SOLOMON ISL. VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,463	1	975	+ 488
Stroke	2	711	2	670	+ 41
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	568	3	371	+ 197
Lung Cancers	4	397	27	33	+ 363
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	387	28	32	+ 355
Lung Disease	6	364	6	209	+ 155
Hypertension	7	230	13	76	+ 154
Prostate Cancer	8	223	41	13	+ 210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	196	31	23	+ 173
Falls	10	186	20	55	+ 132
Liver Disease	11	124	10	89	+ 35
Other Injuries	12	124	17	60	+ 64
Diabetes Mellitus	13	119	4	322	- 203
Kidney Disease	14	113	15	64	+ 49
Breast Cancer	15	111	26	34	+ 77
Suicide	16	109	9	98	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	17	77	37	17	+ 59
Lymphomas	18	72	42	13	+ 59
Road Traffic Accidents	19	67	8	111	- 44
Stomach Cancer	20	66	44	12	+ 54
Pancreas Cancer	21	60	51	4	+ 56
Oesophagus Cancer	22	58	57	1	+ 57
Oral Cancer	23	58	49	8	+ 51
Liver Cancer	24	54	18	60	- 6
Other Neoplasms	25	51	56	1	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	26	49	52	4	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	27	46	34	21	+ 25
Alcohol	28	45	48	9	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	29	44	25	41	+ 3
Leukemia	30	42	35	20	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	31	40	47	9	+ 31
Violence	32	39	30	26	+ 13
Skin Cancers	33	34	69	0	+ 34
HIV/AIDS	34	31	80	0	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	28	32	22	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	36	27	39	15	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	37	24	16	63	- 39
Osteoarthritis	38	22	84	0	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	39	21	33	21	+ 0
Asthma	40	20	12	78	- 58
Skin Disease	41	17	46	10	+ 7
Drownings	42	15	11	80	- 65
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	14	5	218	- 205
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	11	19	59	- 48
Hepatitis C	45	7	62	0	+ 7
Epilepsy	46	7	45	11	- 3
Appendicitis	47	7	55	1	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	48	7	14	65	- 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	6	60	0	+ 5
Meningitis	50	5	43	13	- 7
Drug Use	51	5	58	1	+ 5
Anemia	52	5	72	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	5	85	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	54	5	70	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	55	4	36	19	- 15
Hepatitis B	56	4	53	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	61	0	+ 3
Fires	58	4	40	14	- 11
Birth Trauma	59	3	21	51	- 48
Tuberculosis	60	3	23	45	- 42
Maternal Conditions	61	3	22	46	- 43
Poisonings	62	1	38	15	- 14
Otitis Media	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	0	86	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	54	2	- 1
Leprosy	67	0	74	0	+ 0
War	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	29	28	- 28
Ascariasis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	59	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	50	7	- 7
Dengue	74	0	24	41	- 41
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	7	146	- 146
Leishmaniasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Cuba

Solomon Isl.

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.