FINLAND VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,328	2	9,831	+ 1,497
Stroke	2	5,503	3	4,115	+ 1,388
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,394	21	436	+ 3,958
Lung Cancers	4	3,071	4	2,312	+ 759
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,997	1	11,120	- 8,123
Lung Disease	6	2,818	8	1,289	+ 1,529
Hypertension	7	1,780	5	2,030	- 250
Prostate Cancer	8	1,727	11	970	+ 756
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,517	6	1,433	+ 84
Falls	10	1,442	7	1,325	+ 116
Liver Disease	11	961	10	1,068	- 107
Other Injuries	12	959	20	437	+ 522
Diabetes Mellitus	13	919	22	418	+ 501
Kidney Disease	14	872	26	342	+ 530
Breast Cancer	15	858	12	948	- 90
Suicide	16	840	15	846	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	17	593	17	518	+ 75
Lymphomas	18	559	14	851	- 292
Road Traffic Accidents	19	517	33	215	+ 302
Stomach Cancer	20	508	19	447	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	21	464	9	1,247	- 783
Oesophagus Cancer	22	451	27	320	+ 131
Oral Cancer	23	450	34	207	+ 242
Liver Cancer	24	418	16	545	- 127
Other Neoplasms	25	394	23	377	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	26	377	28	308	+ 68
Parkinson's Disease	27	354	13	853	- 498
Alcohol	28	347	18	464	- 118
Cervical Cancer	29	342	44	62	+ 279
Leukemia	30	325	24	371	- 46
Uterin Cancer	31	309	32	225	+ 84
Violence	32	299	43	64	+ 235
Skin Cancers	33	264	29	297	- 33
HIV/AIDS	34	242	59	6	+ 236
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	215	36	151	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	36	212	31	257	- 45
Congenital Anomalies	37	189	35	192	- 3
Osteoarthritis	38	167	51	17	+ 151
Ovary Cancer	39	166	25	344	- 179
Asthma	40	155	40	85	+ 70
Skin Disease	41	132	47	27	+ 105
Drownings	42	118	37	106	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	106	52	15	+ 90
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	83	50	19	+ 64
Hepatitis C	45	58	60	5	+ 53
Epilepsy	46	56	38	104	- 49
Appendicitis	47	53	54	10	+ 44
Low Birth Weight	48	50	48	26	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	44	41	83	- 39
Meningitis	50	42	55	9	+ 33
Drug Use	51	42	30	269	- 227
Anemia	52	40	58	6	+ 34
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	39	53	11	+ 28
Schizophrenia	54	35	39	93	- 58
Malnutrition	55	33	57	7	+ 26
Hepatitis B	56	30	63	2	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	57	28	42	80	- 52
Fires	58	28	45	62	- 33
Birth Trauma	59	25	56	8	+ 17
Tuberculosis	60	23	46	32	- 9
Maternal Conditions	61	22	64	2	+ 21
Poisonings	62	9	49	25	- 16
Otitis Media	63	6	68	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	64	3	61	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	3	62	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	3	66	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	1	83	0	+ 1
War	68	1	65	1	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Cuba

Finland

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.