OMAN VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,761	1	5,287	+ 474
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,277	10	323	+ 2,954
Lung Disease	3	2,229	9	325	+ 1,904
Stroke	4	1,809	2	1,648	+ 161
Lung Cancers	5	1,775	25	113	+ 1,662
Kidney Disease	6	980	11	312	+ 668
Drug Use	7	849	42	29	+ 821
Hypertension	8	753	8	360	+ 393
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	705	16	205	+ 501
Diabetes Mellitus	10	701	3	1,029	- 328
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	688	4	701	- 13
Suicide	12	606	13	241	+ 365
Breast Cancer	13	555	18	141	+ 414
Endocrine Disorders	14	536	32	53	+ 483
Pancreas Cancer	15	505	30	77	+ 429
Liver Disease	16	495	6	406	+ 89
Road Traffic Accidents	17	476	5	527	- 51
Falls	18	461	12	292	+ 169
Lymphomas	19	460	19	138	+ 322
Prostate Cancer	20	406	37	37	+ 369
Parkinson's Disease	21	394	26	110	+ 284
Inflammatory/Heart	22	371	21	127	+ 244
Liver Cancer	23	309	24	116	+ 192
Leukemia	24	308	22	127	+ 181
Other Injuries	25	297	20	130	+ 167
Bladder Cancer	26	224	35	41	+ 183
Violence	27	217	39	34	+ 182
Oesophagus Cancer	28	203	40	32	+ 171
Other Neoplasms	29	202	56	7	+ 196
Alcohol	30	167	50	13	+ 154
Ovary Cancer	31	166	43	26	+ 140
Skin Cancers	32	163	45	22	+ 141
Stomach Cancer	33	149	17	185	- 36
Congenital Anomalies	34	134	7	386	- 252
Oral Cancer	35	132	31	70	+ 62
Uterin Cancer	36	115	54	11	+ 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	114	28	78	+ 35
Cervical Cancer	38	80	34	42	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	39	79	15	207	- 128
Malnutrition	40	77	60	2	+ 75
Hepatitis C	41	65	71	0	+ 65
HIV/AIDS	42	65	41	31	+ 34
Skin Disease	43	62	27	92	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	44	58	52	12	+ 46
Drownings	45	46	14	211	- 164
Asthma	46	44	55	11	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	42	53	12	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	39	38	36	+ 3
Fires	49	36	36	38	- 2
Epilepsy	50	36	44	22	+ 14
Anemia	51	36	82	0	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	28	62	2	+ 27
Poisonings	53	19	33	47	- 28
Birth Trauma	54	14	29	77	- 63
War	55	14	58	4	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	56	9	46	22	- 13
Schizophrenia	57	8	83	0	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	8	84	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	7	64	0	+ 6
Meningitis	60	7	47	21	- 14
Osteoarthritis	61	7	85	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	62	6	48	18	- 12
Appendicitis	63	5	57	5	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	3	86	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	3	67	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	1	61	2	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	23	126	- 125
Pertussis	69	0	51	13	- 13
Chagas disease	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	63	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	59	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	49	16	- 16
Malaria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	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

United States

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.