OMAN VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,548	41	31	+ 4,517
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,453	4	701	+ 1,752
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,932	1	5,287	- 3,355
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,374	5	527	+ 847
Stroke	5	1,166	2	1,648	- 482
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,045	28	78	+ 967
Low Birth Weight	7	919	15	207	+ 712
Birth Trauma	8	775	29	77	+ 698
Diabetes Mellitus	9	761	3	1,029	- 268
Malnutrition	10	545	60	2	+ 543
Congenital Anomalies	11	504	7	386	+ 118
Kidney Disease	12	504	11	312	+ 191
Suicide	13	471	13	241	+ 229
Cervical Cancer	14	460	34	42	+ 418
Malaria	15	456	74	0	+ 456
Tuberculosis	16	455	48	18	+ 437
Liver Disease	17	442	6	406	+ 36
Violence	18	436	39	34	+ 402
Maternal Conditions	19	398	46	22	+ 376
Other Injuries	20	377	20	130	+ 247
Asthma	21	348	55	11	+ 337
Meningitis	22	301	47	21	+ 281
Lung Disease	23	265	9	325	- 61
Hypertension	24	261	8	360	- 99
Inflammatory/Heart	25	238	21	127	+ 111
Lymphomas	26	218	19	138	+ 81
Drownings	27	217	14	211	+ 7
Breast Cancer	28	191	18	141	+ 50
Oesophagus Cancer	29	182	40	32	+ 150
Fires	30	180	36	38	+ 142
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	175	10	323	- 149
Prostate Cancer	32	143	37	37	+ 106
Stomach Cancer	33	127	17	185	- 58
Endocrine Disorders	34	126	32	53	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	125	38	36	+ 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	123	53	12	+ 112
Poisonings	37	117	33	47	+ 70
Liver Cancer	38	116	24	116	- 0
Epilepsy	39	116	44	22	+ 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	115	16	205	- 90
Falls	41	106	12	292	- 187
Pertussis	42	95	51	13	+ 82
Lung Cancers	43	65	25	113	- 48
Skin Cancers	44	60	45	22	+ 38
Leukemia	45	55	22	127	- 72
Parkinson's Disease	46	51	26	110	- 58
Pancreas Cancer	47	49	30	77	- 27
Drug Use	48	48	42	29	+ 20
Oral Cancer	49	47	31	70	- 23
Uterin Cancer	50	41	54	11	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	51	39	43	26	+ 13
Skin Disease	52	39	27	92	- 53
Schistosomiasis	53	39	59	2	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	54	28	35	41	- 13
Syphilis	55	28	61	2	+ 26
Encephalitis	56	27	23	126	- 99
Tetanus	57	23	63	1	+ 22
Appendicitis	58	15	57	5	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	59	15	67	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	60	13	64	0	+ 12
Alcohol	61	11	50	13	- 2
Other Neoplasms	62	8	56	7	+ 2
Measles	63	7	76	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	62	2	+ 4
War	65	6	58	4	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	3	71	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	52	12	- 8
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	49	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

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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.