KUWAIT VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,319	1	2,325	+ 3,994
Stroke	2	3,069	3	599	+ 2,470
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,451	4	340	+ 2,111
Lung Cancers	4	1,713	12	161	+ 1,551
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,672	14	139	+ 1,532
Lung Disease	6	1,572	21	84	+ 1,488
Hypertension	7	993	5	256	+ 737
Prostate Cancer	8	963	26	58	+ 905
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	846	10	198	+ 648
Falls	10	804	19	102	+ 702
Liver Disease	11	536	11	192	+ 344
Other Injuries	12	535	22	83	+ 452
Diabetes Mellitus	13	513	6	242	+ 271
Kidney Disease	14	487	8	204	+ 283
Breast Cancer	15	479	7	230	+ 249
Suicide	16	469	18	122	+ 346
Inflammatory/Heart	17	331	31	36	+ 295
Lymphomas	18	312	15	132	+ 180
Road Traffic Accidents	19	288	2	649	- 361
Stomach Cancer	20	284	25	72	+ 212
Pancreas Cancer	21	259	20	89	+ 170
Oesophagus Cancer	22	252	32	35	+ 216
Oral Cancer	23	251	24	74	+ 177
Liver Cancer	24	233	16	129	+ 104
Other Neoplasms	25	220	51	4	+ 216
Bladder Cancer	26	210	27	52	+ 158
Parkinson's Disease	27	198	36	29	+ 169
Alcohol	28	193	44	12	+ 182
Cervical Cancer	29	191	33	32	+ 159
Leukemia	30	181	17	123	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	31	172	35	31	+ 142
Violence	32	167	23	75	+ 92
Skin Cancers	33	147	37	28	+ 119
HIV/AIDS	34	135	48	7	+ 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	120	43	14	+ 106
Endocrine Disorders	36	118	28	44	+ 74
Congenital Anomalies	37	105	9	202	- 97
Osteoarthritis	38	93	81	0	+ 93
Ovary Cancer	39	92	29	41	+ 51
Asthma	40	86	40	21	+ 65
Skin Disease	41	74	53	4	+ 70
Drownings	42	66	41	19	+ 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	59	49	6	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	46	46	8	+ 38
Hepatitis C	45	32	59	0	+ 32
Epilepsy	46	31	39	22	+ 9
Appendicitis	47	30	55	1	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	48	28	13	158	- 129
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	25	56	1	+ 24
Meningitis	50	24	45	9	+ 15
Drug Use	51	23	30	38	- 15
Anemia	52	22	86	0	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	22	80	0	+ 22
Schizophrenia	54	19	84	0	+ 19
Malnutrition	55	18	60	0	+ 18
Hepatitis B	56	17	58	1	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	57	16	50	5	+ 11
Fires	58	16	38	28	- 12
Birth Trauma	59	14	47	7	+ 7
Tuberculosis	60	13	34	31	- 18
Maternal Conditions	61	12	54	4	+ 9
Poisonings	62	5	42	16	- 11
Otitis Media	63	3	69	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	2	62	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	66	2	52	4	- 3
Leprosy	67	1	70	0	+ 1
War	68	0	57	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	61	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

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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.