OMAN VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,174	4	701	+ 2,473
Malaria	2	2,919	74	0	+ 2,919
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,257	28	78	+ 2,178
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,723	1	5,287	- 3,565
Stroke	5	1,612	2	1,648	- 35
Birth Trauma	6	1,236	29	77	+ 1,158
Low Birth Weight	7	1,194	15	207	+ 987
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,104	5	527	+ 577
HIV/AIDS	9	1,089	41	31	+ 1,058
Tuberculosis	10	1,033	48	18	+ 1,015
Congenital Anomalies	11	655	7	386	+ 269
Meningitis	12	605	47	21	+ 584
Liver Disease	13	561	6	406	+ 155
Diabetes Mellitus	14	509	3	1,029	- 520
Kidney Disease	15	463	11	312	+ 151
Other Injuries	16	445	20	130	+ 315
Malnutrition	17	395	60	2	+ 393
Maternal Conditions	18	376	46	22	+ 355
Endocrine Disorders	19	341	32	53	+ 288
Lung Disease	20	339	9	325	+ 13
Hypertension	21	267	8	360	- 93
Violence	22	264	39	34	+ 230
Breast Cancer	23	263	18	141	+ 122
Asthma	24	262	55	11	+ 251
Suicide	25	223	13	241	- 18
Pertussis	26	200	51	13	+ 187
Liver Cancer	27	171	24	116	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	160	10	323	- 164
Drownings	29	157	14	211	- 54
Falls	30	139	12	292	- 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	132	38	36	+ 95
Inflammatory/Heart	32	123	21	127	- 4
Fires	33	118	36	38	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	34	117	37	37	+ 80
Cervical Cancer	35	113	34	42	+ 70
Stomach Cancer	36	99	17	185	- 86
Epilepsy	37	99	44	22	+ 77
Poisonings	38	93	33	47	+ 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	82	16	205	- 122
Drug Use	40	79	42	29	+ 51
Syphilis	41	77	61	2	+ 75
Lymphomas	42	56	19	138	- 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	54	53	12	+ 43
Parkinson's Disease	44	50	26	110	- 60
Tetanus	45	44	63	1	+ 43
Schistosomiasis	46	43	59	2	+ 41
Hepatitis B	47	39	64	0	+ 39
Skin Cancers	48	37	45	22	+ 15
Lung Cancers	49	36	25	113	- 76
Oral Cancer	50	35	31	70	- 35
Skin Disease	51	34	27	92	- 57
Bladder Cancer	52	33	35	41	- 8
Ovary Cancer	53	33	43	26	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	54	26	30	77	- 50
Alcohol	55	22	50	13	+ 9
Encephalitis	56	22	23	126	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	57	16	40	32	- 16
Measles	58	16	76	0	+ 16
Leukemia	59	16	22	127	- 111
Uterin Cancer	60	13	54	11	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	12	57	5	+ 7
Ascariasis	62	6	65	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	63	6	71	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	64	4	67	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	65	4	52	12	- 7
Other Neoplasms	66	4	56	7	- 2
War	67	4	58	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	3	62	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	49	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	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

Sierra Leone

Oman

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.