JAMAICA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,685	3	1,726	+ 3,959
Stroke	2	2,762	1	2,415	+ 347
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,205	15	393	+ 1,812
Lung Cancers	4	1,541	10	472	+ 1,069
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,504	9	587	+ 917
Lung Disease	6	1,414	11	452	+ 962
Hypertension	7	893	8	651	+ 242
Prostate Cancer	8	867	5	883	- 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	762	13	436	+ 325
Falls	10	724	33	82	+ 641
Liver Disease	11	482	21	155	+ 328
Other Injuries	12	481	31	91	+ 391
Diabetes Mellitus	13	461	2	2,077	- 1,616
Kidney Disease	14	438	6	793	- 355
Breast Cancer	15	431	14	413	+ 17
Suicide	16	422	35	70	+ 352
Inflammatory/Heart	17	298	24	133	+ 164
Lymphomas	18	281	17	251	+ 30
Road Traffic Accidents	19	259	12	444	- 185
Stomach Cancer	20	255	19	231	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	21	233	27	119	+ 114
Oesophagus Cancer	22	226	34	74	+ 153
Oral Cancer	23	226	39	59	+ 167
Liver Cancer	24	210	29	101	+ 109
Other Neoplasms	25	198	45	19	+ 179
Bladder Cancer	26	189	38	60	+ 129
Parkinson's Disease	27	178	25	132	+ 45
Alcohol	28	174	55	7	+ 166
Cervical Cancer	29	171	16	358	- 186
Leukemia	30	163	26	129	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	31	155	28	106	+ 49
Violence	32	150	4	1,484	- 1,334
Skin Cancers	33	132	52	10	+ 122
HIV/AIDS	34	121	7	757	- 636
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	108	32	82	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	36	106	20	176	- 70
Congenital Anomalies	37	95	23	139	- 44
Osteoarthritis	38	84	82	0	+ 84
Ovary Cancer	39	83	30	97	- 14
Asthma	40	78	36	65	+ 12
Skin Disease	41	66	22	145	- 79
Drownings	42	59	51	10	+ 49
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	53	42	35	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	42	44	27	+ 15
Hepatitis C	45	29	64	0	+ 29
Epilepsy	46	28	41	46	- 18
Appendicitis	47	27	53	9	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	48	25	18	241	- 215
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	22	50	11	+ 11
Meningitis	50	21	47	16	+ 6
Drug Use	51	21	48	13	+ 8
Anemia	52	20	83	0	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	19	81	0	+ 19
Schizophrenia	54	18	85	0	+ 18
Malnutrition	55	16	40	48	- 31
Hepatitis B	56	15	59	1	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	57	14	56	3	+ 11
Fires	58	14	46	16	- 1
Birth Trauma	59	13	37	65	- 52
Tuberculosis	60	12	54	8	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	61	11	43	35	- 23
Poisonings	62	4	57	2	+ 2
Otitis Media	63	3	69	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	64	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	49	13	- 12
Leprosy	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	61	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	60	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	63	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	75	0	68	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	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	62	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.