Dubai Health Authority revealed a gradual decline in the death rate annually, as it became 0.48 per 1000 individuals, according to the census of 2018, instead of 1.1 five years ago, confirming the rise in the average age of the population of Dubai to 79.9 years, due to the development of services Health and treatment in the emirate.
According to the 2018 annual report recently issued by the authority, the number of deaths recorded in the Emirate of Dubai reached 2599 deaths, with a death rate of 0.84 per 1000 of the population, compared to 1.1 cases in 2013, and the death rate in the age group 60 years and over reached 39%. Compared to 5.4% in the age group less than five years.
The report indicated that infant mortality rates for 2018 are comparable with developed countries, where the rate was 3.4 deaths per 1000 live births, while the child mortality rate has decreased steadily less than five years over the past years in Dubai, where the rate of decline during seven years 46.7%. The report stated that cardiovascular diseases and the circulatory system topped the causes of death last year, with 41.3% of all deaths in hospitals in the Emirate of Dubai, followed by cancers by 19%, then deaths resulting from injuries by 4.5%. He stressed that the Dubai Health Authority works with its institutions, sectors and all its medical facilities to improve the quality of life, ensure a better health future, and reach a happier society.
30.1 thousand communications
The statistical report issued by the Dubai Health Authority revealed that the number of reports of infectious diseases in 2018 reached 30,179 reports, an increase over 33.7% in 2017, which reflects the efforts made to monitor infectious diseases in Dubai, as well as improving the current monitoring system, and most of Reports for the year 2018 in cases of seasonal influenza, which amounted to 50.8% of the total cases reported.
The report revealed that the rate of reports of infectious diseases reached 7.1 per 1000 of the population for the year 2018, and citizens accounted for 15.6% of the total cases of communicable diseases reported, and the working group in the age group between 25 and 54 years represents 46.9% of the disease burden, The proportion of children under five years of age was 22.5% of the total burden of infectious diseases in 2018.