FIJI VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,916	2	1,481	+ 435
Stroke	2	931	3	583	+ 348
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	743	5	228	+ 515
Lung Cancers	4	519	22	48	+ 472
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	507	19	63	+ 444
Lung Disease	6	477	9	141	+ 336
Hypertension	7	301	7	170	+ 131
Prostate Cancer	8	292	25	41	+ 252
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	257	24	45	+ 211
Falls	10	244	36	27	+ 217
Liver Disease	11	163	15	82	+ 81
Other Injuries	12	162	17	77	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	13	155	1	1,628	- 1,473
Kidney Disease	14	148	4	277	- 129
Breast Cancer	15	145	8	162	- 17
Suicide	16	142	16	80	+ 62
Inflammatory/Heart	17	100	23	45	+ 55
Lymphomas	18	95	35	27	+ 67
Road Traffic Accidents	19	87	11	120	- 33
Stomach Cancer	20	86	37	23	+ 63
Pancreas Cancer	21	79	38	21	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	22	76	42	18	+ 59
Oral Cancer	23	76	46	13	+ 64
Liver Cancer	24	71	18	68	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	25	67	53	3	+ 63
Bladder Cancer	26	64	50	8	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	27	60	26	40	+ 20
Alcohol	28	59	57	2	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	29	58	13	86	- 29
Leukemia	30	55	30	31	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	31	52	39	20	+ 32
Violence	32	51	40	19	+ 31
Skin Cancers	33	45	61	1	+ 44
HIV/AIDS	34	41	31	30	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	36	29	34	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	36	36	34	28	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	37	32	10	129	- 98
Osteoarthritis	38	28	85	0	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	39	28	32	29	- 1
Asthma	40	26	6	226	- 200
Skin Disease	41	22	41	19	+ 3
Drownings	42	20	21	60	- 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	18	12	96	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	14	20	62	- 48
Hepatitis C	45	10	65	0	+ 10
Epilepsy	46	9	44	16	- 7
Appendicitis	47	9	54	3	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	48	9	14	86	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	8	62	0	+ 7
Meningitis	50	7	43	17	- 10
Drug Use	51	7	52	4	+ 3
Anemia	52	7	82	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	7	84	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	54	6	81	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	55	6	45	14	- 9
Hepatitis B	56	5	59	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	60	1	+ 4
Fires	58	5	33	28	- 23
Birth Trauma	59	4	28	36	- 32
Tuberculosis	60	4	27	39	- 35
Maternal Conditions	61	4	49	9	- 5
Poisonings	62	1	56	2	- 1
Otitis Media	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	51	7	- 7
Leprosy	67	0	71	0	+ 0
War	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	47	11	- 11
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	58	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	48	10	- 10
Dengue	74	0	55	3	- 3
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	63	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	64	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Cuba

Fiji

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.