OMAN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,168	1	5,287	- 1,119
Stroke	2	1,793	2	1,648	+ 145
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,315	5	527	+ 788
Kidney Disease	4	966	11	312	+ 654
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	655	4	701	- 46
Falls	6	570	12	292	+ 278
Liver Disease	7	527	6	406	+ 120
Other Injuries	8	428	20	130	+ 298
Diabetes Mellitus	9	415	3	1,029	- 614
Lung Disease	10	303	9	325	- 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	261	10	323	- 63
Congenital Anomalies	12	246	7	386	- 140
Suicide	13	218	13	241	- 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	174	16	205	- 31
Endocrine Disorders	15	155	32	53	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	16	143	21	127	+ 16
Asthma	17	125	55	11	+ 113
Low Birth Weight	18	106	15	207	- 101
Leukemia	19	99	22	127	- 28
Breast Cancer	20	97	18	141	- 44
Liver Cancer	21	90	24	116	- 26
Hypertension	22	89	8	360	- 271
Fires	23	88	36	38	+ 50
Drownings	24	88	14	211	- 123
Parkinson's Disease	25	83	26	110	- 27
Lung Cancers	26	83	25	113	- 30
Tuberculosis	27	80	48	18	+ 62
Lymphomas	28	76	19	138	- 61
Epilepsy	29	74	44	22	+ 52
Violence	30	69	39	34	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	31	56	30	77	- 21
Skin Disease	32	55	27	92	- 37
Drug Use	33	52	42	29	+ 24
Oral Cancer	34	50	31	70	- 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	49	28	78	- 30
Stomach Cancer	36	42	17	185	- 144
Birth Trauma	37	37	29	77	- 41
Uterin Cancer	38	34	54	11	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	30	53	12	+ 18
Poisonings	40	30	33	47	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	29	38	36	- 7
Ovary Cancer	42	26	43	26	+ 0
Encephalitis	43	25	23	126	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	44	24	40	32	- 8
Meningitis	45	24	47	21	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	46	23	35	41	- 18
HIV/AIDS	47	21	41	31	- 10
Maternal Conditions	48	18	46	22	- 3
Cervical Cancer	49	17	34	42	- 26
Prostate Cancer	50	16	37	37	- 21
Alcohol	51	14	50	13	+ 0
Malnutrition	52	8	60	2	+ 6
Hepatitis B	53	6	64	0	+ 6
Pertussis	54	6	51	13	- 7
Skin Cancers	55	6	45	22	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	52	12	- 6
Other Neoplasms	57	4	56	7	- 3
Appendicitis	58	4	57	5	- 1
Syphilis	59	3	61	2	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	60	3	59	2	+ 0
Tetanus	61	2	63	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	2	- 1
Dengue	63	1	49	16	- 15
Hepatitis C	64	1	71	0	+ 1
War	65	0	58	4	- 4
Ascariasis	66	0	65	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

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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.