MALDIVES VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	783	1	279	+ 504
Stroke	2	380	2	143	+ 237
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	304	8	33	+ 271
Lung Cancers	4	212	7	36	+ 176
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	207	5	47	+ 160
Lung Disease	6	195	3	91	+ 104
Hypertension	7	123	17	16	+ 107
Prostate Cancer	8	119	26	11	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	105	14	21	+ 84
Falls	10	100	16	19	+ 81
Liver Disease	11	66	11	24	+ 42
Other Injuries	12	66	18	16	+ 51
Diabetes Mellitus	13	64	6	47	+ 17
Kidney Disease	14	60	4	80	- 20
Breast Cancer	15	59	9	28	+ 31
Suicide	16	58	21	15	+ 44
Inflammatory/Heart	17	41	36	5	+ 36
Lymphomas	18	39	34	7	+ 31
Road Traffic Accidents	19	36	31	9	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	20	35	49	1	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	21	32	40	4	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	22	31	59	0	+ 31
Oral Cancer	23	31	19	15	+ 16
Liver Cancer	24	29	10	27	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	25	27	46	2	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	26	26	37	5	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	27	24	25	12	+ 13
Alcohol	28	24	51	1	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	29	24	13	22	+ 2
Leukemia	30	22	24	13	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	31	21	47	2	+ 19
Violence	32	21	28	10	+ 11
Skin Cancers	33	18	63	0	+ 18
HIV/AIDS	34	17	78	0	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	15	42	4	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	36	15	12	22	- 7
Congenital Anomalies	37	13	15	19	- 6
Osteoarthritis	38	12	81	0	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	39	11	30	9	+ 2
Asthma	40	11	29	10	+ 1
Skin Disease	41	9	32	8	+ 1
Drownings	42	8	23	14	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	7	22	14	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	6	43	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	45	4	64	0	+ 4
Epilepsy	46	4	38	5	- 1
Appendicitis	47	4	61	0	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	48	3	20	15	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	3	53	0	+ 3
Meningitis	50	3	50	1	+ 2
Drug Use	51	3	48	2	+ 1
Anemia	52	3	85	0	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	3	80	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	54	2	86	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	55	2	45	3	- 0
Hepatitis B	56	2	56	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	57	0	+ 2
Fires	58	2	41	4	- 2
Birth Trauma	59	2	39	5	- 3
Tuberculosis	60	2	27	11	- 10
Maternal Conditions	61	2	35	5	- 4
Poisonings	62	1	55	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	44	3	- 3
Leprosy	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	62	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	58	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	65	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	54	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	52	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	33	8	- 8
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	60	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

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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.