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Norway
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
NORWAY VS OMAN

Compare Norway 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
Norway Population Pyramid
6,600,338
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Oman Population Pyramid
6,915,451
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Oman OMAN
  Norway NORWAY   Oman OMAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
  
41.1
42.9
41.9
135
139
136
1970
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
  
48.9
51.3
50.1
122
121
121
1980
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
  
59.2
62.1
60.6
97
105
100
1990
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
  
68.4
71.5
69.9
50
80
65
2000
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
  
70.7
74.9
72.6
48
69
61
2010
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
  
73.7
78.1
75.6
40
49
46
2019
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
  
73.0
75.3
73.9
72
103
91
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Oman OMAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.1
84.1
5
14
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age
81.1
84.1
5
14
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age 5
81.3
84.3
5
16
73.8
76.0
72
107
Age 10
81.3
84.3
5
16
73.9
76.1
72
108
Age 15
81.4
84.4
5
16
74.0
76.1
71
108
Age 20
81.4
84.4
5
16
74.3
76.3
72
109
Age 25
81.5
84.5
5
16
74.7
76.4
72
109
Age 30
81.7
84.5
4
17
74.9
76.5
73
110
Age 35
81.9
84.6
6
16
75.1
76.6
75
110
Age 40
82.0
84.7
6
18
75.4
76.8
78
113
Age 45
82.2
84.8
7
18
75.6
77.0
79
116
Age 50
82.5
85.0
8
18
76.0
77.3
85
122
Age 55
82.9
85.3
10
21
76.5
77.7
92
137
Age 60
83.5
85.8
11
22
77.2
78.5
109
146
Age 65
84.2
86.3
13
24
78.3
79.6
136
156
Age 70
85.3
87.1
13
25
80.1
81.2
150
165
Age 75
86.6
88.1
19
28
82.3
83.4
171
165
Age 80
88.3
89.4
28
28
84.9
86.3
178
162
Age 85
90.5
91.2
51
49
88.8
89.6
171
158
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Oman OMAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.10
172
301.95
5
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
28.94
12
22.46
24
3. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
4.80
138
4. Lung Disease
21.82
92
20.58
101
5. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
4.21
170
6. Stroke
18.16
178
94.98
78
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
7.13
117
8. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
12.12
138
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.78
150
37.10
74
10. Suicide
9.91
71
4.47
149
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
3.32
104
12. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
2.65
157
13. Lymphomas
5.70
56
5.23
77
14. Falls
5.70
88
9.24
25
15. Diabetes Mellitus
4.85
170
58.11
28
16. Other Injuries
4.72
137
4.21
146
17. Drug Use
4.45
11
0.54
155
18. Kidney Disease
4.28
175
18.16
113
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.23
84
7.63
8
20. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
0.75
148
21. Leukemia
3.34
107
3.54
94
22. Endocrine Disorders
3.19
105
1.47
163
23. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
8.09
61
24. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
2.19
81
25. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
4.70
109
26. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
4.16
135
27. Other Neoplasms
2.47
43
0.34
124
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.44
169
6.52
67
29. Liver Disease
2.41
179
17.70
98
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
1.43
130
31. Alcohol
2.35
51
0.34
157
32. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.40
147
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.10
162
4.33
98
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.76
179
12.63
113
35. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
2.40
109
36. Hypertension
1.54
181
21.35
75
37. Epilepsy
1.48
100
0.50
177
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.30
139
2.10
105
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.29
2
0.30
54
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.92
138
2.95
92
41. Drownings
0.90
152
4.91
26
42. Malnutrition
0.87
105
0.09
155
43. Skin Disease
0.85
116
4.91
15
44. Asthma
0.64
151
0.60
156
45. Low Birth Weight
0.57
179
2.79
129
46. Violence
0.56
175
0.72
167
47. Fires
0.54
136
1.20
102
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.50
52
0.08
167
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.47
158
0.57
151
50. Anemia
0.45
28
0.00
143
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Norway NORWAY   Oman OMAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,321
15.60
5,287
35.65
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,464
13.09
323
2.18
3. Lung Disease
2,723
7.98
325
2.19
4. Stroke
2,475
7.26
1,648
11.11
5. Lung Cancers
2,320
6.80
113
0.76
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,797
5.27
701
4.73
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,787
5.24
205
1.38
8. Prostate Cancer
1,172
3.44
37
0.25
9. Falls
777
2.28
292
1.97
10. Pancreas Cancer
770
2.26
77
0.52
11. Breast Cancer
698
2.05
141
0.95
12. Lymphomas
646
1.89
138
0.93
13. Suicide
633
1.86
241
1.62
14. Kidney Disease
611
1.79
312
2.10
15. Other Injuries
583
1.71
130
0.88
16. Diabetes Mellitus
560
1.64
1,029
6.94
17. Parkinson's Disease
554
1.62
110
0.74
18. Skin Cancers
407
1.19
22
0.15
19. Endocrine Disorders
359
1.05
53
0.36
20. Bladder Cancer
356
1.04
41
0.28
21. Leukemia
354
1.04
127
0.86
22. Stomach Cancer
343
1.01
185
1.25
23. Other Neoplasms
324
0.95
7
0.05
24. Ovary Cancer
309
0.91
26
0.18
25. Drug Use
264
0.77
29
0.20
26. Liver Cancer
259
0.76
116
0.78
27. Oesophagus Cancer
248
0.73
32
0.22
28. Hypertension
230
0.67
360
2.43
29. Inflammatory/Heart
221
0.65
127
0.86
30. Liver Disease
214
0.63
406
2.74
31. Alcohol
205
0.60
13
0.09
32. Oral Cancer
168
0.49
70
0.47
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
160
0.47
36
0.24
34. Congenital Anomalies
136
0.40
386
2.60
35. Malnutrition
135
0.40
2
0.01
36. Uterin Cancer
134
0.39
11
0.07
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
128
0.38
78
0.53
38. Skin Disease
128
0.38
92
0.62
39. Cervical Cancer
125
0.37
42
0.28
40. Epilepsy
119
0.35
22
0.15
41. Multiple Sclerosis
119
0.35
12
0.08
42. Road Traffic Accidents
114
0.33
527
3.55
43. Asthma
85
0.25
11
0.07
44. Anemia
75
0.22
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.19
211
1.42
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
61
0.18
12
0.08
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
60
0.18
2
0.01
48. Fires
45
0.13
38
0.26
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
32
0.09
0
0.00
50. Violence
32
0.09
34
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Oman OMAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
4.80
138
2. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
4.21
170
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
7.13
117
4. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
12.12
138
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
3.32
104
6. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
2.65
157
7. Lymphomas
5.70
56
5.23
77
8. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
0.75
148
9. Leukemia
3.34
107
3.54
94
10. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
8.09
61
11. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
2.19
81
12. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
4.70
109
13. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
4.16
135
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
1.43
130
15. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.40
147
16. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
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.