OMAN VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SPAIN		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,265	1	5,287	- 1,022
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,494	10	323	+ 3,171
Stroke	3	2,394	2	1,648	+ 746
Lung Cancers	4	1,826	25	113	+ 1,714
Lung Disease	5	1,562	9	325	+ 1,237
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,399	16	205	+ 1,195
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,132	4	701	+ 431
Kidney Disease	8	803	11	312	+ 490
Hypertension	9	752	8	360	+ 393
Diabetes Mellitus	10	642	3	1,029	- 388
Breast Cancer	11	583	18	141	+ 442
Pancreas Cancer	12	557	30	77	+ 481
Prostate Cancer	13	530	37	37	+ 493
Stomach Cancer	14	478	17	185	+ 293
Other Injuries	15	457	20	130	+ 327
Lymphomas	16	440	19	138	+ 303
Bladder Cancer	17	431	35	41	+ 390
Liver Cancer	18	421	24	116	+ 304
Inflammatory/Heart	19	411	21	127	+ 284
Parkinson's Disease	20	408	26	110	+ 298
Endocrine Disorders	21	401	32	53	+ 348
Other Neoplasms	22	392	56	7	+ 385
Liver Disease	23	349	6	406	- 57
Leukemia	24	311	22	127	+ 184
Suicide	25	298	13	241	+ 57
Falls	26	268	12	292	- 24
Oral Cancer	27	213	31	70	+ 143
Ovary Cancer	28	167	43	26	+ 141
Oesophagus Cancer	29	166	40	32	+ 134
Skin Disease	30	152	27	92	+ 60
Road Traffic Accidents	31	151	5	527	- 376
Skin Cancers	32	149	45	22	+ 127
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	133	53	12	+ 122
Uterin Cancer	34	133	54	11	+ 122
Asthma	35	94	55	11	+ 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	88	28	78	+ 10
Anemia	37	75	82	0	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	38	71	7	386	- 315
Cervical Cancer	39	71	34	42	+ 28
Epilepsy	40	68	44	22	+ 46
Drug Use	41	64	42	29	+ 35
Hepatitis C	42	54	71	0	+ 54
HIV/AIDS	43	44	41	31	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	39	38	36	+ 3
Drownings	45	37	14	211	- 174
Alcohol	46	28	50	13	+ 14
Malnutrition	47	25	60	2	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	24	62	2	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	49	24	52	12	+ 12
Tuberculosis	50	22	48	18	+ 4
Violence	51	22	39	34	- 13
Low Birth Weight	52	21	15	207	- 186
Osteoarthritis	53	18	85	0	+ 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	17	84	0	+ 17
Fires	55	15	36	38	- 23
Schizophrenia	56	15	83	0	+ 15
Poisonings	57	14	33	47	- 33
Hepatitis B	58	13	64	0	+ 13
Meningitis	59	11	47	21	- 10
Birth Trauma	60	9	29	77	- 68
Appendicitis	61	7	57	5	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	4	67	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	63	4	86	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	64	1	46	22	- 21
Leishmaniasis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	61	2	- 1
War	68	0	58	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	23	126	- 125
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	63	1	- 1
Pertussis	73	0	51	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	74	0	59	2	- 2
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	49	16	- 16
Ascariasis	78	0	65	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

Spain

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.