Table 1.
Perceived leading cause of death in different Emirates
| Leading cause of death | Abu Dhabi (n = 283) | Dubai (n = 292) |
Sharjah (n = 51) |
Other (n = 50) |
Total (n = 676) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIDs (%) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 1(0.1) | 3 (0.4) |
| Alzheimer’s Disease (%) | 3 (0.4) | 5 (0.7) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 9 (1.3) |
| Breast Cancer (%) | 80 (11.8) | 103 (15.2) | 17 (2.5) | 16 (2.4) | 216 (32.0) |
| Cervical Cancer (%) | 13 (1.9) | 11 (1.6) | 1 (0.1) | 6 (0.9) | 31 (4.6) |
| Drug addiction (%) | 0 | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1) |
| Heart disease (%) | 96 (14.2) | 94 (13.9) | 14 (2.1) | 8 (1.2) | 212 (31.4) |
| Lung Cancer (%) | 4 (0.6) | 4 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 10 (1.5) |
| Obesity (%) | 30 (4.4) | 23 (3.4) | 6 (0.9) | 2 (0.3) | 61 (9.0) |
| Osteoporosis (%) | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 7 (1.0) |
| Pregnancy/childbirth (%) | 22 (3.3) | 20 (3.0) | 7 (1.0) | 9 (1.3) | 58 (8.6) |
| Smoking (%) | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.6) |
| Stroke (%) | 19 (2.8) | 23 (3.4) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 46 (6.8) |
| Violence (%) | 6 (0.9) | 3 (0.4) | 0 | 0 | 9 (1.3) |
| Other (%) | 5 (0.7) | 2 (0.3) | 0 | 2 (0.3) | 9 (1.3) |
| Total (%) | 283 9(41.9) | 292 (43.2) | 51 (7.5) | 50 (7.4) | 676 (100) |