ZAMBIA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,634	10	4,432	+ 4,202
Stroke	2	4,143	3	7,948	- 3,805
Kidney Disease	3	2,705	18	1,760	+ 945
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,502	14	2,395	+ 107
Hypertension	5	1,937	13	2,616	- 679
Lung Disease	6	1,891	21	1,273	+ 618
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,805	11	3,654	- 1,849
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,462	2	9,517	- 8,055
Suicide	9	1,302	20	1,303	- 0
Other Injuries	10	1,082	19	1,729	- 646
Falls	11	1,060	28	596	+ 464
Asthma	12	951	26	741	+ 210
Drug Use	13	894	53	122	+ 771
Liver Disease	14	864	9	4,501	- 3,636
Congenital Anomalies	15	764	12	3,146	- 2,382
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	641	43	203	+ 438
Breast Cancer	17	547	35	366	+ 181
Endocrine Disorders	18	538	37	354	+ 185
Low Birth Weight	19	404	8	4,857	- 4,453
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	403	29	590	- 187
Lung Cancers	21	384	41	226	+ 158
Fires	22	370	32	546	- 176
Drownings	23	349	27	689	- 340
Leukemia	24	320	39	261	+ 58
Epilepsy	25	290	38	332	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	26	280	62	42	+ 237
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	262	45	190	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	28	248	33	501	- 253
Lymphomas	29	242	31	548	- 306
Stomach Cancer	30	231	42	206	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	31	206	47	164	+ 42
Liver Cancer	32	199	46	177	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	191	5	6,275	- 6,084
Skin Cancers	34	161	54	108	+ 53
Violence	35	146	23	1,153	- 1,008
Tuberculosis	36	136	6	5,941	- 5,805
Birth Trauma	37	132	7	5,062	- 4,929
Ovary Cancer	38	131	57	82	+ 48
Bladder Cancer	39	124	50	132	- 8
Alcohol	40	123	49	140	- 17
Cervical Cancer	41	118	17	1,799	- 1,680
Meningitis	42	108	16	1,976	- 1,868
Prostate Cancer	43	105	30	561	- 457
Hepatitis B	44	98	55	104	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	94	40	246	- 151
Uterin Cancer	46	92	64	30	+ 62
Oesophagus Cancer	47	76	36	359	- 282
Poisonings	48	74	34	456	- 382
Multiple Sclerosis	49	73	67	13	+ 60
HIV/AIDS	50	70	1	17,234	- 17,164
Tetanus	51	68	44	190	- 121
Oral Cancer	52	66	48	155	- 89
War	53	61	69	6	+ 55
Encephalitis	54	58	59	70	- 12
Appendicitis	55	28	56	84	- 56
Other Neoplasms	56	27	65	20	+ 7
Skin Disease	57	26	52	126	- 100
Pertussis	58	24	25	743	- 719
Maternal Conditions	59	11	22	1,188	- 1,177
Malnutrition	60	6	15	2,303	- 2,297
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	5	63	30	- 25
Syphilis	62	5	24	885	- 879
Hepatitis C	63	2	66	18	- 16
Upper Respiratory	64	0	60	68	- 67
Ascariasis	65	0	68	9	- 8
Diphtheria	66	0	73	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	68	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	69	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	61	48	- 48
Dengue	71	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	128	- 128
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	58	72	- 72
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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 ZAMBIA

Arab Emirates

Zambia

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.