SOUTH KOREA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	104,861	1	28,043	+ 76,818
Stroke	2	50,938	3	25,596	+ 25,342
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	40,674	2	26,650	+ 14,024
Lung Cancers	4	28,424	4	20,293	+ 8,131
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	27,743	6	12,145	+ 15,598
Lung Disease	6	26,085	11	8,526	+ 17,558
Hypertension	7	16,475	17	3,711	+ 12,764
Prostate Cancer	8	15,983	22	2,316	+ 13,667
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	14,047	8	10,180	+ 3,866
Falls	10	13,345	20	2,934	+ 10,411
Liver Disease	11	8,898	14	6,348	+ 2,549
Other Injuries	12	8,878	18	3,634	+ 5,244
Diabetes Mellitus	13	8,506	13	6,812	+ 1,694
Kidney Disease	14	8,074	9	10,107	- 2,033
Breast Cancer	15	7,945	21	2,880	+ 5,065
Suicide	16	7,778	5	14,636	- 6,857
Inflammatory/Heart	17	5,492	31	1,325	+ 4,167
Lymphomas	18	5,174	19	3,477	+ 1,697
Road Traffic Accidents	19	4,785	15	4,399	+ 386
Stomach Cancer	20	4,706	10	8,625	- 3,919
Pancreas Cancer	21	4,297	12	6,994	- 2,697
Oesophagus Cancer	22	4,176	28	1,733	+ 2,443
Oral Cancer	23	4,162	29	1,457	+ 2,705
Liver Cancer	24	3,872	7	11,589	- 7,717
Other Neoplasms	25	3,650	26	1,807	+ 1,843
Bladder Cancer	26	3,487	27	1,768	+ 1,719
Parkinson's Disease	27	3,280	16	3,951	- 671
Alcohol	28	3,207	33	1,081	+ 2,127
Cervical Cancer	29	3,162	34	1,065	+ 2,097
Leukemia	30	3,008	23	2,140	+ 868
Uterin Cancer	31	2,859	43	420	+ 2,440
Violence	32	2,772	44	386	+ 2,386
Skin Cancers	33	2,441	37	585	+ 1,856
HIV/AIDS	34	2,239	55	84	+ 2,155
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	1,993	38	540	+ 1,454
Endocrine Disorders	36	1,958	25	1,891	+ 68
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,747	41	518	+ 1,229
Osteoarthritis	38	1,550	60	41	+ 1,508
Ovary Cancer	39	1,534	30	1,330	+ 204
Asthma	40	1,431	32	1,150	+ 280
Skin Disease	41	1,226	36	704	+ 522
Drownings	42	1,096	42	501	+ 595
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	979	35	929	+ 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	768	48	224	+ 544
Hepatitis C	45	532	49	168	+ 365
Epilepsy	46	514	40	524	- 10
Appendicitis	47	493	57	54	+ 440
Low Birth Weight	48	467	45	370	+ 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	411	51	150	+ 261
Meningitis	50	393	58	51	+ 342
Drug Use	51	388	50	154	+ 234
Anemia	52	367	46	329	+ 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	358	59	49	+ 309
Schizophrenia	54	323	56	77	+ 246
Malnutrition	55	302	53	88	+ 213
Hepatitis B	56	281	39	526	- 245
Multiple Sclerosis	57	263	66	11	+ 253
Fires	58	261	47	263	- 2
Birth Trauma	59	231	54	88	+ 143
Tuberculosis	60	212	24	1,950	- 1,738
Maternal Conditions	61	206	61	34	+ 172
Poisonings	62	82	52	115	- 33
Otitis Media	63	51	70	5	+ 47
Oral conditions	64	30	64	21	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	65	27	63	26	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	27	65	19	+ 8
Leprosy	67	9	82	0	+ 9
War	68	6	68	5	+ 1
Syphilis	69	4	62	27	- 23
Ascariasis	70	3	74	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	3	69	5	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	2	81	0	+ 2
Pertussis	73	0	67	6	- 6
Dengue	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	82	0	71	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Cuba

South Korea

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.