NIGERIA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	320,807	7	61,374	+ 259,434
Stroke	2	99,975	8	57,744	+ 42,231
Diabetes Mellitus	3	62,435	18	22,497	+ 39,939
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	42,526	1	207,281	- 164,755
Road Traffic Accidents	5	31,975	12	41,693	- 9,718
Liver Disease	6	24,643	13	38,326	- 13,683
Congenital Anomalies	7	23,424	9	49,696	- 26,272
Hypertension	8	21,821	24	10,692	+ 11,129
Lung Disease	9	19,729	22	12,569	+ 7,161
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	19,615	31	6,786	+ 12,829
Kidney Disease	11	18,940	20	18,189	+ 751
Falls	12	17,738	28	7,528	+ 10,210
Suicide	13	14,643	30	7,019	+ 7,624
Drownings	14	12,792	32	6,584	+ 6,208
Low Birth Weight	15	12,557	6	95,959	- 83,402
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	12,412	43	4,152	+ 8,260
Stomach Cancer	17	11,254	50	2,129	+ 9,125
Breast Cancer	18	8,561	23	11,884	- 3,324
Lymphomas	19	8,356	40	5,202	+ 3,154
Other Injuries	20	7,879	17	22,696	- 14,817
Inflammatory/Heart	21	7,725	42	4,826	+ 2,899
Leukemia	22	7,706	47	2,257	+ 5,449
Encephalitis	23	7,631	59	937	+ 6,694
Liver Cancer	24	7,063	39	5,289	+ 1,774
Lung Cancers	25	6,847	57	1,295	+ 5,552
Parkinson's Disease	26	6,655	46	2,473	+ 4,182
Skin Disease	27	5,576	56	1,468	+ 4,108
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	4,748	2	144,724	- 139,976
Birth Trauma	29	4,680	5	100,186	- 95,506
Pancreas Cancer	30	4,652	51	1,975	+ 2,677
Oral Cancer	31	4,253	48	2,238	+ 2,014
Endocrine Disorders	32	3,222	21	15,799	- 12,577
Poisonings	33	2,850	33	6,570	- 3,720
Cervical Cancer	34	2,574	25	10,574	- 8,000
Bladder Cancer	35	2,504	63	670	+ 1,834
Fires	36	2,321	29	7,132	- 4,810
Prostate Cancer	37	2,241	35	5,914	- 3,674
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	2,205	37	5,846	- 3,641
Violence	39	2,080	19	18,407	- 16,328
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,957	64	560	+ 1,396
HIV/AIDS	41	1,881	10	44,124	- 42,243
Drug Use	42	1,735	34	6,273	- 4,538
Ovary Cancer	43	1,595	49	2,133	- 538
Epilepsy	44	1,334	41	5,001	- 3,668
Skin Cancers	45	1,325	53	1,933	- 608
Maternal Conditions	46	1,317	15	23,540	- 22,223
Meningitis	47	1,267	11	43,651	- 42,384
Tuberculosis	48	1,084	3	127,335	- 126,252
Dengue	49	952	73	2	+ 950
Alcohol	50	810	58	1,031	- 221
Pertussis	51	798	16	23,282	- 22,484
Multiple Sclerosis	52	701	68	179	+ 522
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	698	52	1,946	- 1,248
Uterin Cancer	54	690	62	679	+ 11
Asthma	55	680	27	8,192	- 7,512
Other Neoplasms	56	413	66	290	+ 123
Appendicitis	57	283	60	760	- 477
War	58	261	45	3,245	- 2,984
Schistosomiasis	59	132	54	1,508	- 1,375
Malnutrition	60	130	36	5,896	- 5,766
Syphilis	61	113	38	5,449	- 5,336
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	92	69	165	- 73
Tetanus	63	58	26	8,355	- 8,297
Hepatitis B	64	27	55	1,488	- 1,461
Ascariasis	65	14	61	685	- 671
Leishmaniasis	66	14	70	23	- 9
Upper Respiratory	67	9	67	259	- 250
Diphtheria	68	7	44	3,800	- 3,792
Chlamydia	69	4	71	14	- 10
Otitis Media	70	3	72	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	71	1	65	304	- 302
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	14	29,439	- 29,439
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Oman

Nigeria

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.