BELGIUM VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	ARAB EMIRATES		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,972	1	15,281	- 10,309
Stroke	2	2,386	3	7,408	- 5,022
Kidney Disease	3	1,558	8	2,952	- 1,394
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,441	20	1,269	+ 171
Hypertension	5	1,116	27	740	+ 376
Lung Disease	6	1,089	5	6,438	- 5,349
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,039	29	666	+ 373
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	842	6	5,677	- 4,835
Suicide	9	750	10	2,111	- 1,361
Other Injuries	10	623	11	2,006	- 1,383
Falls	11	611	15	1,756	- 1,145
Asthma	12	547	46	128	+ 420
Drug Use	13	515	39	287	+ 227
Liver Disease	14	498	17	1,433	- 935
Congenital Anomalies	15	440	40	282	+ 158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	369	7	3,329	- 2,960
Breast Cancer	17	315	9	2,587	- 2,272
Endocrine Disorders	18	310	18	1,432	- 1,122
Low Birth Weight	19	233	50	70	+ 163
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	232	2	9,416	- 9,184
Lung Cancers	21	221	4	6,777	- 6,556
Fires	22	213	48	75	+ 138
Drownings	23	201	47	79	+ 123
Leukemia	24	184	21	1,199	- 1,015
Epilepsy	25	167	36	348	- 181
Pancreas Cancer	26	161	14	1,809	- 1,648
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	151	37	293	- 142
Inflammatory/Heart	28	143	23	1,060	- 918
Lymphomas	29	139	16	1,552	- 1,413
Stomach Cancer	30	133	26	863	- 730
Parkinson's Disease	31	119	19	1,378	- 1,259
Liver Cancer	32	115	24	976	- 861
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	110	33	418	- 308
Skin Cancers	34	93	31	522	- 430
Violence	35	84	44	149	- 66
Tuberculosis	36	79	54	46	+ 33
Birth Trauma	37	76	53	47	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	38	75	30	653	- 577
Bladder Cancer	39	71	22	1,078	- 1,007
Alcohol	40	71	32	500	- 429
Cervical Cancer	41	68	41	243	- 175
Meningitis	42	62	58	28	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	43	60	13	1,824	- 1,764
Hepatitis B	44	56	63	17	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	54	42	213	- 158
Uterin Cancer	46	53	34	384	- 331
Oesophagus Cancer	47	44	25	898	- 854
Poisonings	48	43	55	41	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	49	42	45	147	- 105
HIV/AIDS	50	41	57	36	+ 4
Tetanus	51	39	78	0	+ 39
Oral Cancer	52	38	28	675	- 637
War	53	35	67	1	+ 34
Encephalitis	54	33	66	1	+ 32
Appendicitis	55	16	62	17	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	16	12	1,828	- 1,812
Skin Disease	57	15	35	380	- 365
Pertussis	58	14	68	1	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	59	6	64	6	+ 0
Malnutrition	60	3	38	291	- 287
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	49	73	- 69
Syphilis	62	3	70	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	1	52	53	- 52
Upper Respiratory	64	0	59	22	- 22
Ascariasis	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	69	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	59	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	60	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	61	19	- 19
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	40	- 40
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	43	199	- 199
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Arab Emirates

Belgium

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.