COMOROS VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,812	4	349	+ 1,464
Stroke	2	880	3	356	+ 525
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	703	1	594	+ 109
Lung Cancers	4	491	60	1	+ 490
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	479	23	46	+ 433
Lung Disease	6	451	17	83	+ 367
Hypertension	7	285	12	115	+ 170
Prostate Cancer	8	276	27	33	+ 243
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	243	39	19	+ 224
Falls	10	231	32	26	+ 204
Liver Disease	11	154	8	160	- 6
Other Injuries	12	153	16	90	+ 63
Diabetes Mellitus	13	147	9	136	+ 11
Kidney Disease	14	140	14	101	+ 38
Breast Cancer	15	137	33	23	+ 115
Suicide	16	134	24	46	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	17	95	31	26	+ 69
Lymphomas	18	89	37	19	+ 70
Road Traffic Accidents	19	83	6	226	- 143
Stomach Cancer	20	81	45	11	+ 70
Pancreas Cancer	21	74	82	0	+ 74
Oesophagus Cancer	22	72	26	34	+ 39
Oral Cancer	23	72	41	15	+ 56
Liver Cancer	24	67	28	29	+ 38
Other Neoplasms	25	63	59	1	+ 62
Bladder Cancer	26	60	46	10	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	27	57	44	11	+ 45
Alcohol	28	55	51	6	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	29	55	13	104	- 50
Leukemia	30	52	57	3	+ 49
Uterin Cancer	31	49	55	3	+ 46
Violence	32	48	20	63	- 15
Skin Cancers	33	42	42	12	+ 30
HIV/AIDS	34	39	76	0	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	34	34	21	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	36	34	36	19	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	37	30	10	131	- 100
Osteoarthritis	38	27	84	0	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	39	27	56	3	+ 23
Asthma	40	25	21	49	- 24
Skin Disease	41	21	48	9	+ 12
Drownings	42	19	25	35	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	17	2	363	- 346
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	13	47	10	+ 3
Hepatitis C	45	9	61	1	+ 8
Epilepsy	46	9	40	17	- 8
Appendicitis	47	9	50	6	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	48	8	5	328	- 320
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	7	58	2	+ 5
Meningitis	50	7	11	115	- 109
Drug Use	51	7	49	7	+ 0
Anemia	52	6	81	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	6	85	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	54	6	83	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	55	5	15	96	- 91
Hepatitis B	56	5	52	5	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	62	1	+ 4
Fires	58	5	30	27	- 23
Birth Trauma	59	4	7	211	- 207
Tuberculosis	60	4	19	79	- 75
Maternal Conditions	61	4	22	47	- 43
Poisonings	62	1	35	20	- 19
Otitis Media	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	53	4	- 4
Encephalitis	66	0	54	4	- 4
Leprosy	67	0	71	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	38	19	- 19
Ascariasis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	43	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	18	80	- 80
Dengue	74	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	29	29	- 29
Leishmaniasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.