NO MACEDONIA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,300	2	4,420	- 120
Stroke	2	2,089	1	5,521	- 3,432
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,668	19	157	+ 1,511
Lung Cancers	4	1,166	5	1,055	+ 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,138	30	71	+ 1,067
Lung Disease	6	1,070	6	807	+ 263
Hypertension	7	676	7	627	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	8	655	14	259	+ 396
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	576	8	560	+ 16
Falls	10	547	27	78	+ 469
Liver Disease	11	365	15	218	+ 147
Other Injuries	12	364	17	183	+ 181
Diabetes Mellitus	13	349	4	1,104	- 755
Kidney Disease	14	331	9	516	- 184
Breast Cancer	15	326	11	386	- 60
Suicide	16	319	16	196	+ 123
Inflammatory/Heart	17	225	3	4,249	- 4,024
Lymphomas	18	212	25	96	+ 116
Road Traffic Accidents	19	196	24	107	+ 89
Stomach Cancer	20	193	10	455	- 262
Pancreas Cancer	21	176	12	267	- 90
Oesophagus Cancer	22	171	34	45	+ 126
Oral Cancer	23	171	29	72	+ 99
Liver Cancer	24	159	13	260	- 101
Other Neoplasms	25	150	40	19	+ 131
Bladder Cancer	26	143	18	163	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	27	135	20	141	- 6
Alcohol	28	132	42	14	+ 118
Cervical Cancer	29	130	31	68	+ 62
Leukemia	30	123	22	114	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	31	117	23	108	+ 9
Violence	32	114	36	31	+ 83
Skin Cancers	33	100	21	126	- 26
HIV/AIDS	34	92	61	0	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	82	32	56	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	36	80	44	12	+ 68
Congenital Anomalies	37	72	37	29	+ 43
Osteoarthritis	38	64	82	0	+ 64
Ovary Cancer	39	63	26	93	- 31
Asthma	40	59	33	53	+ 6
Skin Disease	41	50	57	1	+ 49
Drownings	42	45	41	18	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	40	56	1	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	32	43	13	+ 19
Hepatitis C	45	22	67	0	+ 22
Epilepsy	46	21	38	23	- 2
Appendicitis	47	20	55	1	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	48	19	28	73	- 54
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	17	60	0	+ 16
Meningitis	50	16	51	4	+ 12
Drug Use	51	16	47	9	+ 7
Anemia	52	15	52	3	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	15	53	3	+ 12
Schizophrenia	54	13	85	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	55	12	58	1	+ 12
Hepatitis B	56	12	49	7	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	39	21	- 10
Fires	58	11	46	11	- 0
Birth Trauma	59	9	48	7	+ 2
Tuberculosis	60	9	35	32	- 23
Maternal Conditions	61	8	54	2	+ 7
Poisonings	62	3	45	11	- 8
Otitis Media	63	2	80	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	59	1	+ 1
Leprosy	67	0	81	0	+ 0
War	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	50	4	- 4
Dengue	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Cuba

No Macedonia

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.