LIBYA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,821	1	6,610	+ 8,211
Stroke	2	7,200	2	2,603	+ 4,597
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,749	9	744	+ 5,005
Lung Cancers	4	4,017	13	592	+ 3,425
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,921	10	743	+ 3,178
Lung Disease	6	3,687	12	607	+ 3,080
Hypertension	7	2,329	6	915	+ 1,414
Prostate Cancer	8	2,259	39	96	+ 2,164
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,985	16	427	+ 1,559
Falls	10	1,886	24	204	+ 1,683
Liver Disease	11	1,258	11	630	+ 627
Other Injuries	12	1,255	15	432	+ 822
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,202	8	803	+ 399
Kidney Disease	14	1,141	4	1,186	- 45
Breast Cancer	15	1,123	25	190	+ 933
Suicide	16	1,099	19	304	+ 796
Inflammatory/Heart	17	776	37	107	+ 669
Lymphomas	18	731	26	189	+ 542
Road Traffic Accidents	19	676	3	1,444	- 767
Stomach Cancer	20	665	33	134	+ 531
Pancreas Cancer	21	607	23	209	+ 399
Oesophagus Cancer	22	590	49	33	+ 557
Oral Cancer	23	588	41	81	+ 508
Liver Cancer	24	547	28	153	+ 395
Other Neoplasms	25	516	58	10	+ 506
Bladder Cancer	26	493	31	136	+ 357
Parkinson's Disease	27	464	27	159	+ 304
Alcohol	28	453	50	22	+ 432
Cervical Cancer	29	447	32	135	+ 312
Leukemia	30	425	22	217	+ 209
Uterin Cancer	31	404	60	8	+ 396
Violence	32	392	30	145	+ 246
Skin Cancers	33	345	51	20	+ 325
HIV/AIDS	34	316	21	224	+ 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	282	38	99	+ 183
Endocrine Disorders	36	277	29	153	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	37	247	14	493	- 246
Osteoarthritis	38	219	81	0	+ 219
Ovary Cancer	39	217	42	75	+ 142
Asthma	40	202	20	297	- 95
Skin Disease	41	173	54	17	+ 156
Drownings	42	155	43	74	+ 81
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	138	40	92	+ 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	109	46	49	+ 59
Hepatitis C	45	75	65	1	+ 75
Epilepsy	46	73	44	67	+ 6
Appendicitis	47	70	56	15	+ 55
Low Birth Weight	48	66	18	359	- 293
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	58	62	4	+ 54
Meningitis	50	55	47	41	+ 14
Drug Use	51	55	17	371	- 316
Anemia	52	52	84	0	+ 52
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	51	80	0	+ 51
Schizophrenia	54	46	86	0	+ 46
Malnutrition	55	43	57	11	+ 32
Hepatitis B	56	40	48	34	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	37	52	20	+ 17
Fires	58	37	36	115	- 78
Birth Trauma	59	33	34	132	- 100
Tuberculosis	60	30	7	812	- 782
Maternal Conditions	61	29	35	124	- 95
Poisonings	62	12	45	56	- 44
Otitis Media	63	7	70	0	+ 7
Oral conditions	64	4	82	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	65	4	67	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	66	4	53	19	- 16
Leprosy	67	1	71	0	+ 1
War	68	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Syphilis	69	1	61	6	- 5
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	55	17	- 17
Dengue	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	59	9	- 9
Malaria	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Cuba

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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.