CUBA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,278	1	22,079	- 15,801
Stroke	2	5,717	2	10,725	- 5,008
Kidney Disease	3	2,388	14	1,700	+ 688
Lung Disease	4	2,387	6	5,492	- 3,105
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,350	5	5,841	- 3,491
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,303	3	8,564	- 6,261
Hypertension	7	2,242	7	3,469	- 1,226
Stomach Cancer	8	2,133	20	991	+ 1,142
Lung Cancers	9	2,028	4	5,985	- 3,956
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,866	13	1,791	+ 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,776	9	2,958	- 1,182
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,661	19	1,007	+ 653
Liver Disease	13	1,555	11	1,873	- 318
Prostate Cancer	14	1,431	8	3,365	- 1,935
Suicide	15	999	16	1,638	- 639
Breast Cancer	16	992	15	1,673	- 681
Pancreas Cancer	17	921	21	905	+ 16
Lymphomas	18	819	18	1,089	- 271
Liver Cancer	19	804	24	815	- 11
Other Neoplasms	20	798	25	769	+ 29
Other Injuries	21	770	12	1,869	- 1,100
Endocrine Disorders	22	756	36	412	+ 343
Falls	23	531	10	2,810	- 2,278
Leukemia	24	517	30	633	- 117
Congenital Anomalies	25	504	37	368	+ 136
Parkinson's Disease	26	464	27	691	- 227
Cervical Cancer	27	458	29	666	- 208
Skin Disease	28	448	41	258	+ 190
Violence	29	437	32	584	- 147
Oesophagus Cancer	30	424	22	879	- 455
Inflammatory/Heart	31	417	17	1,156	- 740
Bladder Cancer	32	377	26	734	- 357
HIV/AIDS	33	317	34	471	- 155
Skin Cancers	34	309	33	514	- 205
Ovary Cancer	35	302	39	323	- 21
Low Birth Weight	36	257	48	98	+ 159
Malnutrition	37	247	55	64	+ 183
Tuberculosis	38	241	60	45	+ 196
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	196	43	206	- 10
Oral Cancer	40	180	23	876	- 696
Fires	41	174	58	55	+ 119
Asthma	42	173	40	301	- 128
Epilepsy	43	173	46	108	+ 65
Drownings	44	166	42	231	- 64
Uterin Cancer	45	161	31	602	- 441
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	131	35	420	- 289
Alcohol	47	122	28	675	- 554
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	110	49	87	+ 23
Anemia	49	106	52	77	+ 28
Drug Use	50	87	51	82	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	51	77	38	326	- 249
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	61	44	162	- 100
Meningitis	53	56	50	83	- 27
Birth Trauma	54	51	59	49	+ 3
Chagas disease	55	46	79	0	+ 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	43	53	75	- 32
Poisonings	57	40	62	17	+ 23
Schizophrenia	58	22	54	68	- 46
Appendicitis	59	22	47	104	- 82
Hepatitis B	60	18	56	59	- 42
Hepatitis C	61	16	45	112	- 96
Multiple Sclerosis	62	16	57	55	- 40
Maternal Conditions	63	14	61	43	- 30
War	64	8	68	1	+ 7
Oral conditions	65	3	64	6	- 3
Syphilis	66	3	69	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	3	65	6	- 3
Pertussis	68	2	73	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	71	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	1	66	6	- 5
Otitis Media	71	1	63	11	- 10
Ascariasis	72	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Chile

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.