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Arab Emirates
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Arab Emirates and Afghanistan 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.

Afghanistan
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
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
           
    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
     
    31.6
    31.0
    31.3
    171
    172
    172
    1970
    59.3
    63.0
    61.1
    76
    77
    78
     
    35.5
    35.0
    35.3
    171
    173
    172
    1980
    66.1
    70.4
    68.2
    49
    65
    59
     
    39.5
    39.1
    39.3
    172
    175
    173
    1990
    71.2
    75.3
    73.2
    33
    45
    36
     
    41.4
    41.3
    41.3
    178
    181
    180
    2000
    73.4
    75.7
    74.2
    32
    55
    42
     
    53.7
    56.1
    54.8
    150
    150
    150
    2010
    75.5
    77.7
    76.2
    35
    57
    43
     
    57.7
    60.1
    58.8
    154
    155
    154
    2019
    75.1
    78.4
    76.1
    47
    69
    61
     
    63.3
    63.2
    63.2
    147
    174
    160
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    75.1
    78.4
    47
    69
    63.3
    63.2
    147
    174
    Age 5
    75.8
    79.0
    48
    74
    67.5
    66.9
    146
    177
    Age 10
    75.8
    79.0
    48
    74
    67.7
    67.0
    147
    178
    Age 15
    75.9
    79.1
    49
    74
    67.8
    67.1
    150
    178
    Age 20
    76.1
    79.2
    49
    74
    68.1
    67.4
    150
    179
    Age 25
    76.3
    79.3
    47
    74
    68.6
    67.8
    149
    180
    Age 30
    76.5
    79.4
    49
    75
    69.2
    68.3
    149
    180
    Age 35
    76.7
    79.5
    52
    76
    69.7
    68.9
    149
    180
    Age 40
    77.0
    79.7
    54
    76
    70.4
    69.6
    151
    180
    Age 45
    77.3
    80.0
    57
    79
    71.3
    70.6
    156
    180
    Age 50
    77.7
    80.4
    60
    83
    72.3
    71.8
    157
    180
    Age 55
    78.3
    80.9
    63
    84
    73.7
    73.2
    157
    180
    Age 60
    79.2
    81.7
    68
    82
    75.4
    75.1
    157
    181
    Age 65
    80.4
    82.7
    72
    81
    77.5
    77.2
    160
    181
    Age 70
    82.1
    84.0
    72
    83
    79.9
    79.6
    158
    181
    Age 75
    84.2
    85.7
    77
    82
    82.7
    82.4
    156
    180
    Age 80
    86.8
    87.8
    83
    86
    85.8
    85.6
    154
    174
    Age 85
    89.8
    90.3
    95
    101
    89.2
    89.1
    156
    171
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    144.17
    51
    301.71
    6
    2. Stroke
    74.74
    99
    149.10
    25
    3. Diabetes Mellitus
    47.85
    43
    40.94
    58
    4. Kidney Disease
    40.17
    22
    46.10
    15
    5. Influenza and Pneumonia
    39.12
    69
    49.80
    62
    6. Hypertension
    35.49
    31
    65.86
    4
    7. Lung Disease
    25.54
    77
    37.01
    32
    8. Breast Cancer
    19.37
    56
    20.24
    48
    9. Alzheimers & Dementia
    16.96
    107
    22.34
    26
    10. Road Traffic Accidents
    11.25
    118
    19.81
    76
    11. Liver Disease
    10.88
    121
    27.20
    67
    12. Asthma
    10.30
    62
    24.23
    13
    13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.54
    94
    4.09
    169
    14. Parkinson's Disease
    6.47
    17
    5.98
    24
    15. Lung Cancers
    6.32
    127
    6.90
    122
    16. Prostate Cancer
    5.69
    161
    4.49
    167
    17. Uterin Cancer
    5.43
    13
    3.66
    32
    18. Congenital Anomalies
    5.39
    99
    6.42
    70
    19. Falls
    5.33
    96
    5.13
    99
    20. Other Injuries
    5.26
    129
    13.02
    36
    21. Pancreas Cancer
    5.24
    62
    1.54
    153
    22. Ovary Cancer
    5.24
    58
    4.07
    106
    23. Suicide
    5.24
    138
    5.96
    129
    24. Liver Cancer
    5.05
    98
    4.22
    119
    25. Drug Use
    4.99
    9
    1.36
    77
    26. Cervical Cancer
    4.92
    129
    5.73
    117
    27. Stomach Cancer
    4.81
    116
    10.39
    42
    28. Skin Cancers
    4.56
    10
    1.03
    138
    29. Lymphomas
    4.44
    103
    4.32
    108
    30. Endocrine Disorders
    4.35
    79
    4.30
    80
    31. Bladder Cancer
    3.48
    42
    1.95
    98
    32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    3.21
    38
    5.86
    17
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    3.13
    90
    9.72
    68
    34. Low Birth Weight
    2.87
    128
    12.07
    17
    35. Fires
    2.55
    64
    1.60
    89
    36. Leukemia
    2.31
    146
    1.95
    154
    37. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.27
    158
    3.32
    130
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2.04
    108
    10.64
    9
    39. Tuberculosis
    2.00
    109
    41.14
    24
    40. Drownings
    1.83
    120
    2.78
    78
    41. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.72
    118
    8.78
    13
    42. Tetanus
    1.54
    11
    2.49
    6
    43. Epilepsy
    1.41
    108
    2.70
    37
    44. Oral Cancer
    1.04
    174
    8.18
    9
    45. Birth Trauma
    0.95
    124
    10.16
    24
    46. Meningitis
    0.78
    91
    5.20
    48
    47. Violence
    0.76
    165
    9.87
    52
    48. Hepatitis B
    0.76
    46
    4.96
    1
    49. Alcohol
    0.54
    141
    0.68
    133
    50. HIV/AIDS
    0.41
    128
    1.72
    110
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    4,164
    21.40
    40,195
    17.35
    2. Stroke
    1,998
    10.27
    19,060
    8.23
    3. Kidney Disease
    1,305
    6.71
    6,590
    2.85
    4. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,207
    6.20
    5,750
    2.48
    5. Hypertension
    934
    4.80
    7,995
    3.45
    6. Lung Disease
    912
    4.69
    4,650
    2.01
    7. Road Traffic Accidents
    870
    4.47
    6,033
    2.60
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    705
    3.62
    14,649
    6.32
    9. Suicide
    628
    3.23
    1,573
    0.68
    10. Other Injuries
    522
    2.68
    3,241
    1.40
    11. Falls
    511
    2.63
    905
    0.39
    12. Asthma
    458
    2.35
    3,403
    1.47
    13. Drug Use
    431
    2.21
    328
    0.14
    14. Liver Disease
    417
    2.14
    4,600
    1.99
    15. Congenital Anomalies
    369
    1.90
    5,001
    2.16
    16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    309
    1.59
    741
    0.32
    17. Breast Cancer
    264
    1.36
    1,822
    0.79
    18. Endocrine Disorders
    260
    1.34
    1,364
    0.59
    19. Low Birth Weight
    195
    1.00
    12,631
    5.45
    20. Alzheimers & Dementia
    194
    1.00
    1,765
    0.76
    21. Lung Cancers
    185
    0.95
    1,076
    0.46
    22. Fires
    178
    0.91
    348
    0.15
    23. Drownings
    169
    0.87
    996
    0.43
    24. Leukemia
    154
    0.79
    610
    0.26
    25. Epilepsy
    140
    0.72
    993
    0.43
    26. Pancreas Cancer
    135
    0.69
    229
    0.10
    27. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    126
    0.65
    1,041
    0.45
    28. Inflammatory/Heart
    120
    0.62
    527
    0.23
    29. Lymphomas
    117
    0.60
    946
    0.41
    30. Stomach Cancer
    112
    0.58
    1,501
    0.65
    31. Parkinson's Disease
    99
    0.51
    628
    0.27
    32. Liver Cancer
    96
    0.49
    657
    0.28
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    92
    0.47
    5,555
    2.40
    34. Skin Cancers
    77
    0.40
    145
    0.06
    35. Violence
    70
    0.36
    3,217
    1.39
    36. Tuberculosis
    66
    0.34
    9,839
    4.25
    37. Birth Trauma
    64
    0.33
    10,723
    4.63
    38. Ovary Cancer
    63
    0.32
    369
    0.16
    39. Bladder Cancer
    60
    0.31
    272
    0.12
    40. Alcohol
    59
    0.30
    150
    0.06
    41. Cervical Cancer
    57
    0.29
    541
    0.23
    42. Meningitis
    52
    0.27
    2,626
    1.13
    43. Prostate Cancer
    51
    0.26
    258
    0.11
    44. Hepatitis B
    47
    0.24
    863
    0.37
    45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    45
    0.23
    1,505
    0.65
    46. Uterin Cancer
    44
    0.23
    289
    0.12
    47. Oesophagus Cancer
    37
    0.19
    1,314
    0.57
    48. Poisonings
    36
    0.18
    384
    0.17
    49. Multiple Sclerosis
    35
    0.18
    84
    0.04
    50. HIV/AIDS
    34
    0.17
    464
    0.20
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    19.37
    56
    20.24
    48
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.54
    94
    4.09
    169
    3. Lung Cancers
    6.32
    127
    6.90
    122
    4. Prostate Cancer
    5.69
    161
    4.49
    167
    5. Uterin Cancer
    5.43
    13
    3.66
    32
    6. Pancreas Cancer
    5.24
    62
    1.54
    153
    7. Ovary Cancer
    5.24
    58
    4.07
    106
    8. Liver Cancer
    5.05
    98
    4.22
    119
    9. Cervical Cancer
    4.92
    129
    5.73
    117
    10. Stomach Cancer
    4.81
    116
    10.39
    42
    11. Skin Cancers
    4.56
    10
    1.03
    138
    12. Lymphomas
    4.44
    103
    4.32
    108
    13. Bladder Cancer
    3.48
    42
    1.95
    98
    14. Leukemia
    2.31
    146
    1.95
    154
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.72
    118
    8.78
    13
    16. Oral Cancer
    1.04
    174
    8.18
    9
    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.