HONDURAS VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,186	1	8,063	+ 11,123
Stroke	2	9,320	3	5,667	+ 3,653
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,442	9	1,335	+ 6,106
Lung Cancers	4	5,201	27	369	+ 4,831
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,076	8	1,413	+ 3,663
Lung Disease	6	4,773	5	2,997	+ 1,776
Hypertension	7	3,014	13	838	+ 2,176
Prostate Cancer	8	2,924	25	378	+ 2,546
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,570	29	354	+ 2,217
Falls	10	2,442	35	289	+ 2,152
Liver Disease	11	1,628	6	2,721	- 1,093
Other Injuries	12	1,624	12	845	+ 779
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,556	10	1,075	+ 481
Kidney Disease	14	1,477	4	3,056	- 1,579
Breast Cancer	15	1,454	20	478	+ 976
Suicide	16	1,423	37	201	+ 1,222
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,005	28	366	+ 639
Lymphomas	18	947	24	390	+ 556
Road Traffic Accidents	19	875	7	1,572	- 697
Stomach Cancer	20	861	18	643	+ 218
Pancreas Cancer	21	786	32	325	+ 461
Oesophagus Cancer	22	764	50	81	+ 683
Oral Cancer	23	761	44	99	+ 663
Liver Cancer	24	708	26	376	+ 333
Other Neoplasms	25	668	56	41	+ 627
Bladder Cancer	26	638	49	82	+ 556
Parkinson's Disease	27	600	23	429	+ 171
Alcohol	28	587	34	308	+ 279
Cervical Cancer	29	578	19	493	+ 86
Leukemia	30	550	21	475	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	31	523	60	23	+ 500
Violence	32	507	2	6,520	- 6,013
Skin Cancers	33	447	52	68	+ 379
HIV/AIDS	34	410	14	794	- 384
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	365	17	657	- 292
Endocrine Disorders	36	358	31	334	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	37	320	15	793	- 473
Osteoarthritis	38	284	81	0	+ 284
Ovary Cancer	39	281	45	98	+ 183
Asthma	40	262	30	346	- 84
Skin Disease	41	224	40	167	+ 57
Drownings	42	200	38	183	+ 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	179	11	923	- 743
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	141	54	47	+ 94
Hepatitis C	45	97	66	3	+ 94
Epilepsy	46	94	36	201	- 107
Appendicitis	47	90	41	139	- 49
Low Birth Weight	48	85	16	755	- 669
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	75	47	91	- 16
Meningitis	50	72	46	92	- 20
Drug Use	51	71	42	129	- 58
Anemia	52	67	85	0	+ 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	66	82	0	+ 66
Schizophrenia	54	59	86	0	+ 59
Malnutrition	55	55	39	181	- 126
Hepatitis B	56	51	64	5	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	57	48	62	11	+ 38
Fires	58	48	57	40	+ 8
Birth Trauma	59	42	33	310	- 268
Tuberculosis	60	39	22	453	- 414
Maternal Conditions	61	38	48	90	- 52
Poisonings	62	15	55	45	- 30
Otitis Media	63	9	72	0	+ 9
Oral conditions	64	5	80	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	5	63	9	- 4
Encephalitis	66	5	51	79	- 74
Leprosy	67	2	73	0	+ 2
War	68	1	65	4	- 3
Syphilis	69	1	61	18	- 18
Ascariasis	70	1	67	2	- 1
Tetanus	71	1	59	26	- 25
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	53	58	- 58
Dengue	74	0	43	120	- 120
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	58	27	- 27
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	69	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

Cuba

Honduras

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.