NEW ZEALAND VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,142	1	5,095	- 2,953
Stroke	2	1,028	3	2,378	- 1,350
Kidney Disease	3	671	17	432	+ 239
Diabetes Mellitus	4	621	8	769	- 148
Hypertension	5	481	20	327	+ 154
Lung Disease	6	469	5	1,815	- 1,346
Road Traffic Accidents	7	448	16	458	- 10
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	363	7	920	- 557
Suicide	9	323	15	528	- 205
Other Injuries	10	269	28	218	+ 50
Falls	11	263	11	627	- 364
Asthma	12	236	36	91	+ 145
Drug Use	13	222	40	69	+ 153
Liver Disease	14	215	32	158	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	15	190	30	176	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	159	6	1,495	- 1,336
Breast Cancer	17	136	10	737	- 601
Endocrine Disorders	18	134	21	325	- 191
Low Birth Weight	19	100	38	78	+ 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	100	2	3,032	- 2,932
Lung Cancers	21	95	4	1,873	- 1,778
Fires	22	92	53	17	+ 75
Drownings	23	87	44	54	+ 32
Leukemia	24	79	18	391	- 312
Epilepsy	25	72	43	55	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	26	69	14	543	- 473
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	65	35	113	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	28	62	23	313	- 251
Lymphomas	29	60	13	608	- 548
Stomach Cancer	30	57	22	323	- 265
Parkinson's Disease	31	51	19	353	- 302
Liver Cancer	32	49	24	288	- 238
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	47	37	81	- 33
Skin Cancers	34	40	12	612	- 572
Violence	35	36	42	57	- 21
Tuberculosis	36	34	52	17	+ 17
Birth Trauma	37	33	54	15	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	38	32	29	207	- 174
Bladder Cancer	39	31	26	267	- 236
Alcohol	40	30	45	51	- 21
Cervical Cancer	41	29	41	61	- 31
Meningitis	42	27	59	9	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	43	26	9	739	- 713
Hepatitis B	44	24	56	14	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	23	39	70	- 47
Uterin Cancer	46	23	33	145	- 122
Oesophagus Cancer	47	19	25	279	- 260
Poisonings	48	18	58	9	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	49	18	47	43	- 25
HIV/AIDS	50	17	57	10	+ 7
Tetanus	51	17	69	0	+ 17
Oral Cancer	52	16	31	164	- 147
War	53	15	68	1	+ 15
Encephalitis	54	14	66	1	+ 14
Appendicitis	55	7	62	6	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	56	7	27	245	- 238
Skin Disease	57	6	34	118	- 111
Pertussis	58	6	65	1	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	59	3	63	5	- 2
Malnutrition	60	1	55	14	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	46	47	- 46
Syphilis	62	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	0	48	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	64	0	64	4	- 4
Ascariasis	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	69	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Arab Emirates

New Zealand

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.