MALAWI VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,491	7	4,929	+ 24,562
Stroke	2	9,190	5	5,939	+ 3,251
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,739	14	2,267	+ 3,473
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,909	2	7,739	- 3,829
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,939	4	6,221	- 3,282
Liver Disease	6	2,265	10	3,259	- 994
Congenital Anomalies	7	2,153	13	2,509	- 356
Hypertension	8	2,006	17	1,797	+ 209
Lung Disease	9	1,814	21	1,340	+ 473
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,803	25	782	+ 1,021
Kidney Disease	11	1,741	19	1,567	+ 174
Falls	12	1,631	28	562	+ 1,069
Suicide	13	1,346	23	1,007	+ 339
Drownings	14	1,176	30	458	+ 718
Low Birth Weight	15	1,154	8	4,339	- 3,185
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,141	44	234	+ 907
Stomach Cancer	17	1,035	45	206	+ 829
Breast Cancer	18	787	27	600	+ 187
Lymphomas	19	768	24	839	- 70
Other Injuries	20	724	22	1,266	- 542
Inflammatory/Heart	21	710	35	370	+ 340
Leukemia	22	708	56	82	+ 626
Encephalitis	23	702	58	48	+ 654
Liver Cancer	24	649	38	317	+ 333
Lung Cancers	25	629	51	131	+ 499
Parkinson's Disease	26	612	46	200	+ 412
Skin Disease	27	513	53	101	+ 411
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	436	6	5,782	- 5,345
Birth Trauma	29	430	9	3,563	- 3,133
Pancreas Cancer	30	428	60	38	+ 390
Oral Cancer	31	391	43	251	+ 140
Endocrine Disorders	32	296	42	257	+ 40
Poisonings	33	262	37	325	- 63
Cervical Cancer	34	237	12	2,876	- 2,640
Bladder Cancer	35	230	33	388	- 158
Fires	36	213	34	380	- 166
Prostate Cancer	37	206	40	271	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	203	39	280	- 77
Violence	39	191	32	406	- 215
Oesophagus Cancer	40	180	16	1,842	- 1,662
HIV/AIDS	41	173	1	12,839	- 12,666
Drug Use	42	159	59	48	+ 112
Ovary Cancer	43	147	48	158	- 11
Epilepsy	44	123	41	260	- 137
Skin Cancers	45	122	36	331	- 209
Maternal Conditions	46	121	15	1,854	- 1,733
Meningitis	47	116	18	1,792	- 1,676
Tuberculosis	48	100	11	2,992	- 2,893
Dengue	49	87	65	9	+ 78
Alcohol	50	74	52	114	- 39
Pertussis	51	73	31	436	- 363
Multiple Sclerosis	52	64	66	9	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	64	49	154	- 90
Uterin Cancer	54	63	62	23	+ 41
Asthma	55	63	26	705	- 642
Other Neoplasms	56	38	63	17	+ 21
Appendicitis	57	26	54	94	- 68
War	58	24	71	2	+ 21
Schistosomiasis	59	12	50	143	- 131
Malnutrition	60	12	20	1,499	- 1,487
Syphilis	61	10	29	480	- 470
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	61	29	- 20
Tetanus	63	5	47	178	- 172
Hepatitis B	64	2	55	88	- 85
Ascariasis	65	1	69	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	57	60	- 59
Diphtheria	68	1	72	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	68	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	71	0	64	15	- 14
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	67	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Oman

Malawi

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.