OMAN VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,101	1	5,287	- 3,186
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,997	4	701	+ 1,296
Stroke	3	1,918	2	1,648	+ 270
Lung Cancers	4	1,520	25	113	+ 1,408
Suicide	5	1,097	13	241	+ 855
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	910	10	323	+ 587
Liver Cancer	7	868	24	116	+ 752
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	763	16	205	+ 558
Kidney Disease	9	757	11	312	+ 445
Stomach Cancer	10	646	17	185	+ 461
Lung Disease	11	639	9	325	+ 314
Pancreas Cancer	12	524	30	77	+ 447
Diabetes Mellitus	13	510	3	1,029	- 519
Liver Disease	14	476	6	406	+ 69
Road Traffic Accidents	15	330	5	527	- 197
Parkinson's Disease	16	296	26	110	+ 186
Hypertension	17	278	8	360	- 82
Other Injuries	18	272	20	130	+ 142
Lymphomas	19	261	19	138	+ 123
Falls	20	220	12	292	- 73
Breast Cancer	21	216	18	141	+ 75
Prostate Cancer	22	173	37	37	+ 137
Leukemia	23	160	22	127	+ 33
Tuberculosis	24	146	48	18	+ 128
Endocrine Disorders	25	142	32	53	+ 89
Other Neoplasms	26	135	56	7	+ 129
Bladder Cancer	27	132	35	41	+ 91
Oesophagus Cancer	28	130	40	32	+ 98
Oral Cancer	29	109	31	70	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	30	100	43	26	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	31	99	21	127	- 28
Asthma	32	86	55	11	+ 75
Alcohol	33	81	50	13	+ 68
Cervical Cancer	34	80	34	42	+ 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	70	28	78	- 9
Skin Disease	36	53	27	92	- 39
Skin Cancers	37	44	45	22	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	40	38	36	+ 4
Hepatitis B	39	39	64	0	+ 39
Epilepsy	40	39	44	22	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	41	39	7	386	- 347
Drownings	42	38	14	211	- 173
Uterin Cancer	43	31	54	11	+ 20
Violence	44	29	39	34	- 5
Low Birth Weight	45	28	15	207	- 179
Anemia	46	25	82	0	+ 25
Fires	47	20	36	38	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	17	53	12	+ 5
Hepatitis C	49	13	71	0	+ 13
Drug Use	50	12	42	29	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	11	62	2	+ 10
Poisonings	52	9	33	47	- 38
Malnutrition	53	7	60	2	+ 4
Birth Trauma	54	7	29	77	- 71
HIV/AIDS	55	6	41	31	- 25
Schizophrenia	56	6	83	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	57	4	57	5	- 1
Meningitis	58	4	47	21	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	4	84	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	60	3	85	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	61	3	46	22	- 19
Syphilis	62	2	61	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	2	67	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	2	86	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	65	1	23	126	- 124
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	52	12	- 11
Pertussis	67	0	51	13	- 13
War	68	0	58	4	- 4
Tetanus	69	0	63	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	59	2	- 2
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	49	16	- 16
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

South Korea

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.