SOUTH AFRICA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,090	3	32,739	- 7,649
Stroke	2	12,039	4	30,693	- 18,654
Kidney Disease	3	7,861	9	15,302	- 7,440
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,270	5	30,188	- 22,918
Hypertension	5	5,629	12	12,789	- 7,159
Lung Disease	6	5,495	13	11,895	- 6,400
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,244	11	13,014	- 7,770
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,249	2	39,341	- 35,091
Suicide	9	3,785	10	13,774	- 9,989
Other Injuries	10	3,145	17	6,014	- 2,869
Falls	11	3,081	42	1,399	+ 1,682
Asthma	12	2,762	18	5,966	- 3,204
Drug Use	13	2,597	53	770	+ 1,828
Liver Disease	14	2,512	14	9,013	- 6,501
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,221	25	4,351	- 2,130
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,862	28	3,587	- 1,724
Breast Cancer	17	1,590	23	4,533	- 2,943
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,564	19	5,890	- 4,326
Low Birth Weight	19	1,174	16	6,250	- 5,076
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	1,170	22	4,676	- 3,506
Lung Cancers	21	1,115	15	7,705	- 6,591
Fires	22	1,075	27	3,618	- 2,543
Drownings	23	1,015	32	2,403	- 1,388
Leukemia	24	928	40	1,464	- 535
Epilepsy	25	842	37	1,870	- 1,028
Pancreas Cancer	26	813	35	2,007	- 1,194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	762	47	1,015	- 253
Inflammatory/Heart	28	721	21	5,408	- 4,688
Lymphomas	29	702	31	2,818	- 2,115
Stomach Cancer	30	672	39	1,535	- 862
Parkinson's Disease	31	599	46	1,077	- 478
Liver Cancer	32	579	33	2,383	- 1,805
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	555	8	15,843	- 15,288
Skin Cancers	34	467	48	993	- 526
Violence	35	423	7	21,000	- 20,577
Tuberculosis	36	396	6	21,965	- 21,569
Birth Trauma	37	385	30	3,004	- 2,619
Ovary Cancer	38	380	51	951	- 571
Bladder Cancer	39	360	52	829	- 469
Alcohol	40	357	49	987	- 630
Cervical Cancer	41	344	20	5,555	- 5,212
Meningitis	42	313	26	3,660	- 3,348
Prostate Cancer	43	305	24	4,374	- 4,069
Hepatitis B	44	284	61	139	+ 145
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	274	36	1,894	- 1,620
Uterin Cancer	46	267	54	512	- 246
Oesophagus Cancer	47	222	29	3,486	- 3,264
Poisonings	48	215	50	975	- 760
Multiple Sclerosis	49	213	62	113	+ 100
HIV/AIDS	50	205	1	71,996	- 71,791
Tetanus	51	199	65	38	+ 161
Oral Cancer	52	191	41	1,406	- 1,215
War	53	178	64	66	+ 112
Encephalitis	54	168	59	234	- 66
Appendicitis	55	80	56	274	- 194
Other Neoplasms	56	79	58	267	- 188
Skin Disease	57	75	45	1,101	- 1,026
Pertussis	58	70	43	1,142	- 1,072
Maternal Conditions	59	32	38	1,700	- 1,668
Malnutrition	60	16	34	2,381	- 2,364
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	16	55	376	- 360
Syphilis	62	16	44	1,130	- 1,114
Hepatitis C	63	6	70	8	- 2
Upper Respiratory	64	1	60	223	- 222
Ascariasis	65	1	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	66	1	69	16	- 15
Chlamydia	67	0	68	18	- 18
Otitis Media	68	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	69	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	57	270	- 270
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	63	83	- 83
Schistosomiasis	75	0	66	35	- 35
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Arab Emirates

South Africa

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.