CUBA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,064	1	22,079	- 17,015
Violence	2	3,845	32	584	+ 3,261
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,708	13	1,791	+ 1,917
Stroke	4	3,345	2	10,725	- 7,380
HIV/AIDS	5	3,143	34	471	+ 2,671
Kidney Disease	6	2,699	14	1,700	+ 999
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,546	3	8,564	- 6,019
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,322	19	1,007	+ 1,315
Liver Disease	9	1,519	11	1,873	- 354
Prostate Cancer	10	1,248	8	3,365	- 2,117
Lung Disease	11	1,211	6	5,492	- 4,281
Hypertension	12	1,207	7	3,469	- 2,262
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,181	5	5,841	- 4,661
Other Injuries	14	937	12	1,869	- 932
Lung Cancers	15	804	4	5,985	- 5,181
Suicide	16	728	16	1,638	- 910
Cervical Cancer	17	725	29	666	+ 60
Drownings	18	628	42	231	+ 398
Liver Cancer	19	628	24	815	- 187
Stomach Cancer	20	611	20	991	- 380
Congenital Anomalies	21	608	37	368	+ 240
Endocrine Disorders	22	594	36	412	+ 181
Breast Cancer	23	571	15	1,673	- 1,102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	528	9	2,958	- 2,430
Low Birth Weight	25	520	48	98	+ 422
Inflammatory/Heart	26	476	17	1,156	- 681
Falls	27	339	10	2,810	- 2,471
Parkinson's Disease	28	290	27	691	- 401
Malnutrition	29	258	55	64	+ 195
Alcohol	30	256	28	675	- 420
Pancreas Cancer	31	247	21	905	- 658
Birth Trauma	32	243	59	49	+ 195
Tuberculosis	33	232	60	45	+ 187
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	228	43	206	+ 22
Asthma	35	203	40	301	- 99
Epilepsy	36	202	46	108	+ 94
Skin Disease	37	144	41	258	- 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	136	35	420	- 283
Leukemia	39	105	30	633	- 528
Fires	40	96	58	55	+ 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	90	44	162	- 72
Maternal Conditions	42	61	61	43	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	43	58	22	879	- 821
Appendicitis	44	38	47	104	- 65
Poisonings	45	38	62	17	+ 21
Meningitis	46	37	50	83	- 46
Drug Use	47	37	51	82	- 45
Encephalitis	48	36	66	6	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	29	49	87	- 57
Lymphomas	50	29	18	1,089	- 1,060
Uterin Cancer	51	29	31	602	- 573
Ovary Cancer	52	25	39	323	- 298
Other Neoplasms	53	25	25	769	- 744
Multiple Sclerosis	54	11	57	55	- 44
Dengue	55	6	74	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	56	5	56	59	- 54
Chagas disease	57	5	79	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	58	3	65	6	- 2
Tetanus	59	3	71	1	+ 2
War	60	3	68	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	61	1	45	112	- 111
Syphilis	62	1	69	1	+ 0
Pertussis	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	1	70	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	33	514	- 514
Oral Cancer	67	0	23	876	- 876
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	70	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	52	77	- 77
Bladder Cancer	81	0	26	734	- 734
Schizophrenia	82	0	54	68	- 68
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	75	- 75
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

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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.