PORTUGAL VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,237	1	12,878	- 8,641
Stroke	2	2,033	2	12,339	- 10,306
Kidney Disease	3	1,328	9	2,803	- 1,476
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,228	8	3,601	- 2,374
Hypertension	5	951	14	1,880	- 929
Lung Disease	6	928	7	4,286	- 3,358
Road Traffic Accidents	7	886	27	838	+ 47
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	718	4	6,851	- 6,134
Suicide	9	639	19	1,172	- 533
Other Injuries	10	531	13	1,937	- 1,406
Falls	11	520	23	1,033	- 512
Asthma	12	466	43	146	+ 320
Drug Use	13	439	44	128	+ 310
Liver Disease	14	424	22	1,126	- 701
Congenital Anomalies	15	375	40	196	+ 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	314	6	4,389	- 4,075
Breast Cancer	17	269	12	1,997	- 1,728
Endocrine Disorders	18	264	17	1,547	- 1,283
Low Birth Weight	19	198	52	79	+ 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	198	3	7,191	- 6,993
Lung Cancers	21	188	5	4,406	- 4,218
Fires	22	181	46	108	+ 73
Drownings	23	171	51	79	+ 92
Leukemia	24	157	24	1,015	- 859
Epilepsy	25	142	31	415	- 273
Pancreas Cancer	26	137	15	1,669	- 1,532
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	129	41	169	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	28	122	26	909	- 787
Lymphomas	29	119	16	1,608	- 1,489
Stomach Cancer	30	114	10	2,532	- 2,419
Parkinson's Disease	31	101	21	1,139	- 1,038
Liver Cancer	32	98	18	1,270	- 1,173
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	94	36	231	- 137
Skin Cancers	34	79	30	523	- 445
Violence	35	71	48	96	- 25
Tuberculosis	36	67	38	213	- 146
Birth Trauma	37	65	60	24	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	38	64	33	397	- 333
Bladder Cancer	39	61	20	1,171	- 1,110
Alcohol	40	60	45	111	- 51
Cervical Cancer	41	58	34	329	- 271
Meningitis	42	53	56	43	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	43	51	11	2,124	- 2,072
Hepatitis B	44	48	59	26	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	46	37	229	- 182
Uterin Cancer	46	45	32	406	- 361
Oesophagus Cancer	47	37	29	623	- 585
Poisonings	48	36	57	29	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	49	36	54	56	- 20
HIV/AIDS	50	35	35	320	- 285
Tetanus	51	34	73	0	+ 34
Oral Cancer	52	32	25	912	- 880
War	53	30	69	1	+ 29
Encephalitis	54	28	67	1	+ 27
Appendicitis	55	14	61	21	- 7
Other Neoplasms	56	13	28	652	- 639
Skin Disease	57	13	39	202	- 190
Pertussis	58	12	72	0	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	59	5	63	7	- 2
Malnutrition	60	3	53	79	- 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	47	99	- 96
Syphilis	62	3	64	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	63	1	49	87	- 86
Upper Respiratory	64	0	62	15	- 15
Ascariasis	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	69	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	49	- 49
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	151	- 151
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Arab Emirates

Portugal

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.