ZIMBABWE VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,240	3	8,493	+ 14,747
Stroke	2	7,242	5	5,126	+ 2,116
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,523	9	3,344	+ 1,179
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,081	2	10,779	- 7,699
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,316	4	6,037	- 3,721
Liver Disease	6	1,785	17	1,941	- 156
Congenital Anomalies	7	1,697	11	2,217	- 520
Hypertension	8	1,581	24	1,146	+ 435
Lung Disease	9	1,429	23	1,163	+ 266
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,421	31	768	+ 653
Kidney Disease	11	1,372	12	2,214	- 842
Falls	12	1,285	41	465	+ 820
Suicide	13	1,061	13	2,069	- 1,008
Drownings	14	927	27	956	- 29
Low Birth Weight	15	910	7	4,038	- 3,128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	899	40	505	+ 394
Stomach Cancer	17	815	33	559	+ 256
Breast Cancer	18	620	28	839	- 219
Lymphomas	19	605	26	960	- 354
Other Injuries	20	571	20	1,656	- 1,085
Inflammatory/Heart	21	560	25	1,047	- 488
Leukemia	22	558	45	244	+ 315
Encephalitis	23	553	56	117	+ 435
Liver Cancer	24	512	38	510	+ 2
Lung Cancers	25	496	43	286	+ 210
Parkinson's Disease	26	482	46	226	+ 256
Skin Disease	27	404	52	173	+ 231
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	344	6	4,595	- 4,251
Birth Trauma	29	339	8	3,405	- 3,066
Pancreas Cancer	30	337	47	217	+ 120
Oral Cancer	31	308	49	208	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	32	233	34	553	- 320
Poisonings	33	206	37	515	- 309
Cervical Cancer	34	186	14	2,023	- 1,836
Bladder Cancer	35	181	54	125	+ 57
Fires	36	168	30	793	- 624
Prostate Cancer	37	162	32	628	- 466
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	160	35	548	- 388
Violence	39	151	18	1,916	- 1,765
Oesophagus Cancer	40	142	29	801	- 660
HIV/AIDS	41	136	1	19,988	- 19,852
Drug Use	42	126	48	213	- 87
Ovary Cancer	43	116	51	173	- 58
Epilepsy	44	97	39	508	- 411
Skin Cancers	45	96	44	264	- 168
Maternal Conditions	46	95	19	1,749	- 1,654
Meningitis	47	92	22	1,325	- 1,233
Tuberculosis	48	79	16	1,999	- 1,921
Dengue	49	69	73	0	+ 69
Alcohol	50	59	61	48	+ 10
Pertussis	51	58	42	419	- 361
Multiple Sclerosis	52	51	67	14	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	51	36	542	- 491
Uterin Cancer	54	50	50	182	- 132
Asthma	55	49	21	1,531	- 1,481
Other Neoplasms	56	30	62	37	- 7
Appendicitis	57	20	58	66	- 46
War	58	19	65	26	- 7
Schistosomiasis	59	10	53	172	- 162
Malnutrition	60	9	10	2,396	- 2,387
Syphilis	61	8	55	124	- 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	64	26	- 20
Tetanus	63	4	57	102	- 98
Hepatitis B	64	2	60	57	- 55
Ascariasis	65	1	70	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	59	65	- 64
Diphtheria	68	1	72	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	69	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	68	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	71	0	66	14	- 14
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	2	- 2
Measles	76	0	63	30	- 30
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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 ZIMBABWE

Oman

Zimbabwe

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.