OMAN VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,648	41	31	+ 4,617
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,540	4	701	+ 1,839
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,114	1	5,287	- 3,174
Stroke	4	1,981	2	1,648	+ 334
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,949	3	1,029	+ 920
Tuberculosis	6	1,418	48	18	+ 1,400
Violence	7	1,356	39	34	+ 1,321
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,023	28	78	+ 945
Kidney Disease	9	988	11	312	+ 676
Suicide	10	889	13	241	+ 648
Road Traffic Accidents	11	840	5	527	+ 313
Hypertension	12	826	8	360	+ 466
Lung Disease	13	768	9	325	+ 443
Liver Disease	14	582	6	406	+ 176
Lung Cancers	15	497	25	113	+ 385
Low Birth Weight	16	403	15	207	+ 197
Other Injuries	17	388	20	130	+ 258
Asthma	18	385	55	11	+ 374
Endocrine Disorders	19	380	32	53	+ 327
Cervical Cancer	20	359	34	42	+ 316
Inflammatory/Heart	21	349	21	127	+ 222
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	302	10	323	- 21
Breast Cancer	23	293	18	141	+ 152
Prostate Cancer	24	282	37	37	+ 245
Congenital Anomalies	25	281	7	386	- 105
Meningitis	26	236	47	21	+ 215
Fires	27	234	36	38	+ 195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	232	16	205	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	29	225	40	32	+ 193
Birth Trauma	30	194	29	77	+ 117
Lymphomas	31	182	19	138	+ 44
Drownings	32	155	14	211	- 56
Liver Cancer	33	154	24	116	+ 37
Malnutrition	34	154	60	2	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	35	130	30	77	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	122	38	36	+ 86
Epilepsy	37	121	44	22	+ 99
Maternal Conditions	38	110	46	22	+ 88
Stomach Cancer	39	99	17	185	- 86
Leukemia	40	94	22	127	- 33
Oral Cancer	41	91	31	70	+ 21
Falls	42	90	12	292	- 202
Pertussis	43	74	51	13	+ 61
Syphilis	44	73	61	2	+ 71
Skin Disease	45	71	27	92	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	46	70	26	110	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	66	53	12	+ 54
Skin Cancers	48	64	45	22	+ 42
Alcohol	49	64	50	13	+ 50
Poisonings	50	63	33	47	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	51	61	43	26	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	52	54	35	41	+ 12
Drug Use	53	50	42	29	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	54	33	54	11	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	24	62	2	+ 23
Appendicitis	56	18	57	5	+ 13
Measles	57	17	76	0	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	58	17	56	7	+ 10
Encephalitis	59	15	23	126	- 111
Upper Respiratory	60	14	67	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	61	9	64	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	52	12	- 4
Malaria	63	5	74	0	+ 5
War	64	4	58	4	- 0
Tetanus	65	2	63	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	2	59	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	65	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	49	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

South Africa

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.