IRELAND VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,537	1	4,762	+ 5,775
Stroke	2	5,119	5	1,770	+ 3,349
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,087	6	1,298	+ 2,789
Lung Cancers	4	2,856	3	1,916	+ 940
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,788	2	3,209	- 421
Lung Disease	6	2,621	4	1,915	+ 706
Hypertension	7	1,655	29	175	+ 1,481
Prostate Cancer	8	1,606	9	585	+ 1,021
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,411	7	1,095	+ 316
Falls	10	1,341	25	247	+ 1,094
Liver Disease	11	894	19	279	+ 615
Other Injuries	12	892	30	171	+ 721
Diabetes Mellitus	13	855	16	414	+ 441
Kidney Disease	14	811	10	566	+ 245
Breast Cancer	15	798	8	760	+ 39
Suicide	16	782	14	470	+ 312
Inflammatory/Heart	17	552	26	240	+ 312
Lymphomas	18	520	13	513	+ 7
Road Traffic Accidents	19	481	33	153	+ 328
Stomach Cancer	20	473	17	357	+ 116
Pancreas Cancer	21	432	11	530	- 99
Oesophagus Cancer	22	420	15	419	+ 1
Oral Cancer	23	418	28	183	+ 236
Liver Cancer	24	389	18	318	+ 71
Other Neoplasms	25	367	27	218	+ 149
Bladder Cancer	26	350	22	256	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	27	330	12	530	- 200
Alcohol	28	322	39	64	+ 258
Cervical Cancer	29	318	35	103	+ 215
Leukemia	30	302	20	274	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	31	287	34	126	+ 161
Violence	32	279	47	38	+ 240
Skin Cancers	33	245	23	252	- 6
HIV/AIDS	34	225	57	9	+ 216
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	200	38	67	+ 133
Endocrine Disorders	36	197	24	249	- 52
Congenital Anomalies	37	176	32	153	+ 22
Osteoarthritis	38	156	51	20	+ 136
Ovary Cancer	39	154	21	273	- 119
Asthma	40	144	41	58	+ 86
Skin Disease	41	123	42	58	+ 66
Drownings	42	110	43	57	+ 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	98	45	53	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	77	46	50	+ 27
Hepatitis C	45	54	52	19	+ 34
Epilepsy	46	52	36	85	- 33
Appendicitis	47	50	60	3	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	48	47	44	56	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	41	40	59	- 18
Meningitis	50	39	58	7	+ 32
Drug Use	51	39	31	167	- 128
Anemia	52	37	49	29	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	36	54	14	+ 22
Schizophrenia	54	32	55	12	+ 21
Malnutrition	55	30	63	2	+ 29
Hepatitis B	56	28	59	6	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	57	26	37	83	- 57
Fires	58	26	48	30	- 4
Birth Trauma	59	23	56	10	+ 13
Tuberculosis	60	21	50	23	- 2
Maternal Conditions	61	21	61	3	+ 18
Poisonings	62	8	53	14	- 6
Otitis Media	63	5	71	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	64	3	62	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	3	64	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	66	3	66	0	+ 3
Leprosy	67	1	70	0	+ 1
War	68	1	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	76	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Cuba

Ireland

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.