CUBA VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,520	1	22,079	+ 10,441
Stroke	2	16,582	2	10,725	+ 5,857
Lung Cancers	3	7,510	4	5,985	+ 1,525
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	5,784	9	2,958	+ 2,827
Lung Disease	5	5,577	6	5,492	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,186	13	1,791	+ 3,395
Kidney Disease	7	3,679	14	1,700	+ 1,979
Hypertension	8	2,912	7	3,469	- 557
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,818	5	5,841	- 3,024
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,699	3	8,564	- 5,865
Breast Cancer	11	2,691	15	1,673	+ 1,019
Falls	12	2,575	10	2,810	- 235
Liver Disease	13	2,443	11	1,873	+ 569
Prostate Cancer	14	2,251	8	3,365	- 1,114
Stomach Cancer	15	2,078	20	991	+ 1,087
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,993	21	905	+ 1,088
Suicide	17	1,787	16	1,638	+ 149
Lymphomas	18	1,470	18	1,089	+ 381
Liver Cancer	19	1,325	24	815	+ 509
Bladder Cancer	20	1,319	26	734	+ 585
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,207	17	1,156	+ 50
Leukemia	22	1,150	30	633	+ 517
Other Injuries	23	1,130	12	1,869	- 739
Parkinson's Disease	24	1,118	27	691	+ 427
Oral Cancer	25	893	23	876	+ 16
Skin Cancers	26	877	33	514	+ 363
Road Traffic Accidents	27	867	19	1,007	- 140
Ovary Cancer	28	815	39	323	+ 492
Other Neoplasms	29	748	25	769	- 20
Alcohol	30	578	28	675	- 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	546	35	420	+ 127
Uterin Cancer	32	527	31	602	- 75
Oesophagus Cancer	33	500	22	879	- 379
Cervical Cancer	34	411	29	666	- 255
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	361	44	162	+ 199
Epilepsy	36	250	46	108	+ 141
Congenital Anomalies	37	249	37	368	- 119
Drownings	38	227	42	231	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	217	43	206	+ 10
Schizophrenia	40	209	54	68	+ 141
Asthma	41	195	40	301	- 107
Endocrine Disorders	42	191	36	412	- 221
Drug Use	43	186	51	82	+ 104
Tuberculosis	44	162	60	45	+ 118
Multiple Sclerosis	45	145	57	55	+ 90
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	124	49	87	+ 37
Hepatitis C	47	118	45	112	+ 6
Violence	48	118	32	584	- 466
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	113	53	75	+ 38
Fires	50	90	58	55	+ 35
Hepatitis B	51	45	56	59	- 14
Meningitis	52	43	50	83	- 40
Anemia	53	42	52	77	- 35
Poisonings	54	42	62	17	+ 24
Birth Trauma	55	29	59	49	- 19
Low Birth Weight	56	27	48	98	- 72
Appendicitis	57	23	47	104	- 81
Skin Disease	58	20	41	258	- 238
HIV/AIDS	59	20	34	471	- 451
Otitis Media	60	9	63	11	- 2
Maternal Conditions	61	6	61	43	- 37
Iodine Deficiency	62	6	72	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	63	4	65	6	- 1
Oral conditions	64	4	64	6	- 2
Encephalitis	65	2	66	6	- 4
Leishmaniasis	66	1	83	0	+ 1
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	68	1	71	1	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	70	0	55	64	- 63
Syphilis	71	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	70	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	38	326	- 326
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Croatia

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.