NEW ZEALAND VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,994	1	5,095	+ 1,899
Stroke	2	2,179	3	2,378	- 199
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,361	8	769	+ 593
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	927	7	920	+ 7
Road Traffic Accidents	5	697	16	458	+ 239
Liver Disease	6	537	32	158	+ 380
Congenital Anomalies	7	511	30	176	+ 335
Hypertension	8	476	20	327	+ 149
Lung Disease	9	430	5	1,815	- 1,385
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	428	2	3,032	- 2,604
Kidney Disease	11	413	17	432	- 19
Falls	12	387	11	627	- 240
Suicide	13	319	15	528	- 209
Drownings	14	279	44	54	+ 225
Low Birth Weight	15	274	38	78	+ 195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	271	6	1,495	- 1,224
Stomach Cancer	17	245	22	323	- 77
Breast Cancer	18	187	10	737	- 550
Lymphomas	19	182	13	608	- 426
Other Injuries	20	172	28	218	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	21	168	23	313	- 145
Leukemia	22	168	18	391	- 223
Encephalitis	23	166	66	1	+ 166
Liver Cancer	24	154	24	288	- 134
Lung Cancers	25	149	4	1,873	- 1,724
Parkinson's Disease	26	145	19	353	- 208
Skin Disease	27	122	34	118	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	104	37	81	+ 23
Birth Trauma	29	102	54	15	+ 87
Pancreas Cancer	30	101	14	543	- 441
Oral Cancer	31	93	31	164	- 71
Endocrine Disorders	32	70	21	325	- 254
Poisonings	33	62	58	9	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	34	56	41	61	- 5
Bladder Cancer	35	55	26	267	- 212
Fires	36	51	53	17	+ 34
Prostate Cancer	37	49	9	739	- 690
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	48	39	70	- 22
Violence	39	45	42	57	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	40	43	25	279	- 236
HIV/AIDS	41	41	57	10	+ 31
Drug Use	42	38	40	69	- 31
Ovary Cancer	43	35	29	207	- 172
Epilepsy	44	29	43	55	- 26
Skin Cancers	45	29	12	612	- 583
Maternal Conditions	46	29	63	5	+ 24
Meningitis	47	28	59	9	+ 19
Tuberculosis	48	24	52	17	+ 6
Dengue	49	21	75	0	+ 21
Alcohol	50	18	45	51	- 34
Pertussis	51	17	65	1	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	52	15	47	43	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	15	35	113	- 97
Uterin Cancer	54	15	33	145	- 129
Asthma	55	15	36	91	- 76
Other Neoplasms	56	9	27	245	- 236
Appendicitis	57	6	62	6	+ 0
War	58	6	68	1	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	60	3	55	14	- 11
Syphilis	61	2	70	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	46	47	- 45
Tetanus	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	56	14	- 13
Ascariasis	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	4	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	71	0	48	30	- 30
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Oman

New Zealand

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.