Cancer Deaths Under-Recorded

June 2008 | Industry News

Calling into question the commonly held view that cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer in the UAE, a study in Al Ain district, Abu Dhabi, has found that other causes of death - notably cancer - may be under-recorded. Researchers at the UAE University retrospectively examined the death and hospital records of 300 patients. They found that cancer caused 20% of deaths, followed by injury (19%) and cardiovascular disease (12%), suggesting that official death records give an inaccurate picture of the UAE's disease

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