BELARUS VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,130	1	53,186	- 34,056
Stroke	2	9,293	2	16,393	- 7,100
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,420	15	1,086	+ 6,334
Lung Cancers	4	5,185	4	2,950	+ 2,236
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,061	3	3,530	+ 1,531
Lung Disease	6	4,759	7	2,208	+ 2,551
Hypertension	7	3,006	31	367	+ 2,638
Prostate Cancer	8	2,916	17	936	+ 1,980
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,563	5	2,886	- 324
Falls	10	2,435	16	952	+ 1,483
Liver Disease	11	1,623	8	2,078	- 455
Other Injuries	12	1,620	14	1,099	+ 521
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,552	30	373	+ 1,179
Kidney Disease	14	1,473	26	480	+ 993
Breast Cancer	15	1,449	12	1,230	+ 219
Suicide	16	1,419	9	2,004	- 585
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,002	11	1,361	- 359
Lymphomas	18	944	20	672	+ 272
Road Traffic Accidents	19	873	19	722	+ 151
Stomach Cancer	20	858	10	1,690	- 831
Pancreas Cancer	21	784	13	1,171	- 387
Oesophagus Cancer	22	762	25	493	+ 269
Oral Cancer	23	759	18	901	- 142
Liver Cancer	24	706	32	363	+ 343
Other Neoplasms	25	666	48	52	+ 614
Bladder Cancer	26	636	35	295	+ 341
Parkinson's Disease	27	598	21	621	- 23
Alcohol	28	585	6	2,761	- 2,176
Cervical Cancer	29	577	34	303	+ 274
Leukemia	30	549	23	554	- 5
Uterin Cancer	31	522	28	391	+ 131
Violence	32	506	38	255	+ 251
Skin Cancers	33	445	36	272	+ 174
HIV/AIDS	34	408	42	167	+ 241
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	364	40	235	+ 128
Endocrine Disorders	36	357	43	141	+ 216
Congenital Anomalies	37	319	41	202	+ 117
Osteoarthritis	38	283	84	0	+ 283
Ovary Cancer	39	280	27	429	- 149
Asthma	40	261	44	122	+ 139
Skin Disease	41	224	51	31	+ 193
Drownings	42	200	24	543	- 343
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	179	57	13	+ 166
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	140	39	239	- 99
Hepatitis C	45	97	62	1	+ 96
Epilepsy	46	94	45	116	- 22
Appendicitis	47	90	54	20	+ 70
Low Birth Weight	48	85	47	64	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	75	55	15	+ 60
Meningitis	50	72	50	36	+ 35
Drug Use	51	71	29	389	- 318
Anemia	52	67	83	0	+ 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	65	85	0	+ 65
Schizophrenia	54	59	80	0	+ 59
Malnutrition	55	55	53	22	+ 33
Hepatitis B	56	51	56	14	+ 38
Multiple Sclerosis	57	48	49	42	+ 6
Fires	58	48	22	620	- 573
Birth Trauma	59	42	52	25	+ 17
Tuberculosis	60	39	37	269	- 230
Maternal Conditions	61	38	60	2	+ 36
Poisonings	62	15	33	311	- 296
Otitis Media	63	9	66	0	+ 9
Oral conditions	64	5	86	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	5	58	5	- 0
Encephalitis	66	5	46	93	- 88
Leprosy	67	2	73	0	+ 2
War	68	1	59	3	- 2
Syphilis	69	1	63	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	64	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	65	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	61	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Cuba

Belarus

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.