LITHUANIA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,292	1	15,329	- 10,038
Stroke	2	2,570	2	5,643	- 3,073
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,053	7	654	+ 1,398
Lung Cancers	4	1,434	3	1,329	+ 106
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,400	8	649	+ 751
Lung Disease	6	1,316	16	513	+ 803
Hypertension	7	831	4	1,289	- 458
Prostate Cancer	8	807	12	598	+ 209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	709	5	1,074	- 365
Falls	10	673	15	518	+ 155
Liver Disease	11	449	9	644	- 194
Other Injuries	12	448	18	416	+ 32
Diabetes Mellitus	13	429	14	525	- 96
Kidney Disease	14	407	19	372	+ 36
Breast Cancer	15	401	11	629	- 228
Suicide	16	393	6	721	- 329
Inflammatory/Heart	17	277	17	484	- 207
Lymphomas	18	261	21	321	- 60
Road Traffic Accidents	19	241	27	225	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	20	237	10	639	- 402
Pancreas Cancer	21	217	13	578	- 361
Oesophagus Cancer	22	211	30	219	- 8
Oral Cancer	23	210	20	338	- 128
Liver Cancer	24	195	25	239	- 43
Other Neoplasms	25	184	31	212	- 28
Bladder Cancer	26	176	23	292	- 116
Parkinson's Disease	27	166	29	222	- 57
Alcohol	28	162	33	192	- 30
Cervical Cancer	29	160	28	224	- 65
Leukemia	30	152	24	284	- 132
Uterin Cancer	31	144	34	159	- 15
Violence	32	140	36	132	+ 8
Skin Cancers	33	123	32	197	- 73
HIV/AIDS	34	113	51	22	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	101	22	313	- 212
Endocrine Disorders	36	99	39	72	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	37	88	41	62	+ 26
Osteoarthritis	38	78	59	6	+ 72
Ovary Cancer	39	77	26	233	- 156
Asthma	40	72	46	45	+ 27
Skin Disease	41	62	44	48	+ 14
Drownings	42	55	35	150	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	49	42	59	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	39	48	29	+ 10
Hepatitis C	45	27	50	23	+ 3
Epilepsy	46	26	40	62	- 36
Appendicitis	47	25	54	10	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	48	24	55	9	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	21	47	41	- 20
Meningitis	50	20	52	19	+ 0
Drug Use	51	20	37	122	- 103
Anemia	52	19	60	5	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	18	57	8	+ 10
Schizophrenia	54	16	56	8	+ 8
Malnutrition	55	15	58	7	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	14	61	5	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	57	13	49	29	- 15
Fires	58	13	43	51	- 38
Birth Trauma	59	12	53	10	+ 1
Tuberculosis	60	11	38	119	- 108
Maternal Conditions	61	10	63	2	+ 8
Poisonings	62	4	45	46	- 42
Otitis Media	63	3	66	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	1	64	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	65	2	- 0
Leprosy	67	0	72	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	76	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.