THAILAND VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	140,778	1	51,305	+ 89,473
Stroke	2	68,385	2	50,273	+ 18,112
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	54,606	3	31,289	+ 23,316
Lung Cancers	4	38,160	8	22,296	+ 15,864
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	37,245	6	22,851	+ 14,394
Lung Disease	6	35,020	9	19,474	+ 15,545
Hypertension	7	22,118	34	2,179	+ 19,939
Prostate Cancer	8	21,457	30	3,013	+ 18,445
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	18,858	13	9,908	+ 8,949
Falls	10	17,916	18	5,409	+ 12,507
Liver Disease	11	11,946	11	17,596	- 5,650
Other Injuries	12	11,919	21	4,869	+ 7,050
Diabetes Mellitus	13	11,420	10	18,776	- 7,356
Kidney Disease	14	10,840	4	26,822	- 15,982
Breast Cancer	15	10,666	17	6,053	+ 4,613
Suicide	16	10,442	16	6,147	+ 4,296
Inflammatory/Heart	17	7,373	32	2,879	+ 4,495
Lymphomas	18	6,946	22	4,539	+ 2,407
Road Traffic Accidents	19	6,424	7	22,428	- 16,004
Stomach Cancer	20	6,317	27	3,451	+ 2,867
Pancreas Cancer	21	5,769	33	2,383	+ 3,386
Oesophagus Cancer	22	5,606	29	3,156	+ 2,451
Oral Cancer	23	5,588	20	4,961	+ 627
Liver Cancer	24	5,198	5	23,883	- 18,684
Other Neoplasms	25	4,900	54	192	+ 4,709
Bladder Cancer	26	4,681	38	1,798	+ 2,883
Parkinson's Disease	27	4,404	23	4,292	+ 112
Alcohol	28	4,306	49	548	+ 3,758
Cervical Cancer	29	4,245	19	5,110	- 865
Leukemia	30	4,039	26	3,902	+ 136
Uterin Cancer	31	3,839	44	864	+ 2,975
Violence	32	3,721	31	2,965	+ 756
Skin Cancers	33	3,277	41	1,133	+ 2,144
HIV/AIDS	34	3,006	12	13,922	- 10,916
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	2,676	39	1,679	+ 998
Endocrine Disorders	36	2,629	37	1,888	+ 741
Congenital Anomalies	37	2,345	35	2,107	+ 238
Osteoarthritis	38	2,081	82	0	+ 2,081
Ovary Cancer	39	2,059	36	2,003	+ 56
Asthma	40	1,921	24	4,182	- 2,261
Skin Disease	41	1,647	28	3,375	- 1,729
Drownings	42	1,471	25	3,956	- 2,485
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	1,315	15	6,863	- 5,548
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	1,032	51	436	+ 596
Hepatitis C	45	715	67	7	+ 707
Epilepsy	46	690	47	689	+ 2
Appendicitis	47	662	59	114	+ 548
Low Birth Weight	48	627	40	1,548	- 921
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	552	53	194	+ 358
Meningitis	50	527	43	931	- 403
Drug Use	51	521	45	794	- 272
Anemia	52	492	85	0	+ 492
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	481	81	0	+ 481
Schizophrenia	54	434	84	0	+ 434
Malnutrition	55	405	42	962	- 557
Hepatitis B	56	377	56	153	+ 224
Multiple Sclerosis	57	353	61	86	+ 268
Fires	58	351	48	617	- 267
Birth Trauma	59	310	50	533	- 223
Tuberculosis	60	285	14	9,551	- 9,266
Maternal Conditions	61	277	52	227	+ 50
Poisonings	62	110	57	132	- 22
Otitis Media	63	69	68	7	+ 62
Oral conditions	64	40	80	0	+ 40
Upper Respiratory	65	36	65	18	+ 18
Encephalitis	66	36	46	722	- 686
Leprosy	67	12	79	0	+ 12
War	68	8	60	87	- 79
Syphilis	69	5	64	36	- 31
Ascariasis	70	5	69	4	+ 1
Tetanus	71	4	58	116	- 112
Iodine Deficiency	72	2	76	0	+ 2
Pertussis	73	0	62	77	- 77
Dengue	74	0	55	172	- 172
Diphtheria	75	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	63	56	- 56
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	66	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	83	0	72	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	70	3	- 3
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Cuba

Thailand

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.