ZAMBIA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,184	10	4,432	+ 23,752
Stroke	2	8,783	3	7,948	+ 835
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,485	14	2,395	+ 3,090
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,736	2	9,517	- 5,781
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,809	11	3,654	- 845
Liver Disease	6	2,165	9	4,501	- 2,336
Congenital Anomalies	7	2,058	12	3,146	- 1,088
Hypertension	8	1,917	13	2,616	- 699
Lung Disease	9	1,733	21	1,273	+ 461
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,723	29	590	+ 1,134
Kidney Disease	11	1,664	18	1,760	- 96
Falls	12	1,558	28	596	+ 962
Suicide	13	1,286	20	1,303	- 16
Drownings	14	1,124	27	689	+ 435
Low Birth Weight	15	1,103	8	4,857	- 3,754
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,090	43	203	+ 888
Stomach Cancer	17	989	42	206	+ 782
Breast Cancer	18	752	35	366	+ 386
Lymphomas	19	734	31	548	+ 186
Other Injuries	20	692	19	1,729	- 1,036
Inflammatory/Heart	21	679	33	501	+ 177
Leukemia	22	677	39	261	+ 416
Encephalitis	23	670	59	70	+ 600
Liver Cancer	24	620	46	177	+ 444
Lung Cancers	25	602	41	226	+ 376
Parkinson's Disease	26	585	47	164	+ 421
Skin Disease	27	490	52	126	+ 364
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	417	5	6,275	- 5,858
Birth Trauma	29	411	7	5,062	- 4,650
Pancreas Cancer	30	409	62	42	+ 366
Oral Cancer	31	374	48	155	+ 218
Endocrine Disorders	32	283	37	354	- 71
Poisonings	33	250	34	456	- 206
Cervical Cancer	34	226	17	1,799	- 1,572
Bladder Cancer	35	220	50	132	+ 88
Fires	36	204	32	546	- 342
Prostate Cancer	37	197	30	561	- 365
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	194	40	246	- 52
Violence	39	183	23	1,153	- 970
Oesophagus Cancer	40	172	36	359	- 187
HIV/AIDS	41	165	1	17,234	- 17,069
Drug Use	42	152	53	122	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	43	140	57	82	+ 58
Epilepsy	44	117	38	332	- 215
Skin Cancers	45	116	54	108	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	46	116	22	1,188	- 1,072
Meningitis	47	111	16	1,976	- 1,865
Tuberculosis	48	95	6	5,941	- 5,846
Dengue	49	84	74	1	+ 83
Alcohol	50	71	49	140	- 69
Pertussis	51	70	25	743	- 673
Multiple Sclerosis	52	62	67	13	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	61	45	190	- 128
Uterin Cancer	54	61	64	30	+ 31
Asthma	55	60	26	741	- 681
Other Neoplasms	56	36	65	20	+ 16
Appendicitis	57	25	56	84	- 59
War	58	23	69	6	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	59	12	51	128	- 117
Malnutrition	60	11	15	2,303	- 2,291
Syphilis	61	10	24	885	- 875
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	63	30	- 22
Tetanus	63	5	44	190	- 185
Hepatitis B	64	2	55	104	- 102
Ascariasis	65	1	68	9	- 7
Leishmaniasis	66	1	58	72	- 71
Upper Respiratory	67	1	60	68	- 67
Diphtheria	68	1	73	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	70	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	71	0	66	18	- 18
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Measles	76	0	61	48	- 48
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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 ZAMBIA

Oman

Zambia

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.