PORTUGAL VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,551	1	12,878	+ 7,673
Stroke	2	9,983	2	12,339	- 2,356
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,971	4	6,851	+ 1,120
Lung Cancers	4	5,571	5	4,406	+ 1,165
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,437	3	7,191	- 1,754
Lung Disease	6	5,112	7	4,286	+ 826
Hypertension	7	3,229	14	1,880	+ 1,349
Prostate Cancer	8	3,132	11	2,124	+ 1,009
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,753	6	4,389	- 1,637
Falls	10	2,615	23	1,033	+ 1,583
Liver Disease	11	1,744	22	1,126	+ 618
Other Injuries	12	1,740	13	1,937	- 197
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,667	8	3,601	- 1,934
Kidney Disease	14	1,582	9	2,803	- 1,221
Breast Cancer	15	1,557	12	1,997	- 440
Suicide	16	1,524	19	1,172	+ 352
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,076	26	909	+ 168
Lymphomas	18	1,014	16	1,608	- 593
Road Traffic Accidents	19	938	27	838	+ 100
Stomach Cancer	20	922	10	2,532	- 1,610
Pancreas Cancer	21	842	15	1,669	- 827
Oesophagus Cancer	22	818	29	623	+ 196
Oral Cancer	23	816	25	912	- 96
Liver Cancer	24	759	18	1,270	- 512
Other Neoplasms	25	715	28	652	+ 63
Bladder Cancer	26	683	20	1,171	- 487
Parkinson's Disease	27	643	21	1,139	- 496
Alcohol	28	629	45	111	+ 518
Cervical Cancer	29	620	34	329	+ 291
Leukemia	30	590	24	1,015	- 426
Uterin Cancer	31	560	32	406	+ 155
Violence	32	543	48	96	+ 447
Skin Cancers	33	478	30	523	- 45
HIV/AIDS	34	439	35	320	+ 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	391	37	229	+ 162
Endocrine Disorders	36	384	17	1,547	- 1,163
Congenital Anomalies	37	342	40	196	+ 146
Osteoarthritis	38	304	58	29	+ 275
Ovary Cancer	39	301	33	397	- 97
Asthma	40	280	43	146	+ 134
Skin Disease	41	240	39	202	+ 38
Drownings	42	215	51	79	+ 135
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	192	36	231	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	151	41	169	- 18
Hepatitis C	45	104	49	87	+ 18
Epilepsy	46	101	31	415	- 314
Appendicitis	47	97	61	21	+ 76
Low Birth Weight	48	91	52	79	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	81	47	99	- 18
Meningitis	50	77	56	43	+ 34
Drug Use	51	76	44	128	- 52
Anemia	52	72	42	151	- 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	70	50	82	- 12
Schizophrenia	54	63	55	49	+ 14
Malnutrition	55	59	53	79	- 20
Hepatitis B	56	55	59	26	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	57	52	54	56	- 5
Fires	58	51	46	108	- 57
Birth Trauma	59	45	60	24	+ 21
Tuberculosis	60	42	38	213	- 171
Maternal Conditions	61	40	63	7	+ 33
Poisonings	62	16	57	29	- 13
Otitis Media	63	10	66	2	+ 8
Oral conditions	64	6	65	3	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	5	62	15	- 9
Encephalitis	66	5	67	1	+ 4
Leprosy	67	2	70	0	+ 1
War	68	1	69	1	+ 0
Syphilis	69	1	64	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	76	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Cuba

Portugal

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.