ERITREA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,773	4	2,154	+ 10,619
Stroke	2	6,205	2	2,564	+ 3,641
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,954	1	3,277	+ 1,678
Lung Cancers	4	3,462	46	62	+ 3,401
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,379	24	310	+ 3,070
Lung Disease	6	3,177	9	662	+ 2,515
Hypertension	7	2,007	8	926	+ 1,081
Prostate Cancer	8	1,947	47	54	+ 1,893
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,711	35	113	+ 1,598
Falls	10	1,625	26	168	+ 1,457
Liver Disease	11	1,084	6	1,215	- 131
Other Injuries	12	1,081	15	540	+ 541
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,036	7	944	+ 92
Kidney Disease	14	984	12	578	+ 406
Breast Cancer	15	968	23	311	+ 656
Suicide	16	947	21	382	+ 566
Inflammatory/Heart	17	669	32	123	+ 546
Lymphomas	18	630	28	147	+ 483
Road Traffic Accidents	19	583	5	1,326	- 743
Stomach Cancer	20	573	48	48	+ 525
Pancreas Cancer	21	523	58	20	+ 504
Oesophagus Cancer	22	509	39	81	+ 428
Oral Cancer	23	507	44	71	+ 436
Liver Cancer	24	472	45	69	+ 402
Other Neoplasms	25	445	66	6	+ 439
Bladder Cancer	26	425	51	42	+ 383
Parkinson's Disease	27	400	37	85	+ 315
Alcohol	28	391	49	45	+ 345
Cervical Cancer	29	385	30	132	+ 253
Leukemia	30	366	29	144	+ 222
Uterin Cancer	31	348	61	18	+ 331
Violence	32	338	20	384	- 47
Skin Cancers	33	297	56	30	+ 268
HIV/AIDS	34	273	25	308	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	243	27	147	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	36	239	43	71	+ 167
Congenital Anomalies	37	213	18	432	- 219
Osteoarthritis	38	189	85	0	+ 189
Ovary Cancer	39	187	40	79	+ 107
Asthma	40	174	22	326	- 152
Skin Disease	41	149	50	45	+ 105
Drownings	42	133	33	118	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	119	3	2,292	- 2,173
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	94	41	77	+ 17
Hepatitis C	45	65	65	6	+ 58
Epilepsy	46	63	38	81	- 19
Appendicitis	47	60	55	31	+ 29
Low Birth Weight	48	57	16	531	- 474
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	50	64	12	+ 38
Meningitis	50	48	19	404	- 357
Drug Use	51	47	53	36	+ 11
Anemia	52	45	81	0	+ 45
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	44	84	0	+ 44
Schizophrenia	54	39	83	0	+ 39
Malnutrition	55	37	10	660	- 623
Hepatitis B	56	34	57	28	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	32	67	4	+ 28
Fires	58	32	31	132	- 100
Birth Trauma	59	28	11	616	- 588
Tuberculosis	60	26	14	543	- 518
Maternal Conditions	61	25	13	544	- 518
Poisonings	62	10	34	114	- 104
Otitis Media	63	6	69	2	+ 5
Oral conditions	64	4	86	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	65	3	60	18	- 15
Encephalitis	66	3	62	16	- 12
Leprosy	67	1	78	0	+ 1
War	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	54	35	- 34
Ascariasis	70	0	68	2	- 1
Tetanus	71	0	52	37	- 37
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	36	90	- 90
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	63	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	82	0	17	437	- 437
Leishmaniasis	83	0	59	19	- 19
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Cuba

Eritrea

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.