Table 4.
Estimate of mortality of Cancers, Cardiovascular and Diabetes diseases (age-standardized death rate per 100,000) in Arab countries according to per capita income.
| Country | Cancers | Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes | Latest Year of Date* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| High Per capita income | |||||
| Bahrain | 98.4 | 85.2 | 357.0 | 311.3 | 2005 |
| Kuwait | 61.9 | 69.6 | 281.8 | 263.4 | 2008 |
| Oman | 81.1 | 71.8 | 545.7 | 333.3 | − |
| Qatar | 101.1 | 84.3 | 179.8 | 239.3 | 2008 |
| S. Arabia | 79.2 | 66.2 | 540.6 | 347.6 | − |
| UAE | 63.4 | 64.4 | 308.9 | 203.9 | − |
| Middle per capita income | |||||
| Algeria | 97.7 | 79.2 | 278.6 | 275.0 | − |
| Egypt | 107.3 | 76.1 | 477.3 | 384.0 | 2008 |
| Iraq | 120.6 | 81.7 | 470.7 | 376.1 | − |
| Jordan | 109.8 | 89.2 | 550.4 | 379.8 | 2008 |
| Lebanon | 151.2 | 113.2 | 404.4 | 262.7 | − |
| Libya | 114.3 | 79.6 | 458.8 | 330.1 | − |
| Morocco | 90.5 | 74.5 | 391.8 | 319.0 | − |
| Syria | 65.7 | 47.2 | 471.7 | 326.2 | − |
| Tunisia | 122.6 | 71.7 | 267.8 | 245.4 | − |
| Low per capita income | |||||
| Djibouti | 95.1 | 80.4 | 525.6 | 452.8 | − |
| Somali | 105.3 | 97.1 | 570.7 | 573.4 | − |
| Sudan | 78.8 | 67.6 | 549.5 | 545.6 | − |
| Yemen | 87.1 | 80.6 | 541.8 | 445.7 | − |
*
Countries with no latest year of data; the estimate of diseases in these countries was based on a combination of country life table, causes of death models, regional cause of death patterns, and WHO programme estimates for some major causes of death. Source: WHO [71].