NEW GUINEA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,227	1	6,835	+ 13,392
Stroke	2	9,826	2	5,095	+ 4,731
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,846	6	2,595	+ 5,251
Lung Cancers	4	5,483	23	622	+ 4,861
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,351	33	343	+ 5,008
Lung Disease	6	5,032	3	4,538	+ 494
Hypertension	7	3,178	13	1,096	+ 2,082
Prostate Cancer	8	3,083	36	285	+ 2,798
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,710	29	445	+ 2,264
Falls	10	2,574	26	502	+ 2,072
Liver Disease	11	1,716	22	624	+ 1,092
Other Injuries	12	1,713	20	647	+ 1,066
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,641	4	4,533	- 2,892
Kidney Disease	14	1,557	18	687	+ 871
Breast Cancer	15	1,532	17	764	+ 769
Suicide	16	1,500	37	259	+ 1,242
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,059	43	229	+ 831
Lymphomas	18	998	32	353	+ 645
Road Traffic Accidents	19	923	12	1,105	- 182
Stomach Cancer	20	908	28	447	+ 461
Pancreas Cancer	21	829	52	107	+ 722
Oesophagus Cancer	22	806	44	199	+ 607
Oral Cancer	23	803	25	580	+ 223
Liver Cancer	24	747	21	644	+ 103
Other Neoplasms	25	704	60	15	+ 689
Bladder Cancer	26	673	54	82	+ 590
Parkinson's Disease	27	633	45	185	+ 448
Alcohol	28	619	53	93	+ 525
Cervical Cancer	29	610	19	665	- 55
Leukemia	30	580	38	253	+ 327
Uterin Cancer	31	552	55	81	+ 470
Violence	32	535	15	969	- 434
Skin Cancers	33	471	31	417	+ 54
HIV/AIDS	34	432	24	611	- 179
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	385	35	302	+ 83
Endocrine Disorders	36	378	47	153	+ 225
Congenital Anomalies	37	337	16	951	- 614
Osteoarthritis	38	299	85	0	+ 299
Ovary Cancer	39	296	46	179	+ 117
Asthma	40	276	9	1,842	- 1,566
Skin Disease	41	237	49	126	+ 110
Drownings	42	211	40	240	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	189	8	2,295	- 2,106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	148	14	1,072	- 924
Hepatitis C	45	103	62	8	+ 95
Epilepsy	46	99	51	111	- 11
Appendicitis	47	95	59	20	+ 75
Low Birth Weight	48	90	10	1,661	- 1,571
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	79	65	5	+ 74
Meningitis	50	76	34	324	- 248
Drug Use	51	75	61	13	+ 62
Anemia	52	71	82	0	+ 71
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	69	84	0	+ 69
Schizophrenia	54	62	80	0	+ 62
Malnutrition	55	58	48	134	- 76
Hepatitis B	56	54	58	27	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	57	51	66	5	+ 46
Fires	58	50	27	488	- 438
Birth Trauma	59	45	11	1,504	- 1,459
Tuberculosis	60	41	5	3,969	- 3,928
Maternal Conditions	61	40	30	421	- 381
Poisonings	62	16	50	121	- 106
Otitis Media	63	10	71	0	+ 10
Oral conditions	64	6	86	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	65	5	68	2	+ 3
Encephalitis	66	5	57	31	- 25
Leprosy	67	2	72	0	+ 2
War	68	1	69	1	+ 0
Syphilis	69	1	42	234	- 233
Ascariasis	70	1	63	7	- 6
Tetanus	71	1	56	48	- 47
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	39	248	- 248
Dengue	74	0	64	6	- 6
Diphtheria	75	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	76	0	41	238	- 238
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Leishmaniasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Cuba

New Guinea

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.