Stroke	2	2,820	3	2,225	+ 595
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,761	4	2,068	- 307
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,199	7	1,152	+ 48
Road Traffic Accidents	5	902	8	1,109	- 207
Liver Disease	6	695	6	1,203	- 508
Congenital Anomalies	7	661	11	571	+ 90
Hypertension	8	615	9	1,103	- 488
Lung Disease	9	556	5	1,570	- 1,013
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	553	33	149	+ 404
Kidney Disease	11	534	2	3,533	- 2,999
Falls	12	500	22	276	+ 224
Suicide	13	413	19	285	+ 128
Drownings	14	361	32	157	+ 204
Low Birth Weight	15	354	13	490	- 136
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	350	18	315	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	17	317	14	478	- 160
Breast Cancer	18	241	20	283	- 42
Lymphomas	19	236	29	164	+ 72
Other Injuries	20	222	17	358	- 135
Inflammatory/Heart	21	218	34	139	+ 78
Leukemia	22	217	24	227	- 10
Encephalitis	23	215	58	10	+ 205
Liver Cancer	24	199	12	509	- 309
Lung Cancers	25	193	23	274	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	26	188	42	67	+ 121
Skin Disease	27	157	31	162	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	134	36	122	+ 12
Birth Trauma	29	132	25	198	- 66
Pancreas Cancer	30	131	27	178	- 47
Oral Cancer	31	120	43	64	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	32	91	28	164	- 73
Poisonings	33	80	55	18	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	34	73	16	374	- 302
Bladder Cancer	35	71	52	28	+ 43
Fires	36	65	57	16	+ 49
Prostate Cancer	37	63	15	386	- 323
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	62	40	85	- 23
Violence	39	59	10	619	- 560
Oesophagus Cancer	40	55	47	42	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	41	53	35	139	- 86
Drug Use	42	49	46	50	- 1
Ovary Cancer	43	45	44	61	- 16
Epilepsy	44	38	41	74	- 37
Skin Cancers	45	37	45	59	- 22
Maternal Conditions	46	37	39	88	- 51
Meningitis	47	36	51	29	+ 7
Tuberculosis	48	31	37	115	- 84
Dengue	49	27	64	4	+ 22
Alcohol	50	23	21	279	- 256
Pertussis	51	23	67	3	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	52	20	61	7	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	20	54	20	- 0
Uterin Cancer	54	19	48	39	- 19
Asthma	55	19	38	105	- 86
Other Neoplasms	56	12	26	192	- 181
Appendicitis	57	8	49	32	- 24
War	58	7	70	1	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	59	4	84	0	+ 4
Malnutrition	60	4	30	163	- 159
Syphilis	61	3	60	9	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	50	31	- 28
Tetanus	63	2	79	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	64	1	62	5	- 4
Ascariasis	65	0	69	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	72	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	75	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	65	4	- 4
Malaria	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	28	- 28
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Oman

Nicaragua

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.