BELGIUM VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,116	1	15,281	+ 8,835
Stroke	2	11,715	3	7,408	+ 4,307
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	9,354	6	5,677	+ 3,677
Lung Cancers	4	6,537	4	6,777	- 240
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	6,380	2	9,416	- 3,036
Lung Disease	6	5,999	5	6,438	- 439
Hypertension	7	3,789	27	740	+ 3,049
Prostate Cancer	8	3,676	13	1,824	+ 1,851
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,230	7	3,329	- 98
Falls	10	3,069	15	1,756	+ 1,313
Liver Disease	11	2,046	17	1,433	+ 614
Other Injuries	12	2,042	11	2,006	+ 35
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,956	20	1,269	+ 687
Kidney Disease	14	1,857	8	2,952	- 1,095
Breast Cancer	15	1,827	9	2,587	- 760
Suicide	16	1,789	10	2,111	- 322
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,263	23	1,060	+ 203
Lymphomas	18	1,190	16	1,552	- 362
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,100	29	666	+ 434
Stomach Cancer	20	1,082	26	863	+ 219
Pancreas Cancer	21	988	14	1,809	- 821
Oesophagus Cancer	22	960	25	898	+ 62
Oral Cancer	23	957	28	675	+ 282
Liver Cancer	24	890	24	976	- 85
Other Neoplasms	25	839	12	1,828	- 988
Bladder Cancer	26	802	22	1,078	- 277
Parkinson's Disease	27	754	19	1,378	- 623
Alcohol	28	738	32	500	+ 238
Cervical Cancer	29	727	41	243	+ 484
Leukemia	30	692	21	1,199	- 508
Uterin Cancer	31	658	34	384	+ 273
Violence	32	637	44	149	+ 488
Skin Cancers	33	561	31	522	+ 39
HIV/AIDS	34	515	57	36	+ 479
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	458	42	213	+ 246
Endocrine Disorders	36	450	18	1,432	- 981
Congenital Anomalies	37	402	40	282	+ 120
Osteoarthritis	38	356	51	59	+ 298
Ovary Cancer	39	353	30	653	- 300
Asthma	40	329	46	128	+ 201
Skin Disease	41	282	35	380	- 97
Drownings	42	252	47	79	+ 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	225	33	418	- 192
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	177	37	293	- 116
Hepatitis C	45	122	52	53	+ 69
Epilepsy	46	118	36	348	- 230
Appendicitis	47	113	62	17	+ 97
Low Birth Weight	48	107	50	70	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	95	49	73	+ 22
Meningitis	50	90	58	28	+ 62
Drug Use	51	89	39	287	- 198
Anemia	52	84	43	199	- 115
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	82	60	20	+ 62
Schizophrenia	54	74	56	40	+ 35
Malnutrition	55	69	38	291	- 221
Hepatitis B	56	65	63	17	+ 48
Multiple Sclerosis	57	61	45	147	- 86
Fires	58	60	48	75	- 15
Birth Trauma	59	53	53	47	+ 6
Tuberculosis	60	49	54	46	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	61	47	64	6	+ 41
Poisonings	62	19	55	41	- 22
Otitis Media	63	12	65	2	+ 10
Oral conditions	64	7	61	19	- 12
Upper Respiratory	65	6	59	22	- 16
Encephalitis	66	6	66	1	+ 5
Leprosy	67	2	72	0	+ 2
War	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Syphilis	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Cuba

Belgium

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.