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Arab Emirates
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Arab Emirates and Egypt health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Egypt
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Arab Emirates Population Pyramid
10,425,284
Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Egypt EGYPT
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Egypt EGYPT
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
51.9
55.0
53.4
84
85
84
 
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
59.3
63.0
61.1
76
77
78
 
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
66.1
70.4
68.2
49
65
59
 
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
71.2
75.3
73.2
33
45
36
 
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
73.4
75.7
74.2
32
55
42
 
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
75.5
77.7
76.2
35
57
43
 
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
75.1
78.4
76.1
47
69
61
 
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.1
78.4
47
69
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age
75.1
78.4
47
69
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
75.8
79.0
48
74
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
75.8
79.0
48
74
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
75.9
79.1
49
74
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
76.1
79.2
49
74
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
76.3
79.3
47
74
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
76.5
79.4
49
75
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
76.7
79.5
52
76
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
77.0
79.7
54
76
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
77.3
80.0
57
79
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
77.7
80.4
60
83
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
78.3
80.9
63
84
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
79.2
81.7
68
82
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
80.4
82.7
72
81
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
82.1
84.0
72
83
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
84.2
85.7
77
82
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
86.8
87.8
83
86
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
89.8
90.3
95
101
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
144.17
51
268.11
15
2. Stroke
74.74
99
65.24
110
3. Diabetes Mellitus
47.85
43
27.97
92
4. Kidney Disease
40.17
22
32.58
46
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
39.12
69
25.25
99
6. Hypertension
35.49
31
34.03
35
7. Lung Disease
25.54
77
20.69
100
8. Breast Cancer
19.37
56
24.04
33
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.96
107
13.14
148
10. Road Traffic Accidents
11.25
118
11.77
116
11. Liver Disease
10.88
121
93.37
1
12. Asthma
10.30
62
10.51
59
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.54
94
4.35
156
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.47
17
4.12
91
15. Lung Cancers
6.32
127
8.02
115
16. Prostate Cancer
5.69
161
6.17
154
17. Uterin Cancer
5.43
13
1.19
154
18. Congenital Anomalies
5.39
99
7.73
38
19. Falls
5.33
96
2.57
161
20. Other Injuries
5.26
129
4.29
144
21. Pancreas Cancer
5.24
62
4.11
83
22. Ovary Cancer
5.24
58
5.11
61
23. Suicide
5.24
138
3.41
158
24. Liver Cancer
5.05
98
34.11
2
25. Drug Use
4.99
9
0.13
183
26. Cervical Cancer
4.92
129
1.68
175
27. Stomach Cancer
4.81
116
2.54
168
28. Skin Cancers
4.56
10
1.52
117
29. Lymphomas
4.44
103
11.00
2
30. Endocrine Disorders
4.35
79
2.96
113
31. Bladder Cancer
3.48
42
8.13
2
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.21
38
1.62
82
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.13
90
3.32
88
34. Low Birth Weight
2.87
128
6.01
80
35. Fires
2.55
64
1.72
83
36. Leukemia
2.31
146
4.53
42
37. Inflammatory/Heart
2.27
158
3.07
135
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.04
108
1.89
119
39. Tuberculosis
2.00
109
0.54
138
40. Drownings
1.83
120
1.09
146
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.72
118
1.39
132
42. Tetanus
1.54
11
0.34
56
43. Epilepsy
1.41
108
0.48
179
44. Oral Cancer
1.04
174
1.16
170
45. Birth Trauma
0.95
124
3.36
79
46. Meningitis
0.78
91
0.78
92
47. Violence
0.76
165
4.42
93
48. Hepatitis B
0.76
46
1.29
24
49. Alcohol
0.54
141
0.17
176
50. HIV/AIDS
0.41
128
0.41
127
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,164
21.40
173,871
32.40
2. Stroke
1,998
10.27
43,839
8.17
3. Kidney Disease
1,305
6.71
21,087
3.93
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,207
6.20
19,131
3.57
5. Hypertension
934
4.80
21,094
3.93
6. Lung Disease
912
4.69
13,393
2.50
7. Road Traffic Accidents
870
4.47
10,141
1.89
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
705
3.62
20,694
3.86
9. Suicide
628
3.23
3,022
0.56
10. Other Injuries
522
2.68
3,819
0.71
11. Falls
511
2.63
2,019
0.38
12. Asthma
458
2.35
7,104
1.32
13. Drug Use
431
2.21
116
0.02
14. Liver Disease
417
2.14
60,122
11.20
15. Congenital Anomalies
369
1.90
12,163
2.27
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
309
1.59
3,083
0.57
17. Breast Cancer
264
1.36
9,180
1.71
18. Endocrine Disorders
260
1.34
2,372
0.44
19. Low Birth Weight
195
1.00
11,391
2.12
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
194
1.00
6,975
1.30
21. Lung Cancers
185
0.95
5,677
1.06
22. Fires
178
0.91
1,568
0.29
23. Drownings
169
0.87
1,122
0.21
24. Leukemia
154
0.79
3,763
0.70
25. Epilepsy
140
0.72
451
0.08
26. Pancreas Cancer
135
0.69
2,906
0.54
27. Rheumatic Heart Disease
126
0.65
1,248
0.23
28. Inflammatory/Heart
120
0.62
2,489
0.46
29. Lymphomas
117
0.60
7,539
1.40
30. Stomach Cancer
112
0.58
1,844
0.34
31. Parkinson's Disease
99
0.51
2,391
0.45
32. Liver Cancer
96
0.49
24,512
4.57
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.47
3,692
0.69
34. Skin Cancers
77
0.40
1,013
0.19
35. Violence
70
0.36
4,165
0.78
36. Tuberculosis
66
0.34
432
0.08
37. Birth Trauma
64
0.33
6,109
1.14
38. Ovary Cancer
63
0.32
1,944
0.36
39. Bladder Cancer
60
0.31
5,133
0.96
40. Alcohol
59
0.30
141
0.03
41. Cervical Cancer
57
0.29
625
0.12
42. Meningitis
52
0.27
827
0.15
43. Prostate Cancer
51
0.26
1,282
0.24
44. Hepatitis B
47
0.24
988
0.18
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
45
0.23
1,339
0.25
46. Uterin Cancer
44
0.23
422
0.08
47. Oesophagus Cancer
37
0.19
951
0.18
48. Poisonings
36
0.18
195
0.04
49. Multiple Sclerosis
35
0.18
213
0.04
50. HIV/AIDS
34
0.17
397
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
19.37
56
24.04
33
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.54
94
4.35
156
3. Lung Cancers
6.32
127
8.02
115
4. Prostate Cancer
5.69
161
6.17
154
5. Uterin Cancer
5.43
13
1.19
154
6. Pancreas Cancer
5.24
62
4.11
83
7. Ovary Cancer
5.24
58
5.11
61
8. Liver Cancer
5.05
98
34.11
2
9. Cervical Cancer
4.92
129
1.68
175
10. Stomach Cancer
4.81
116
2.54
168
11. Skin Cancers
4.56
10
1.52
117
12. Lymphomas
4.44
103
11.00
2
13. Bladder Cancer
3.48
42
8.13
2
14. Leukemia
2.31
146
4.53
42
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.72
118
1.39
132
16. Oral Cancer
1.04
174
1.16
170
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.