SOMALIA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,403	7	7,233	- 1,829
Stroke	2	2,593	6	8,595	- 6,003
Kidney Disease	3	1,693	21	2,051	- 358
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,566	16	2,888	- 1,322
Hypertension	5	1,212	18	2,643	- 1,431
Lung Disease	6	1,183	19	2,442	- 1,259
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,129	11	4,231	- 3,102
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	915	1	21,712	- 20,796
Suicide	9	815	27	1,219	- 404
Other Injuries	10	677	14	3,602	- 2,924
Falls	11	664	37	548	+ 116
Asthma	12	595	23	1,878	- 1,283
Drug Use	13	559	65	54	+ 505
Liver Disease	14	541	13	3,917	- 3,376
Congenital Anomalies	15	478	15	3,410	- 2,932
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	401	38	546	- 145
Breast Cancer	17	343	26	1,232	- 889
Endocrine Disorders	18	337	44	406	- 69
Low Birth Weight	19	253	8	6,250	- 5,997
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	252	32	647	- 395
Lung Cancers	21	240	54	233	+ 7
Fires	22	231	30	810	- 579
Drownings	23	219	25	1,272	- 1,053
Leukemia	24	200	35	562	- 362
Epilepsy	25	181	43	419	- 237
Pancreas Cancer	26	175	62	108	+ 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	164	41	446	- 282
Inflammatory/Heart	28	155	39	521	- 366
Lymphomas	29	151	34	605	- 453
Stomach Cancer	30	145	49	310	- 165
Parkinson's Disease	31	129	56	184	- 55
Liver Cancer	32	125	53	256	- 131
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	120	2	15,363	- 15,243
Skin Cancers	34	101	57	164	- 63
Violence	35	91	29	828	- 737
Tuberculosis	36	85	4	10,261	- 10,176
Birth Trauma	37	83	5	9,573	- 9,490
Ovary Cancer	38	82	50	295	- 213
Bladder Cancer	39	78	61	149	- 72
Alcohol	40	77	59	151	- 74
Cervical Cancer	41	74	28	883	- 809
Meningitis	42	67	9	5,381	- 5,314
Prostate Cancer	43	66	52	285	- 220
Hepatitis B	44	61	48	315	- 254
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	59	36	559	- 500
Uterin Cancer	46	57	64	78	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	47	48	40	516	- 469
Poisonings	48	46	31	758	- 712
Multiple Sclerosis	49	46	71	8	+ 38
HIV/AIDS	50	44	33	610	- 566
Tetanus	51	43	17	2,648	- 2,605
Oral Cancer	52	41	46	328	- 287
War	53	38	24	1,318	- 1,280
Encephalitis	54	36	63	91	- 55
Appendicitis	55	17	55	188	- 171
Other Neoplasms	56	17	70	12	+ 5
Skin Disease	57	16	58	151	- 135
Pertussis	58	15	20	2,054	- 2,039
Maternal Conditions	59	7	12	4,127	- 4,120
Malnutrition	60	4	10	4,825	- 4,821
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	66	35	- 32
Syphilis	62	3	45	378	- 374
Hepatitis C	63	1	67	34	- 33
Upper Respiratory	64	0	47	326	- 325
Ascariasis	65	0	69	30	- 29
Diphtheria	66	0	60	150	- 149
Chlamydia	67	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	68	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	69	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Dengue	71	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	435	- 435
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	51	290	- 290
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.