GUYANA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,599	1	1,335	+ 264
Stroke	2	777	2	1,022	- 246
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	620	6	302	+ 319
Lung Cancers	4	433	29	38	+ 396
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	423	38	23	+ 400
Lung Disease	6	398	13	174	+ 224
Hypertension	7	251	4	320	- 69
Prostate Cancer	8	244	17	123	+ 120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	214	25	59	+ 156
Falls	10	203	48	11	+ 192
Liver Disease	11	136	9	197	- 61
Other Injuries	12	135	14	167	- 32
Diabetes Mellitus	13	130	3	579	- 449
Kidney Disease	14	123	8	233	- 110
Breast Cancer	15	121	19	96	+ 25
Suicide	16	119	5	315	- 197
Inflammatory/Heart	17	84	20	92	- 8
Lymphomas	18	79	32	32	+ 47
Road Traffic Accidents	19	73	11	175	- 102
Stomach Cancer	20	72	31	34	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	21	66	42	19	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	22	64	51	8	+ 56
Oral Cancer	23	63	40	20	+ 43
Liver Cancer	24	59	34	29	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	25	56	28	40	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	26	53	50	8	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	27	50	49	9	+ 41
Alcohol	28	49	57	3	+ 46
Cervical Cancer	29	48	21	91	- 43
Leukemia	30	46	39	21	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	31	44	46	13	+ 31
Violence	32	42	10	194	- 151
Skin Cancers	33	37	55	5	+ 32
HIV/AIDS	34	34	7	256	- 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	30	26	54	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	36	30	12	174	- 145
Congenital Anomalies	37	27	23	69	- 42
Osteoarthritis	38	24	58	3	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	39	23	43	18	+ 6
Asthma	40	22	36	25	- 4
Skin Disease	41	19	56	3	+ 16
Drownings	42	17	15	145	- 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	15	27	48	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	12	47	13	- 1
Hepatitis C	45	8	69	0	+ 8
Epilepsy	46	8	37	24	- 16
Appendicitis	47	8	54	6	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	48	7	22	89	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	6	63	1	+ 5
Meningitis	50	6	44	17	- 11
Drug Use	51	6	45	16	- 10
Anemia	52	6	18	99	- 93
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	5	52	8	- 2
Schizophrenia	54	5	62	1	+ 4
Malnutrition	55	5	30	37	- 33
Hepatitis B	56	4	59	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	61	1	+ 3
Fires	58	4	41	19	- 15
Birth Trauma	59	4	24	64	- 61
Tuberculosis	60	3	16	137	- 134
Maternal Conditions	61	3	35	28	- 25
Poisonings	62	1	65	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	1	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	53	7	- 7
Leprosy	67	0	68	0	- 0
War	68	0	64	1	- 1
Syphilis	69	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	85	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	33	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	70	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Cuba

Guyana

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.