CUBA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,552	1	22,079	- 17,527
Stroke	2	2,184	2	10,725	- 8,541
Kidney Disease	3	1,426	14	1,700	- 274
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,319	13	1,791	- 472
Hypertension	5	1,021	7	3,469	- 2,448
Lung Disease	6	997	6	5,492	- 4,495
Road Traffic Accidents	7	951	19	1,007	- 56
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	771	3	8,564	- 7,793
Suicide	9	687	16	1,638	- 951
Other Injuries	10	571	12	1,869	- 1,299
Falls	11	559	10	2,810	- 2,251
Asthma	12	501	40	301	+ 200
Drug Use	13	471	51	82	+ 389
Liver Disease	14	456	11	1,873	- 1,418
Congenital Anomalies	15	403	37	368	+ 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	338	9	2,958	- 2,620
Breast Cancer	17	289	15	1,673	- 1,384
Endocrine Disorders	18	284	36	412	- 129
Low Birth Weight	19	213	48	98	+ 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	212	5	5,841	- 5,629
Lung Cancers	21	202	4	5,985	- 5,783
Fires	22	195	58	55	+ 140
Drownings	23	184	42	231	- 46
Leukemia	24	168	30	633	- 465
Epilepsy	25	153	46	108	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	26	148	21	905	- 757
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	138	44	162	- 24
Inflammatory/Heart	28	131	17	1,156	- 1,026
Lymphomas	29	127	18	1,089	- 962
Stomach Cancer	30	122	20	991	- 869
Parkinson's Disease	31	109	27	691	- 582
Liver Cancer	32	105	24	815	- 710
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	101	43	206	- 105
Skin Cancers	34	85	33	514	- 429
Violence	35	77	32	584	- 507
Tuberculosis	36	72	60	45	+ 27
Birth Trauma	37	70	59	49	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	38	69	39	323	- 254
Bladder Cancer	39	65	26	734	- 669
Alcohol	40	65	28	675	- 611
Cervical Cancer	41	62	29	666	- 603
Meningitis	42	57	50	83	- 26
Prostate Cancer	43	55	8	3,365	- 3,310
Hepatitis B	44	52	56	59	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	50	35	420	- 370
Uterin Cancer	46	48	31	602	- 554
Oesophagus Cancer	47	40	22	879	- 839
Poisonings	48	39	62	17	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	49	39	57	55	- 17
HIV/AIDS	50	37	34	471	- 434
Tetanus	51	36	71	1	+ 35
Oral Cancer	52	35	23	876	- 842
War	53	32	68	1	+ 31
Encephalitis	54	30	66	6	+ 25
Appendicitis	55	15	47	104	- 89
Other Neoplasms	56	14	25	769	- 754
Skin Disease	57	14	41	258	- 245
Pertussis	58	13	73	0	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	59	6	61	43	- 38
Malnutrition	60	3	55	64	- 61
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	49	87	- 84
Syphilis	62	3	69	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	45	112	- 111
Upper Respiratory	64	0	65	6	- 5
Ascariasis	65	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	69	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	70	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	75	- 75
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	68	- 68
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	52	77	- 77
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Arab Emirates

Cuba

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.