SWITZERLAND VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,678	1	10,713	- 7,035
Stroke	2	1,765	3	3,918	- 2,153
Kidney Disease	3	1,152	13	1,261	- 109
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,066	17	1,022	+ 44
Hypertension	5	825	6	2,471	- 1,646
Lung Disease	6	805	5	2,902	- 2,097
Road Traffic Accidents	7	769	34	193	+ 576
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	623	8	1,949	- 1,326
Suicide	9	555	14	1,249	- 694
Other Injuries	10	461	30	410	+ 51
Falls	11	452	9	1,919	- 1,468
Asthma	12	405	46	95	+ 310
Drug Use	13	381	36	176	+ 205
Liver Disease	14	368	21	677	- 309
Congenital Anomalies	15	326	31	305	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	273	7	1,995	- 1,722
Breast Cancer	17	233	11	1,577	- 1,344
Endocrine Disorders	18	229	25	593	- 364
Low Birth Weight	19	172	43	105	+ 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	172	2	7,192	- 7,021
Lung Cancers	21	163	4	3,520	- 3,356
Fires	22	158	55	21	+ 136
Drownings	23	149	50	49	+ 100
Leukemia	24	136	22	671	- 535
Epilepsy	25	123	39	159	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	26	119	12	1,486	- 1,367
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	112	48	78	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	28	106	16	1,027	- 921
Lymphomas	29	103	15	1,131	- 1,028
Stomach Cancer	30	99	24	614	- 515
Parkinson's Disease	31	88	18	857	- 769
Liver Cancer	32	85	19	805	- 720
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	81	35	186	- 104
Skin Cancers	34	68	27	493	- 425
Violence	35	62	51	42	+ 20
Tuberculosis	36	58	56	21	+ 37
Birth Trauma	37	56	52	32	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	38	56	29	457	- 402
Bladder Cancer	39	53	23	669	- 617
Alcohol	40	52	32	229	- 177
Cervical Cancer	41	50	42	105	- 55
Meningitis	42	46	57	20	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	43	45	10	1,579	- 1,535
Hepatitis B	44	42	63	5	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	40	41	122	- 82
Uterin Cancer	46	39	33	224	- 185
Oesophagus Cancer	47	33	28	491	- 458
Poisonings	48	32	60	13	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	49	31	38	160	- 129
HIV/AIDS	50	30	54	29	+ 1
Tetanus	51	29	70	0	+ 29
Oral Cancer	52	28	26	500	- 472
War	53	26	67	1	+ 25
Encephalitis	54	25	68	1	+ 24
Appendicitis	55	12	59	15	- 3
Other Neoplasms	56	12	20	681	- 670
Skin Disease	57	11	40	129	- 118
Pertussis	58	10	73	0	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	59	5	64	4	+ 0
Malnutrition	60	2	47	84	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	49	68	- 65
Syphilis	62	2	65	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	58	15	- 14
Upper Respiratory	64	0	61	11	- 11
Ascariasis	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	62	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	45	96	- 96
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	102	- 102
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Arab Emirates

Switzerland

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.