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Oman
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 Oman and Laos 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.

Laos
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
Oman Population Pyramid
6,915,451
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Oman OMAN   Laos LAOS
  Oman OMAN   Laos LAOS
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.1
42.9
41.9
135
139
136
 
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
48.9
51.3
50.1
122
121
121
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
59.2
62.1
60.6
97
105
100
 
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
68.4
71.5
69.9
50
80
65
 
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
70.7
74.9
72.6
48
69
61
 
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
73.7
78.1
75.6
40
49
46
 
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
73.0
75.3
73.9
72
103
91
 
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Oman OMAN   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.0
75.3
72
103
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
73.0
75.3
72
103
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
73.8
76.0
72
107
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
73.9
76.1
72
108
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
74.0
76.1
71
108
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
74.3
76.3
72
109
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
74.7
76.4
72
109
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
74.9
76.5
73
110
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
75.1
76.6
75
110
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
75.4
76.8
78
113
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
75.6
77.0
79
116
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
76.0
77.3
85
122
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
76.5
77.7
92
137
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
77.2
78.5
109
146
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
78.3
79.6
136
156
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
80.1
81.2
150
165
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
82.3
83.4
171
165
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
84.9
86.3
178
162
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
88.8
89.6
171
158
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Oman OMAN   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
301.95
5
139.74
56
2. Stroke
94.98
78
152.50
21
3. Diabetes Mellitus
58.11
28
36.38
71
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
37.10
74
59.07
61
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.46
24
16.42
119
6. Hypertension
21.35
75
24.41
59
7. Lung Disease
20.58
101
46.19
20
8. Kidney Disease
18.16
113
38.60
25
9. Liver Disease
17.70
98
24.75
75
10. Road Traffic Accidents
12.63
113
19.78
77
11. Breast Cancer
12.12
138
17.83
80
12. Falls
9.24
25
9.16
28
13. Stomach Cancer
8.09
61
11.97
22
14. Parkinson's Disease
7.63
8
4.40
75
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.13
117
10.17
74
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.52
67
5.84
92
17. Lymphomas
5.23
77
4.47
102
18. Drownings
4.91
26
7.51
9
19. Skin Disease
4.91
15
2.37
45
20. Lung Cancers
4.80
138
21.02
48
21. Liver Cancer
4.70
109
25.37
4
22. Suicide
4.47
149
5.98
128
23. Inflammatory/Heart
4.33
98
4.66
93
24. Other Injuries
4.21
146
7.53
92
25. Prostate Cancer
4.21
170
3.01
174
26. Cervical Cancer
4.16
135
7.80
96
27. Leukemia
3.54
94
5.00
19
28. Encephalitis
3.51
6
0.97
23
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.32
104
1.38
157
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.95
92
27.89
53
31. Low Birth Weight
2.79
129
8.47
50
32. Ovary Cancer
2.65
157
4.05
108
33. Oral Cancer
2.40
109
7.55
14
34. Bladder Cancer
2.19
81
1.36
137
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.10
105
16.83
4
36. Endocrine Disorders
1.47
163
3.39
92
37. Oesophagus Cancer
1.43
130
4.43
41
38. Uterin Cancer
1.40
147
1.27
151
39. Fires
1.20
102
1.68
85
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
120
8.00
40
41. Poisonings
0.91
71
0.56
92
42. Dengue
0.89
10
0.22
28
43. Meningitis
0.88
87
1.88
64
44. Skin Cancers
0.75
148
1.43
123
45. Violence
0.72
167
6.67
74
46. HIV/AIDS
0.66
121
4.45
78
47. Asthma
0.60
156
19.60
22
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.57
151
3.57
33
49. Drug Use
0.54
155
0.53
157
50. Epilepsy
0.50
177
0.86
144
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Oman OMAN   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,287
35.65
5,190
12.89
2. Stroke
1,648
11.11
5,769
14.33
3. Diabetes Mellitus
1,029
6.94
1,466
3.64
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
701
4.73
2,820
7.01
5. Road Traffic Accidents
527
3.55
1,281
3.18
6. Liver Disease
406
2.74
1,171
2.91
7. Congenital Anomalies
386
2.60
647
1.61
8. Hypertension
360
2.43
890
2.21
9. Lung Disease
325
2.19
1,626
4.04
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
323
2.18
458
1.14
11. Kidney Disease
312
2.10
1,646
4.09
12. Falls
292
1.97
440
1.09
13. Suicide
241
1.62
390
0.97
14. Drownings
211
1.42
568
1.41
15. Low Birth Weight
207
1.40
1,156
2.87
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
205
1.38
422
1.05
17. Stomach Cancer
185
1.25
530
1.32
18. Breast Cancer
141
0.95
437
1.09
19. Lymphomas
138
0.93
211
0.52
20. Other Injuries
130
0.88
519
1.29
21. Leukemia
127
0.86
290
0.72
22. Inflammatory/Heart
127
0.86
206
0.51
23. Encephalitis
126
0.85
69
0.17
24. Liver Cancer
116
0.78
1,104
2.74
25. Lung Cancers
113
0.76
919
2.28
26. Parkinson's Disease
110
0.74
139
0.35
27. Skin Disease
92
0.62
89
0.22
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
78
0.53
1,552
3.86
29. Birth Trauma
77
0.52
1,116
2.77
30. Pancreas Cancer
77
0.52
61
0.15
31. Oral Cancer
70
0.47
349
0.87
32. Endocrine Disorders
53
0.36
186
0.46
33. Poisonings
47
0.32
41
0.10
34. Cervical Cancer
42
0.28
187
0.46
35. Bladder Cancer
41
0.28
49
0.12
36. Fires
38
0.26
108
0.27
37. Prostate Cancer
37
0.25
37
0.09
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
36
0.24
651
1.62
39. Violence
34
0.23
475
1.18
40. Oesophagus Cancer
32
0.22
214
0.53
41. HIV/AIDS
31
0.21
313
0.78
42. Drug Use
29
0.20
33
0.08
43. Ovary Cancer
26
0.18
101
0.25
44. Epilepsy
22
0.15
58
0.14
45. Maternal Conditions
22
0.15
218
0.54
46. Skin Cancers
22
0.15
59
0.15
47. Meningitis
21
0.14
154
0.38
48. Tuberculosis
18
0.12
1,949
4.84
49. Dengue
16
0.11
17
0.04
50. Alcohol
13
0.09
61
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Oman OMAN   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
12.12
138
17.83
80
2. Stomach Cancer
8.09
61
11.97
22
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.13
117
10.17
74
4. Lymphomas
5.23
77
4.47
102
5. Lung Cancers
4.80
138
21.02
48
6. Liver Cancer
4.70
109
25.37
4
7. Prostate Cancer
4.21
170
3.01
174
8. Cervical Cancer
4.16
135
7.80
96
9. Leukemia
3.54
94
5.00
19
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.32
104
1.38
157
11. Ovary Cancer
2.65
157
4.05
108
12. Oral Cancer
2.40
109
7.55
14
13. Bladder Cancer
2.19
81
1.36
137
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.43
130
4.43
41
15. Uterin Cancer
1.40
147
1.27
151
16. Skin Cancers
0.75
148
1.43
123
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.