ARAB EMIRATES VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ARAB EMIRATES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,812	1	4,164	+ 10,648
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,426	20	194	+ 8,231
Lung Disease	3	5,732	6	912	+ 4,820
Stroke	4	4,651	2	1,998	+ 2,652
Lung Cancers	5	4,563	21	185	+ 4,378
Kidney Disease	6	2,519	3	1,305	+ 1,214
Drug Use	7	2,184	13	431	+ 1,753
Hypertension	8	1,935	5	934	+ 1,001
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,814	16	309	+ 1,505
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,802	4	1,207	+ 595
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,770	8	705	+ 1,064
Suicide	12	1,558	9	628	+ 930
Breast Cancer	13	1,428	17	264	+ 1,164
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,378	18	260	+ 1,119
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,299	26	135	+ 1,164
Liver Disease	16	1,273	14	417	+ 856
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,223	7	870	+ 353
Falls	18	1,186	11	511	+ 674
Lymphomas	19	1,182	29	117	+ 1,065
Prostate Cancer	20	1,045	43	51	+ 994
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,012	31	99	+ 912
Inflammatory/Heart	22	954	28	120	+ 835
Liver Cancer	23	794	32	96	+ 698
Leukemia	24	791	24	154	+ 637
Other Injuries	25	763	10	522	+ 241
Bladder Cancer	26	576	39	60	+ 516
Violence	27	557	35	70	+ 487
Oesophagus Cancer	28	523	47	37	+ 486
Other Neoplasms	29	521	56	13	+ 507
Alcohol	30	430	40	59	+ 371
Ovary Cancer	31	428	38	63	+ 365
Skin Cancers	32	420	34	77	+ 342
Stomach Cancer	33	384	30	112	+ 272
Congenital Anomalies	34	345	15	369	- 24
Oral Cancer	35	339	52	32	+ 307
Uterin Cancer	36	295	46	44	+ 251
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	292	33	92	+ 200
Cervical Cancer	38	205	41	57	+ 148
Low Birth Weight	39	203	19	195	+ 8
Malnutrition	40	198	60	3	+ 196
Hepatitis C	41	167	63	1	+ 166
HIV/AIDS	42	166	50	34	+ 132
Skin Disease	43	159	57	13	+ 146
Multiple Sclerosis	44	148	49	35	+ 113
Drownings	45	119	23	169	- 49
Asthma	46	112	12	458	- 346
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	107	27	126	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	102	45	45	+ 56
Fires	49	93	22	178	- 85
Epilepsy	50	93	25	140	- 47
Anemia	51	91	86	0	+ 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	72	61	3	+ 70
Poisonings	53	49	48	36	+ 13
Birth Trauma	54	36	37	64	- 28
War	55	35	53	29	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	56	23	59	5	+ 18
Schizophrenia	57	21	84	0	+ 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	20	81	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	59	18	44	47	- 29
Meningitis	60	18	42	52	- 34
Osteoarthritis	61	17	80	0	+ 17
Tuberculosis	62	16	36	66	- 50
Appendicitis	63	12	55	13	- 1
Oral conditions	64	8	82	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	65	7	64	0	+ 7
Syphilis	66	1	62	3	- 1
Otitis Media	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	54	28	- 27
Pertussis	69	0	58	12	- 11
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	51	33	- 33
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARAB EMIRATES

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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.