Average life expectancy in UAE rises to 75 years.

The universal average difference is around four years and 11 years in advanced countries. The report suggests that there is room for improvement in female chances of survival in Arab states. The World Health Organisation (WHO) disability-adjusted index on expectation of life at birth shows that a close of a third of Arab countries lose more than nine years of life expectancy to disability. Disability at birth tends to be higher in females than in males.