MAURITIUS VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,639	2	1,805	+ 834
Stroke	2	1,282	3	985	+ 297
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,023	7	346	+ 677
Lung Cancers	4	715	9	182	+ 533
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	698	34	42	+ 656
Lung Disease	6	656	5	646	+ 10
Hypertension	7	415	6	592	- 177
Prostate Cancer	8	402	15	115	+ 287
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	353	10	182	+ 171
Falls	10	336	26	57	+ 279
Liver Disease	11	224	12	145	+ 78
Other Injuries	12	223	21	66	+ 158
Diabetes Mellitus	13	214	1	1,873	- 1,659
Kidney Disease	14	203	4	724	- 521
Breast Cancer	15	200	8	232	- 32
Suicide	16	196	14	120	+ 76
Inflammatory/Heart	17	138	16	108	+ 30
Lymphomas	18	130	24	57	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	19	120	11	155	- 35
Stomach Cancer	20	118	18	104	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	21	108	28	55	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	22	105	37	35	+ 70
Oral Cancer	23	105	23	63	+ 41
Liver Cancer	24	97	27	56	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	25	92	20	77	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	26	88	44	21	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	27	83	47	12	+ 71
Alcohol	28	81	29	53	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	29	80	30	49	+ 30
Leukemia	30	76	31	48	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	31	72	40	32	+ 40
Violence	32	70	41	30	+ 40
Skin Cancers	33	61	53	5	+ 57
HIV/AIDS	34	56	13	141	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	50	43	22	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	36	49	19	101	- 52
Congenital Anomalies	37	44	25	57	- 13
Osteoarthritis	38	39	83	0	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	39	39	32	46	- 7
Asthma	40	36	17	107	- 71
Skin Disease	41	31	22	64	- 34
Drownings	42	28	33	43	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	25	42	23	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	19	56	3	+ 16
Hepatitis C	45	13	51	9	+ 5
Epilepsy	46	13	38	35	- 22
Appendicitis	47	12	59	1	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	48	12	35	37	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	10	60	1	+ 9
Meningitis	50	10	57	2	+ 8
Drug Use	51	10	46	16	- 6
Anemia	52	9	39	33	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	9	58	2	+ 7
Schizophrenia	54	8	52	5	+ 3
Malnutrition	55	8	54	4	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	7	65	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	84	0	+ 7
Fires	58	7	50	10	- 4
Birth Trauma	59	6	36	37	- 31
Tuberculosis	60	5	45	17	- 12
Maternal Conditions	61	5	48	11	- 6
Poisonings	62	2	49	11	- 8
Otitis Media	63	1	80	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	55	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	65	1	63	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	61	1	- 0
Leprosy	67	0	81	0	+ 0
War	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.