ROMANIA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,539	1	71,810	- 35,271
Stroke	2	17,750	2	49,707	- 31,958
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	14,173	5	9,357	+ 4,816
Lung Cancers	4	9,905	4	10,113	- 209
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	9,667	15	2,839	+ 6,828
Lung Disease	6	9,089	7	7,359	+ 1,730
Hypertension	7	5,741	3	11,007	- 5,267
Prostate Cancer	8	5,569	16	2,449	+ 3,120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	4,895	8	6,835	- 1,941
Falls	10	4,650	24	1,504	+ 3,146
Liver Disease	11	3,101	6	8,920	- 5,819
Other Injuries	12	3,094	19	2,139	+ 954
Diabetes Mellitus	13	2,964	18	2,230	+ 734
Kidney Disease	14	2,814	9	5,175	- 2,361
Breast Cancer	15	2,768	11	3,851	- 1,082
Suicide	16	2,710	21	1,886	+ 824
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,914	10	4,433	- 2,519
Lymphomas	18	1,803	25	1,385	+ 418
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,667	20	1,992	- 325
Stomach Cancer	20	1,640	12	3,457	- 1,817
Pancreas Cancer	21	1,497	14	2,935	- 1,438
Oesophagus Cancer	22	1,455	30	755	+ 700
Oral Cancer	23	1,450	17	2,290	- 840
Liver Cancer	24	1,349	13	3,114	- 1,764
Other Neoplasms	25	1,272	43	289	+ 983
Bladder Cancer	26	1,215	23	1,715	- 500
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,143	31	741	+ 402
Alcohol	28	1,118	37	409	+ 708
Cervical Cancer	29	1,102	22	1,870	- 768
Leukemia	30	1,048	26	1,342	- 294
Uterin Cancer	31	996	34	522	+ 474
Violence	32	966	44	255	+ 711
Skin Cancers	33	851	29	1,003	- 153
HIV/AIDS	34	780	47	219	+ 561
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	695	33	531	+ 163
Endocrine Disorders	36	682	48	193	+ 490
Congenital Anomalies	37	609	38	367	+ 242
Osteoarthritis	38	540	86	0	+ 540
Ovary Cancer	39	534	27	1,109	- 574
Asthma	40	499	45	225	+ 274
Skin Disease	41	427	53	97	+ 330
Drownings	42	382	32	596	- 214
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	341	46	223	+ 118
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	268	35	440	- 173
Hepatitis C	45	186	52	98	+ 87
Epilepsy	46	179	42	314	- 135
Appendicitis	47	172	60	21	+ 151
Low Birth Weight	48	163	41	317	- 154
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	143	85	0	+ 143
Meningitis	50	137	54	76	+ 60
Drug Use	51	135	40	346	- 211
Anemia	52	128	56	59	+ 69
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	125	49	143	- 19
Schizophrenia	54	113	51	103	+ 10
Malnutrition	55	105	50	142	- 37
Hepatitis B	56	98	59	30	+ 67
Multiple Sclerosis	57	92	55	66	+ 25
Fires	58	91	36	421	- 330
Birth Trauma	59	80	57	38	+ 42
Tuberculosis	60	74	28	1,015	- 941
Maternal Conditions	61	72	58	35	+ 37
Poisonings	62	28	39	366	- 338
Otitis Media	63	18	68	1	+ 17
Oral conditions	64	10	64	2	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	65	9	63	3	+ 7
Encephalitis	66	9	62	6	+ 3
Leprosy	67	3	72	0	+ 3
War	68	2	65	2	- 0
Syphilis	69	1	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	67	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	61	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Cuba

Romania

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.