CUBA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,379	1	22,079	- 10,700
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,564	3	8,564	+ 1,000
Lung Disease	3	5,422	6	5,492	- 71
Stroke	4	5,338	2	10,725	- 5,387
Kidney Disease	5	3,171	14	1,700	+ 1,471
Lung Cancers	6	2,337	4	5,985	- 3,648
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,084	9	2,958	- 874
Breast Cancer	8	1,648	15	1,673	- 25
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,596	13	1,791	- 195
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,470	19	1,007	+ 462
Hypertension	11	1,353	7	3,469	- 2,116
Other Injuries	12	1,316	12	1,869	- 553
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,282	17	1,156	+ 126
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,075	21	905	+ 170
Prostate Cancer	15	1,052	8	3,365	- 2,313
Liver Disease	16	940	11	1,873	- 933
Endocrine Disorders	17	930	36	412	+ 518
Suicide	18	874	16	1,638	- 763
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	872	5	5,841	- 4,969
Stomach Cancer	20	822	20	991	- 169
Other Neoplasms	21	752	25	769	- 16
Skin Disease	22	740	41	258	+ 482
Violence	23	633	32	584	+ 49
Lymphomas	24	632	18	1,089	- 458
Cervical Cancer	25	579	29	666	- 87
Congenital Anomalies	26	565	37	368	+ 197
Leukemia	27	511	30	633	- 123
Low Birth Weight	28	509	48	98	+ 411
Oesophagus Cancer	29	479	22	879	- 400
Liver Cancer	30	477	24	815	- 338
Bladder Cancer	31	391	26	734	- 343
HIV/AIDS	32	346	34	471	- 126
Ovary Cancer	33	305	39	323	- 18
Skin Cancers	34	250	33	514	- 264
Oral Cancer	35	250	23	876	- 626
Parkinson's Disease	36	225	27	691	- 466
Uterin Cancer	37	220	31	602	- 382
Malnutrition	38	217	55	64	+ 153
Drug Use	39	193	51	82	+ 111
Anemia	40	161	52	77	+ 84
Tuberculosis	41	153	60	45	+ 108
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	135	43	206	- 71
Falls	43	118	10	2,810	- 2,692
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	114	35	420	- 306
Chagas disease	45	105	79	0	+ 105
Alcohol	46	103	28	675	- 572
Asthma	47	94	40	301	- 207
Drownings	48	89	42	231	- 142
Birth Trauma	49	87	59	49	+ 39
Epilepsy	50	78	46	108	- 31
Meningitis	51	74	50	83	- 9
Fires	52	65	58	55	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	53	65	61	43	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	57	49	87	- 30
Poisonings	55	45	62	17	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	32	44	162	- 129
Hepatitis C	57	26	45	112	- 86
Multiple Sclerosis	58	24	57	55	- 32
Osteoarthritis	59	17	38	326	- 309
Appendicitis	60	16	47	104	- 87
Schizophrenia	61	14	54	68	- 54
Hepatitis B	62	13	56	59	- 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	11	53	75	- 64
Encephalitis	64	4	66	6	- 2
Syphilis	65	3	69	1	+ 3
Oral conditions	66	3	64	6	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	3	65	6	- 3
Pertussis	68	2	73	0	+ 2
Leprosy	69	1	67	2	- 1
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	1	71	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	0	63	11	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Argentina

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.