JORDAN VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,498	1	4,856	+ 17,641
Stroke	2	10,929	2	2,908	+ 8,020
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,727	8	937	+ 7,789
Lung Cancers	4	6,098	7	1,059	+ 5,040
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,952	11	706	+ 5,246
Lung Disease	6	5,596	15	444	+ 5,152
Hypertension	7	3,535	5	1,532	+ 2,003
Prostate Cancer	8	3,429	33	131	+ 3,298
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,014	13	616	+ 2,397
Falls	10	2,863	24	191	+ 2,673
Liver Disease	11	1,909	14	494	+ 1,416
Other Injuries	12	1,905	19	294	+ 1,611
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,825	4	1,684	+ 141
Kidney Disease	14	1,732	6	1,494	+ 238
Breast Cancer	15	1,705	12	686	+ 1,019
Suicide	16	1,669	28	165	+ 1,504
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,178	38	74	+ 1,104
Lymphomas	18	1,110	18	323	+ 787
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,027	3	1,717	- 690
Stomach Cancer	20	1,010	17	365	+ 644
Pancreas Cancer	21	922	22	245	+ 676
Oesophagus Cancer	22	896	42	63	+ 833
Oral Cancer	23	893	31	143	+ 750
Liver Cancer	24	831	25	186	+ 645
Other Neoplasms	25	783	57	9	+ 774
Bladder Cancer	26	748	23	213	+ 535
Parkinson's Disease	27	704	27	169	+ 535
Alcohol	28	688	55	11	+ 678
Cervical Cancer	29	678	41	64	+ 615
Leukemia	30	645	16	370	+ 276
Uterin Cancer	31	613	39	74	+ 539
Violence	32	595	21	269	+ 326
Skin Cancers	33	524	49	38	+ 486
HIV/AIDS	34	480	63	2	+ 478
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	428	40	67	+ 361
Endocrine Disorders	36	420	26	180	+ 240
Congenital Anomalies	37	375	9	934	- 560
Osteoarthritis	38	332	84	0	+ 332
Ovary Cancer	39	329	32	139	+ 190
Asthma	40	307	35	114	+ 193
Skin Disease	41	263	48	42	+ 221
Drownings	42	235	36	107	+ 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	210	30	152	+ 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	165	50	22	+ 142
Hepatitis C	45	114	64	1	+ 113
Epilepsy	46	110	46	49	+ 61
Appendicitis	47	106	58	8	+ 98
Low Birth Weight	48	100	10	857	- 757
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	88	61	4	+ 84
Meningitis	50	84	37	78	+ 6
Drug Use	51	83	34	115	- 31
Anemia	52	79	82	0	+ 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	77	85	0	+ 77
Schizophrenia	54	69	81	0	+ 69
Malnutrition	55	65	51	15	+ 50
Hepatitis B	56	60	60	4	+ 56
Multiple Sclerosis	57	56	54	12	+ 45
Fires	58	56	29	153	- 97
Birth Trauma	59	50	20	271	- 221
Tuberculosis	60	46	53	12	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	61	44	44	53	- 8
Poisonings	62	18	47	47	- 29
Otitis Media	63	11	71	0	+ 11
Oral conditions	64	6	86	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	65	6	69	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	66	6	52	14	- 8
Leprosy	67	2	76	0	+ 2
War	68	1	59	6	- 5
Syphilis	69	1	45	52	- 51
Ascariasis	70	1	68	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	56	11	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	43	55	- 55
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	65	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	62	3	- 3
Malaria	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Cuba

Jordan

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.