ISRAEL VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,931	1	5,122	+ 13,809
Stroke	2	9,196	4	2,431	+ 6,765
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,343	8	1,519	+ 5,824
Lung Cancers	4	5,132	5	2,026	+ 3,106
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,009	2	2,996	+ 2,013
Lung Disease	6	4,709	7	1,546	+ 3,163
Hypertension	7	2,974	21	400	+ 2,574
Prostate Cancer	8	2,885	17	521	+ 2,364
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,536	9	1,510	+ 1,026
Falls	10	2,409	39	123	+ 2,286
Liver Disease	11	1,606	28	292	+ 1,314
Other Injuries	12	1,603	14	828	+ 775
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,536	6	1,913	- 377
Kidney Disease	14	1,458	3	2,437	- 979
Breast Cancer	15	1,434	10	1,237	+ 197
Suicide	16	1,404	19	453	+ 951
Inflammatory/Heart	17	992	30	214	+ 777
Lymphomas	18	934	13	925	+ 9
Road Traffic Accidents	19	864	26	333	+ 531
Stomach Cancer	20	850	16	565	+ 284
Pancreas Cancer	21	776	11	1,023	- 247
Oesophagus Cancer	22	754	37	138	+ 616
Oral Cancer	23	751	33	150	+ 601
Liver Cancer	24	699	25	345	+ 354
Other Neoplasms	25	659	20	420	+ 239
Bladder Cancer	26	629	18	496	+ 133
Parkinson's Disease	27	592	22	398	+ 194
Alcohol	28	579	49	39	+ 541
Cervical Cancer	29	571	38	133	+ 438
Leukemia	30	543	15	612	- 69
Uterin Cancer	31	516	31	202	+ 314
Violence	32	500	41	104	+ 396
Skin Cancers	33	441	23	379	+ 62
HIV/AIDS	34	404	52	25	+ 379
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	360	51	33	+ 327
Endocrine Disorders	36	354	12	1,002	- 649
Congenital Anomalies	37	315	29	291	+ 24
Osteoarthritis	38	280	59	8	+ 272
Ovary Cancer	39	277	27	323	- 46
Asthma	40	258	36	142	+ 117
Skin Disease	41	221	24	368	- 146
Drownings	42	198	45	39	+ 159
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	177	32	166	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	139	35	144	- 5
Hepatitis C	45	96	46	39	+ 57
Epilepsy	46	93	40	109	- 16
Appendicitis	47	89	64	4	+ 85
Low Birth Weight	48	84	42	94	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	74	54	23	+ 51
Meningitis	50	71	55	20	+ 51
Drug Use	51	70	43	67	+ 3
Anemia	52	66	34	149	- 83
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	65	56	17	+ 47
Schizophrenia	54	58	44	66	- 8
Malnutrition	55	54	48	39	+ 16
Hepatitis B	56	51	58	16	+ 35
Multiple Sclerosis	57	48	47	39	+ 9
Fires	58	47	53	24	+ 23
Birth Trauma	59	42	50	35	+ 7
Tuberculosis	60	38	57	16	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	61	37	61	6	+ 31
Poisonings	62	15	63	4	+ 11
Otitis Media	63	9	67	1	+ 9
Oral conditions	64	5	65	4	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	5	62	5	- 1
Encephalitis	66	5	66	3	+ 1
Leprosy	67	2	68	0	+ 1
War	68	1	60	7	- 6
Syphilis	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

Cuba

Israel

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.