NAMIBIA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,645	5	1,221	+ 4,424
Stroke	2	2,742	4	1,333	+ 1,409
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,190	2	1,464	+ 725
Lung Cancers	4	1,530	35	59	+ 1,471
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,493	21	176	+ 1,318
Lung Disease	6	1,404	10	461	+ 943
Hypertension	7	887	12	428	+ 459
Prostate Cancer	8	860	31	94	+ 766
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	756	36	54	+ 702
Falls	10	718	34	62	+ 656
Liver Disease	11	479	14	336	+ 143
Other Injuries	12	478	19	207	+ 271
Diabetes Mellitus	13	458	7	724	- 266
Kidney Disease	14	435	15	322	+ 113
Breast Cancer	15	428	24	121	+ 307
Suicide	16	419	17	243	+ 176
Inflammatory/Heart	17	296	22	162	+ 134
Lymphomas	18	279	40	46	+ 233
Road Traffic Accidents	19	258	6	868	- 611
Stomach Cancer	20	253	45	33	+ 221
Pancreas Cancer	21	231	53	18	+ 214
Oesophagus Cancer	22	225	52	21	+ 204
Oral Cancer	23	224	30	100	+ 124
Liver Cancer	24	208	41	45	+ 163
Other Neoplasms	25	196	60	8	+ 189
Bladder Cancer	26	188	54	16	+ 172
Parkinson's Disease	27	177	42	43	+ 133
Alcohol	28	173	48	28	+ 145
Cervical Cancer	29	170	23	133	+ 37
Leukemia	30	162	49	24	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	31	154	56	11	+ 143
Violence	32	149	11	450	- 300
Skin Cancers	33	131	29	108	+ 24
HIV/AIDS	34	121	1	2,928	- 2,808
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	107	32	76	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	36	105	33	73	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	37	94	16	283	- 189
Osteoarthritis	38	83	81	0	+ 83
Ovary Cancer	39	83	50	23	+ 59
Asthma	40	77	20	200	- 123
Skin Disease	41	66	47	31	+ 35
Drownings	42	59	26	110	- 51
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	53	8	645	- 592
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	41	44	33	+ 8
Hepatitis C	45	29	66	1	+ 28
Epilepsy	46	28	38	49	- 22
Appendicitis	47	27	58	9	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	48	25	9	516	- 491
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	22	57	9	+ 13
Meningitis	50	21	27	109	- 88
Drug Use	51	21	46	32	- 11
Anemia	52	20	83	0	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	19	82	0	+ 19
Schizophrenia	54	17	86	0	+ 17
Malnutrition	55	16	18	224	- 207
Hepatitis B	56	15	63	4	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	57	14	64	2	+ 12
Fires	58	14	28	109	- 95
Birth Trauma	59	12	13	345	- 332
Tuberculosis	60	11	3	1,416	- 1,405
Maternal Conditions	61	11	25	110	- 99
Poisonings	62	4	39	46	- 42
Otitis Media	63	3	70	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	61	6	- 5
Encephalitis	66	1	59	8	- 7
Leprosy	67	0	72	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	43	35	- 35
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	37	54	- 54
Dengue	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	65	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	82	0	51	22	- 22
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Cuba

Namibia

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.