NORTH KOREA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,636	2	31,342	+ 4,294
Stroke	2	11,106	1	49,648	- 38,542
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,936	14	3,671	+ 3,265
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,724	6	6,231	- 1,507
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,552	7	6,210	- 2,658
Liver Disease	6	2,737	10	4,506	- 1,769
Congenital Anomalies	7	2,602	29	991	+ 1,611
Hypertension	8	2,424	8	5,368	- 2,944
Lung Disease	9	2,192	3	26,178	- 23,986
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,179	11	4,340	- 2,161
Kidney Disease	11	2,104	12	3,959	- 1,855
Falls	12	1,970	18	1,801	+ 169
Suicide	13	1,627	16	2,407	- 780
Drownings	14	1,421	27	1,126	+ 295
Low Birth Weight	15	1,395	25	1,208	+ 187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,379	15	3,232	- 1,853
Stomach Cancer	17	1,250	13	3,771	- 2,521
Breast Cancer	18	951	23	1,366	- 415
Lymphomas	19	928	35	560	+ 368
Other Injuries	20	875	20	1,531	- 656
Inflammatory/Heart	21	858	34	684	+ 174
Leukemia	22	856	30	965	- 109
Encephalitis	23	848	54	117	+ 731
Liver Cancer	24	785	9	5,326	- 4,541
Lung Cancers	25	761	5	11,893	- 11,133
Parkinson's Disease	26	739	26	1,155	- 415
Skin Disease	27	619	52	158	+ 461
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	527	40	374	+ 153
Birth Trauma	29	520	32	736	- 216
Pancreas Cancer	30	517	21	1,525	- 1,009
Oral Cancer	31	472	37	513	- 40
Endocrine Disorders	32	358	39	452	- 94
Poisonings	33	317	41	366	- 50
Cervical Cancer	34	286	33	704	- 418
Bladder Cancer	35	278	38	500	- 222
Fires	36	258	46	253	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	37	249	48	219	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	245	19	1,712	- 1,467
Violence	39	231	28	1,082	- 851
Oesophagus Cancer	40	217	24	1,222	- 1,005
HIV/AIDS	41	209	31	753	- 544
Drug Use	42	193	42	356	- 164
Ovary Cancer	43	177	36	532	- 355
Epilepsy	44	148	45	266	- 118
Skin Cancers	45	147	51	168	- 21
Maternal Conditions	46	146	47	252	- 105
Meningitis	47	141	49	207	- 66
Tuberculosis	48	120	4	17,417	- 17,297
Dengue	49	106	76	0	+ 106
Alcohol	50	90	44	304	- 214
Pertussis	51	89	61	34	+ 54
Multiple Sclerosis	52	78	60	40	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	78	17	2,093	- 2,015
Uterin Cancer	54	77	53	138	- 61
Asthma	55	76	22	1,439	- 1,363
Other Neoplasms	56	46	59	44	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	31	57	57	- 25
War	58	29	63	16	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	59	15	74	0	+ 15
Malnutrition	60	14	43	317	- 303
Syphilis	61	13	58	54	- 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	50	198	- 188
Tetanus	63	6	62	28	- 21
Hepatitis B	64	3	55	68	- 66
Ascariasis	65	2	67	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	2	75	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	1	56	67	- 66
Diphtheria	68	1	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	64	10	- 10
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	65	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Oman

North Korea

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.