CUBA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,262	1	22,079	- 13,817
Stroke	2	6,140	2	10,725	- 4,585
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,720	3	8,564	- 3,845
Violence	4	3,428	32	584	+ 2,844
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,970	13	1,791	+ 1,179
Lung Disease	6	2,959	6	5,492	- 2,533
Kidney Disease	7	1,878	14	1,700	+ 178
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,688	19	1,007	+ 680
Lung Cancers	9	1,578	4	5,985	- 4,407
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,531	5	5,841	- 4,311
Hypertension	11	1,436	7	3,469	- 2,033
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,154	9	2,958	- 1,803
Liver Disease	13	1,068	11	1,873	- 806
Breast Cancer	14	1,035	15	1,673	- 638
Prostate Cancer	15	947	8	3,365	- 2,418
Falls	16	939	10	2,810	- 1,871
Stomach Cancer	17	897	20	991	- 94
Inflammatory/Heart	18	872	17	1,156	- 284
Endocrine Disorders	19	844	36	412	+ 431
Suicide	20	725	16	1,638	- 913
Other Injuries	21	688	12	1,869	- 1,181
HIV/AIDS	22	626	34	471	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	23	614	37	368	+ 246
Pancreas Cancer	24	598	21	905	- 307
Liver Cancer	25	574	24	815	- 241
Oesophagus Cancer	26	522	22	879	- 358
Lymphomas	27	517	18	1,089	- 572
Oral Cancer	28	496	23	876	- 380
Cervical Cancer	29	474	29	666	- 192
Leukemia	30	425	30	633	- 208
Skin Disease	31	358	41	258	+ 100
Alcohol	32	355	28	675	- 320
Low Birth Weight	33	343	48	98	+ 245
Malnutrition	34	334	55	64	+ 270
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	282	43	206	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	36	264	26	734	- 470
Chagas disease	37	251	79	0	+ 251
Skin Cancers	38	251	33	514	- 263
Drownings	39	246	42	231	+ 15
Tuberculosis	40	244	60	45	+ 199
Parkinson's Disease	41	238	27	691	- 453
Other Neoplasms	42	232	25	769	- 536
Ovary Cancer	43	217	39	323	- 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	212	35	420	- 208
Birth Trauma	45	188	59	49	+ 140
Epilepsy	46	163	46	108	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	47	139	31	602	- 464
Asthma	48	129	40	301	- 172
Drug Use	49	123	51	82	+ 41
Anemia	50	120	52	77	+ 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	109	44	162	- 53
Hepatitis C	52	97	45	112	- 15
Maternal Conditions	53	75	61	43	+ 32
Meningitis	54	68	50	83	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	55	53	75	- 21
War	56	54	68	1	+ 53
Appendicitis	57	53	47	104	- 51
Fires	58	51	58	55	- 4
Hepatitis B	59	39	56	59	- 21
Schizophrenia	60	33	54	68	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	30	49	87	- 57
Schistosomiasis	62	30	81	0	+ 30
Leishmaniasis	63	22	83	0	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	64	18	57	55	- 38
Osteoarthritis	65	16	38	326	- 310
Poisonings	66	16	62	17	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	13	65	6	+ 7
Syphilis	68	11	69	1	+ 10
Leprosy	69	9	67	2	+ 7
Otitis Media	70	5	63	11	- 6
Tetanus	71	4	71	1	+ 4
Encephalitis	72	3	66	6	- 2
Oral conditions	73	3	64	6	- 3
Malaria	74	2	82	0	+ 2
Pertussis	75	2	73	0	+ 1
Dengue	76	1	74	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	76	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	80	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Brazil

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.