SINGAPORE VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,502	1	5,292	- 2,789
Stroke	2	1,201	3	1,559	- 358
Kidney Disease	3	784	6	1,028	- 244
Diabetes Mellitus	4	725	28	108	+ 617
Hypertension	5	561	8	732	- 170
Lung Disease	6	548	14	383	+ 165
Road Traffic Accidents	7	523	26	121	+ 402
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	424	2	5,189	- 4,765
Suicide	9	377	9	650	- 273
Other Injuries	10	314	32	79	+ 235
Falls	11	307	18	218	+ 90
Asthma	12	276	35	37	+ 238
Drug Use	13	259	44	19	+ 240
Liver Disease	14	251	20	209	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	15	221	31	80	+ 142
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	186	5	1,203	- 1,017
Breast Cancer	17	159	10	605	- 447
Endocrine Disorders	18	156	37	30	+ 126
Low Birth Weight	19	117	41	25	+ 92
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	117	36	32	+ 84
Lung Cancers	21	111	4	1,540	- 1,429
Fires	22	107	49	7	+ 100
Drownings	23	101	38	29	+ 72
Leukemia	24	93	17	249	- 157
Epilepsy	25	84	42	25	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	26	81	11	537	- 456
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	76	43	22	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	28	72	19	215	- 143
Lymphomas	29	70	13	397	- 327
Stomach Cancer	30	67	12	405	- 338
Parkinson's Disease	31	60	29	90	- 30
Liver Cancer	32	58	7	746	- 688
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	55	39	28	+ 28
Skin Cancers	34	47	34	56	- 10
Violence	35	42	46	15	+ 28
Tuberculosis	36	40	40	26	+ 14
Birth Trauma	37	38	55	3	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	38	38	21	204	- 166
Bladder Cancer	39	36	27	120	- 84
Alcohol	40	36	47	10	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	41	34	30	85	- 51
Meningitis	42	31	48	8	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	43	30	16	303	- 272
Hepatitis B	44	28	52	4	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	27	33	69	- 42
Uterin Cancer	46	27	23	147	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	47	22	24	137	- 115
Poisonings	48	21	60	1	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	49	21	57	3	+ 19
HIV/AIDS	50	20	45	18	+ 2
Tetanus	51	20	73	0	+ 20
Oral Cancer	52	19	15	317	- 298
War	53	18	59	2	+ 16
Encephalitis	54	17	61	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	55	8	50	6	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	56	8	22	195	- 187
Skin Disease	57	8	25	136	- 128
Pertussis	58	7	62	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	59	3	53	3	- 0
Malnutrition	60	2	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	58	2	- 1
Syphilis	62	2	65	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	56	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	64	0	54	3	- 3
Ascariasis	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Arab Emirates

Singapore

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.