SWITZERLAND VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,840	1	10,713	+ 7,127
Stroke	2	8,666	3	3,918	+ 4,748
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	6,920	8	1,949	+ 4,971
Lung Cancers	4	4,836	4	3,520	+ 1,316
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,720	2	7,192	- 2,472
Lung Disease	6	4,438	5	2,902	+ 1,536
Hypertension	7	2,803	6	2,471	+ 332
Prostate Cancer	8	2,719	10	1,579	+ 1,140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,390	7	1,995	+ 395
Falls	10	2,270	9	1,919	+ 351
Liver Disease	11	1,514	21	677	+ 836
Other Injuries	12	1,510	30	410	+ 1,101
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,447	17	1,022	+ 425
Kidney Disease	14	1,374	13	1,261	+ 113
Breast Cancer	15	1,352	11	1,577	- 225
Suicide	16	1,323	14	1,249	+ 74
Inflammatory/Heart	17	934	16	1,027	- 92
Lymphomas	18	880	15	1,131	- 251
Road Traffic Accidents	19	814	34	193	+ 621
Stomach Cancer	20	801	24	614	+ 187
Pancreas Cancer	21	731	12	1,486	- 755
Oesophagus Cancer	22	710	28	491	+ 220
Oral Cancer	23	708	26	500	+ 208
Liver Cancer	24	659	19	805	- 146
Other Neoplasms	25	621	20	681	- 60
Bladder Cancer	26	593	23	669	- 76
Parkinson's Disease	27	558	18	857	- 299
Alcohol	28	546	32	229	+ 317
Cervical Cancer	29	538	42	105	+ 433
Leukemia	30	512	22	671	- 159
Uterin Cancer	31	486	33	224	+ 263
Violence	32	472	51	42	+ 429
Skin Cancers	33	415	27	493	- 78
HIV/AIDS	34	381	54	29	+ 352
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	339	41	122	+ 217
Endocrine Disorders	36	333	25	593	- 260
Congenital Anomalies	37	297	31	305	- 8
Osteoarthritis	38	264	37	170	+ 94
Ovary Cancer	39	261	29	457	- 196
Asthma	40	243	46	95	+ 149
Skin Disease	41	209	40	129	+ 79
Drownings	42	186	50	49	+ 137
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	167	35	186	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	131	48	78	+ 53
Hepatitis C	45	91	58	15	+ 76
Epilepsy	46	87	39	159	- 71
Appendicitis	47	84	59	15	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	48	79	43	105	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	70	49	68	+ 2
Meningitis	50	67	57	20	+ 47
Drug Use	51	66	36	176	- 110
Anemia	52	62	44	102	- 39
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	61	53	32	+ 29
Schizophrenia	54	55	45	96	- 41
Malnutrition	55	51	47	84	- 33
Hepatitis B	56	48	63	5	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	57	45	38	160	- 115
Fires	58	44	55	21	+ 23
Birth Trauma	59	39	52	32	+ 7
Tuberculosis	60	36	56	21	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	61	35	64	4	+ 31
Poisonings	62	14	60	13	+ 1
Otitis Media	63	9	69	0	+ 8
Oral conditions	64	5	62	8	- 3
Upper Respiratory	65	5	61	11	- 6
Encephalitis	66	5	68	1	+ 4
Leprosy	67	1	80	0	+ 1
War	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Syphilis	69	1	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	66	1	- 1
Pertussis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Cuba

Switzerland

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.