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United States
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare United States and Oman health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Oman
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
Oman Population Pyramid
6,915,451
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Oman OMAN
  United States UNITED STATES   Oman OMAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
 
41.1
42.9
41.9
135
139
136
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
 
48.9
51.3
50.1
122
121
121
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
 
59.2
62.1
60.6
97
105
100
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
 
68.4
71.5
69.9
50
80
65
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
 
70.7
74.9
72.6
48
69
61
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
 
73.7
78.1
75.6
40
49
46
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
 
73.0
75.3
73.9
72
103
91
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Oman OMAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
73.8
76.0
72
107
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
73.9
76.1
72
108
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
74.0
76.1
71
108
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
74.3
76.3
72
109
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
74.7
76.4
72
109
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
74.9
76.5
73
110
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
75.1
76.6
75
110
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
75.4
76.8
78
113
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
75.6
77.0
79
116
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
76.0
77.3
85
122
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
76.5
77.7
92
137
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
77.2
78.5
109
146
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
78.3
79.6
136
156
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
80.1
81.2
150
165
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
82.3
83.4
171
165
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
84.9
86.3
178
162
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
88.8
89.6
171
158
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Oman OMAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
301.95
5
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
22.46
24
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
20.58
101
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
4.80
138
5. Stroke
22.27
164
94.98
78
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
0.54
155
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
12.12
138
8. Suicide
14.51
31
4.47
149
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
18.16
113
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
4.21
170
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
12.63
113
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
58.11
28
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
7.13
117
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
21.35
75
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
17.70
98
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
37.10
74
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
1.47
163
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.32
104
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
5.23
77
20. Violence
6.00
81
0.72
167
21. Falls
5.68
90
9.24
25
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
4.33
98
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
4.21
146
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
2.65
157
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
4.70
109
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
7.63
8
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.54
94
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
6.52
67
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
0.34
157
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.40
147
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.43
130
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
2.19
81
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
4.16
135
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.34
124
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
2.79
129
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
0.75
148
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
8.09
61
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
2.40
109
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
2.95
92
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
0.66
121
41. Drownings
1.19
140
4.91
26
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.00
173
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.30
54
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
0.09
155
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
4.91
15
46. Asthma
0.84
141
0.60
156
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
0.50
177
48. Fires
0.73
124
1.20
102
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
0.57
151
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
2.10
105
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Oman OMAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
5,287
35.65
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
323
2.18
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
325
2.19
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
1,648
11.11
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
113
0.76
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
312
2.10
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
29
0.20
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
360
2.43
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
205
1.38
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
1,029
6.94
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
701
4.73
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
241
1.62
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
141
0.95
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
53
0.36
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
77
0.52
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
406
2.74
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
527
3.55
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
292
1.97
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
138
0.93
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
37
0.25
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
110
0.74
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
127
0.86
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
116
0.78
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
127
0.86
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
130
0.88
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
41
0.28
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
34
0.23
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
32
0.22
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
7
0.05
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
13
0.09
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
26
0.18
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
22
0.15
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
185
1.25
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
386
2.60
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
70
0.47
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
11
0.07
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
78
0.53
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
42
0.28
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
207
1.40
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
2
0.01
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
0
0.00
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
31
0.21
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
92
0.62
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
12
0.08
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
211
1.42
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
11
0.07
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
12
0.08
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
36
0.24
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
38
0.26
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
22
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Oman OMAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
4.80
138
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
12.12
138
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
4.21
170
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
7.13
117
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.32
104
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
5.23
77
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
2.65
157
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
4.70
109
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.54
94
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.40
147
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.43
130
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
2.19
81
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
4.16
135
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
0.75
148
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
8.09
61
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
2.40
109
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.