SOMALIA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,639	7	7,233	+ 10,406
Stroke	2	5,497	6	8,595	- 3,098
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,433	16	2,888	+ 545
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,338	1	21,712	- 19,373
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,758	11	4,231	- 2,473
Liver Disease	6	1,355	13	3,917	- 2,562
Congenital Anomalies	7	1,288	15	3,410	- 2,122
Hypertension	8	1,200	18	2,643	- 1,444
Lung Disease	9	1,085	19	2,442	- 1,358
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,079	32	647	+ 431
Kidney Disease	11	1,041	21	2,051	- 1,010
Falls	12	975	37	548	+ 428
Suicide	13	805	27	1,219	- 414
Drownings	14	703	25	1,272	- 568
Low Birth Weight	15	690	8	6,250	- 5,560
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	682	38	546	+ 136
Stomach Cancer	17	619	49	310	+ 309
Breast Cancer	18	471	26	1,232	- 761
Lymphomas	19	459	34	605	- 145
Other Injuries	20	433	14	3,602	- 3,168
Inflammatory/Heart	21	425	39	521	- 96
Leukemia	22	424	35	562	- 138
Encephalitis	23	420	63	91	+ 329
Liver Cancer	24	388	53	256	+ 133
Lung Cancers	25	376	54	233	+ 144
Parkinson's Disease	26	366	56	184	+ 182
Skin Disease	27	307	58	151	+ 155
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	261	2	15,363	- 15,102
Birth Trauma	29	257	5	9,573	- 9,316
Pancreas Cancer	30	256	62	108	+ 148
Oral Cancer	31	234	46	328	- 94
Endocrine Disorders	32	177	44	406	- 229
Poisonings	33	157	31	758	- 601
Cervical Cancer	34	142	28	883	- 741
Bladder Cancer	35	138	61	149	- 12
Fires	36	128	30	810	- 683
Prostate Cancer	37	123	52	285	- 162
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	121	36	559	- 438
Violence	39	114	29	828	- 714
Oesophagus Cancer	40	108	40	516	- 409
HIV/AIDS	41	103	33	610	- 506
Drug Use	42	95	65	54	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	43	88	50	295	- 207
Epilepsy	44	73	43	419	- 345
Skin Cancers	45	73	57	164	- 91
Maternal Conditions	46	72	12	4,127	- 4,054
Meningitis	47	70	9	5,381	- 5,311
Tuberculosis	48	60	4	10,261	- 10,202
Dengue	49	52	73	1	+ 52
Alcohol	50	45	59	151	- 106
Pertussis	51	44	20	2,054	- 2,010
Multiple Sclerosis	52	39	71	8	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	38	41	446	- 408
Uterin Cancer	54	38	64	78	- 40
Asthma	55	37	23	1,878	- 1,841
Other Neoplasms	56	23	70	12	+ 10
Appendicitis	57	16	55	188	- 172
War	58	14	24	1,318	- 1,304
Schistosomiasis	59	7	42	435	- 428
Malnutrition	60	7	10	4,825	- 4,818
Syphilis	61	6	45	378	- 371
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	66	35	- 30
Tetanus	63	3	17	2,648	- 2,645
Hepatitis B	64	1	48	315	- 313
Ascariasis	65	1	69	30	- 29
Leishmaniasis	66	1	51	290	- 289
Upper Respiratory	67	0	47	326	- 325
Diphtheria	68	0	60	150	- 149
Chlamydia	69	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	70	0	68	32	- 31
Hepatitis C	71	0	67	34	- 34
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.