Table 1. Annual percent change of all-cause mortality in the GCC countries and their annual population growth between 1995 and 2015.

Country	Year	All-cause death rate (per 100,000)	Annual percent change (%)	Population (thousand)	Annual population growth (%)
Bahrain	1990	935.1		496
	1995	904.9	-0.6	564	2.7
	2000	861.2	-1.0	667	3.7
	2005	737.3	-2.9	867	6.0
	2010	580.1	-4.3	1,261	9.1
	2015	569.1	-0.4	1,377	1.8
Kuwait	1990	594.1		1,637
	1995	680.3	2.9	1,929	3.6
	2000	607.0	-2.2	2,059	1.3
	2005	595.2	-0.4	2,264	2.0
	2010	570.3	-0.8	3,059	7.0
	2015	475.8	-3.3	3,892	5.4
Oman	1990	836.9		1,812
	1995	781.4	-1.3	2,192	4.2
	2000	745.8	-0.9	2,239	0.4
	2005	725.7	-0.5	2,507	2.4
	2010	731.2	0.2	2,944	3.5
	2015	687.8	-1.2	4,491	10.5
Qatar	1990	800.6		476
	1995	832.7	0.8	501	1.0
	2000	812.5	-0.5	593	3.7
	2005	739.5	-1.8	837	8.2
	2010	566.9	-4.7	1,766	22.2
	2015	544.7	-0.8	2,235	5.3
Saudi Arabia	1990	717.9		16,361
	1995	666.9	-1.4	18,854	3.0
	2000	619.5	-1.4	21,392	2.7
	2005	588.8	-1.0	24,745	3.1
	2010	561.1	-0.9	28,091	2.7
	2015	535.0	-0.9	31,540	2.5
United Arab Emirates	1990	976.4		1,811
	1995	924.1	-1.1	2,350	5.9
	2000	887.7	-0.8	3,050	6.0
	2005	764.1	-2.8	4,482	9.4
	2010	757.4	-0.2	8,329	17.2
	2015	758.9	0.0	9,157	2.0