SINGAPORE VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,138	1	5,292	+ 6,846
Stroke	2	5,896	3	1,559	+ 4,337
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,708	2	5,189	- 481
Lung Cancers	4	3,290	4	1,540	+ 1,750
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,211	36	32	+ 3,179
Lung Disease	6	3,019	14	383	+ 2,636
Hypertension	7	1,907	8	732	+ 1,175
Prostate Cancer	8	1,850	16	303	+ 1,547
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,626	5	1,203	+ 423
Falls	10	1,545	18	218	+ 1,327
Liver Disease	11	1,030	20	209	+ 821
Other Injuries	12	1,028	32	79	+ 949
Diabetes Mellitus	13	985	28	108	+ 877
Kidney Disease	14	935	6	1,028	- 94
Breast Cancer	15	920	10	605	+ 314
Suicide	16	900	9	650	+ 250
Inflammatory/Heart	17	636	19	215	+ 420
Lymphomas	18	599	13	397	+ 202
Road Traffic Accidents	19	554	26	121	+ 433
Stomach Cancer	20	545	12	405	+ 140
Pancreas Cancer	21	497	11	537	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	22	483	24	137	+ 347
Oral Cancer	23	482	15	317	+ 165
Liver Cancer	24	448	7	746	- 297
Other Neoplasms	25	422	22	195	+ 227
Bladder Cancer	26	404	27	120	+ 283
Parkinson's Disease	27	380	29	90	+ 290
Alcohol	28	371	47	10	+ 361
Cervical Cancer	29	366	30	85	+ 281
Leukemia	30	348	17	249	+ 99
Uterin Cancer	31	331	23	147	+ 184
Violence	32	321	46	15	+ 306
Skin Cancers	33	283	34	56	+ 226
HIV/AIDS	34	259	45	18	+ 241
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	231	33	69	+ 162
Endocrine Disorders	36	227	37	30	+ 196
Congenital Anomalies	37	202	31	80	+ 123
Osteoarthritis	38	179	82	0	+ 179
Ovary Cancer	39	178	21	204	- 26
Asthma	40	166	35	37	+ 129
Skin Disease	41	142	25	136	+ 6
Drownings	42	127	38	29	+ 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	113	39	28	+ 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	89	43	22	+ 67
Hepatitis C	45	62	56	3	+ 59
Epilepsy	46	60	42	25	+ 35
Appendicitis	47	57	50	6	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	48	54	41	25	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	48	58	2	+ 45
Meningitis	50	45	48	8	+ 37
Drug Use	51	45	44	19	+ 26
Anemia	52	42	85	0	+ 42
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	41	51	6	+ 36
Schizophrenia	54	37	84	0	+ 37
Malnutrition	55	35	63	0	+ 35
Hepatitis B	56	33	52	4	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	57	30	57	3	+ 28
Fires	58	30	49	7	+ 23
Birth Trauma	59	27	55	3	+ 24
Tuberculosis	60	25	40	26	- 1
Maternal Conditions	61	24	53	3	+ 21
Poisonings	62	9	60	1	+ 8
Otitis Media	63	6	79	0	+ 6
Oral conditions	64	3	81	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	3	54	3	- 0
Encephalitis	66	3	61	0	+ 3
Leprosy	67	1	80	0	+ 1
War	68	1	59	2	- 2
Syphilis	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	64	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Cuba

Singapore

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.