TRINIDAD/TOB. VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,837	1	1,476	+ 1,361
Stroke	2	1,378	3	822	+ 556
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,100	10	205	+ 895
Lung Cancers	4	769	8	217	+ 552
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	751	9	215	+ 536
Lung Disease	6	706	16	129	+ 576
Hypertension	7	446	11	201	+ 244
Prostate Cancer	8	432	6	330	+ 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	380	13	196	+ 184
Falls	10	361	33	43	+ 318
Liver Disease	11	241	14	136	+ 105
Other Injuries	12	240	30	61	+ 179
Diabetes Mellitus	13	230	2	1,275	- 1,045
Kidney Disease	14	218	5	439	- 221
Breast Cancer	15	215	7	258	- 43
Suicide	16	210	17	121	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	17	149	25	72	+ 76
Lymphomas	18	140	20	111	+ 29
Road Traffic Accidents	19	129	15	130	- 1
Stomach Cancer	20	127	26	69	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	21	116	19	114	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	22	113	41	24	+ 89
Oral Cancer	23	113	38	31	+ 82
Liver Cancer	24	105	28	66	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	25	99	51	10	+ 89
Bladder Cancer	26	94	34	41	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	27	89	32	51	+ 37
Alcohol	28	87	42	23	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	29	86	21	97	- 11
Leukemia	30	81	29	62	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	31	77	27	68	+ 10
Violence	32	75	4	549	- 474
Skin Cancers	33	66	57	4	+ 62
HIV/AIDS	34	61	12	196	- 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	54	31	52	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	36	53	18	119	- 66
Congenital Anomalies	37	47	22	93	- 46
Osteoarthritis	38	42	81	0	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	39	41	24	80	- 39
Asthma	40	39	35	40	- 2
Skin Disease	41	33	36	39	- 6
Drownings	42	30	39	31	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	26	45	18	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	21	49	11	+ 10
Hepatitis C	45	14	62	0	+ 14
Epilepsy	46	14	37	32	- 18
Appendicitis	47	13	56	4	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	48	13	23	83	- 70
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	11	53	8	+ 3
Meningitis	50	11	52	9	+ 1
Drug Use	51	11	44	19	- 8
Anemia	52	10	85	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	10	82	0	+ 10
Schizophrenia	54	9	86	0	+ 9
Malnutrition	55	8	47	17	- 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	60	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	58	2	+ 5
Fires	58	7	48	16	- 9
Birth Trauma	59	6	40	25	- 19
Tuberculosis	60	6	43	22	- 16
Maternal Conditions	61	6	50	10	- 5
Poisonings	62	2	59	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	54	6	- 5
Leprosy	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	46	17	- 17
Syphilis	69	0	61	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	55	5	- 5
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	63	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Cuba

Trinidad/Tob.

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.