UNITED KINGDOM VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	137,835	2	71,728	+ 66,107
Stroke	2	66,955	4	37,626	+ 29,329
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	53,464	3	40,540	+ 12,924
Lung Cancers	4	37,362	5	35,715	+ 1,647
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	36,467	1	98,135	- 61,668
Lung Disease	6	34,287	6	32,896	+ 1,391
Hypertension	7	21,655	23	5,208	+ 16,447
Prostate Cancer	8	21,009	8	13,289	+ 7,719
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	18,464	7	18,446	+ 18
Falls	10	17,541	15	7,618	+ 9,923
Liver Disease	11	11,696	14	7,666	+ 4,030
Other Injuries	12	11,670	19	5,464	+ 6,206
Diabetes Mellitus	13	11,181	17	5,842	+ 5,339
Kidney Disease	14	10,613	18	5,471	+ 5,142
Breast Cancer	15	10,443	9	12,718	- 2,275
Suicide	16	10,224	20	5,325	+ 4,899
Inflammatory/Heart	17	7,219	29	3,126	+ 4,093
Lymphomas	18	6,801	10	9,350	- 2,549
Road Traffic Accidents	19	6,289	33	2,169	+ 4,120
Stomach Cancer	20	6,185	24	4,999	+ 1,186
Pancreas Cancer	21	5,648	11	8,995	- 3,347
Oesophagus Cancer	22	5,489	12	8,727	- 3,238
Oral Cancer	23	5,471	30	3,109	+ 2,362
Liver Cancer	24	5,090	21	5,237	- 147
Other Neoplasms	25	4,798	26	3,986	+ 812
Bladder Cancer	26	4,583	16	6,133	- 1,550
Parkinson's Disease	27	4,312	13	8,573	- 4,261
Alcohol	28	4,216	39	1,555	+ 2,661
Cervical Cancer	29	4,156	43	1,099	+ 3,057
Leukemia	30	3,954	22	5,211	- 1,257
Uterin Cancer	31	3,759	32	2,346	+ 1,412
Violence	32	3,643	46	868	+ 2,776
Skin Cancers	33	3,209	27	3,727	- 519
HIV/AIDS	34	2,943	55	188	+ 2,755
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	2,620	36	2,090	+ 530
Endocrine Disorders	36	2,574	28	3,297	- 723
Congenital Anomalies	37	2,296	35	2,127	+ 169
Osteoarthritis	38	2,037	57	167	+ 1,870
Ovary Cancer	39	2,016	25	4,019	- 2,003
Asthma	40	1,881	41	1,302	+ 579
Skin Disease	41	1,612	34	2,134	- 522
Drownings	42	1,440	49	301	+ 1,139
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	1,287	38	1,599	- 312
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	1,010	45	876	+ 134
Hepatitis C	45	700	51	267	+ 433
Epilepsy	46	676	42	1,193	- 518
Appendicitis	47	649	59	105	+ 543
Low Birth Weight	48	613	40	1,313	- 700
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	541	44	1,014	- 473
Meningitis	50	516	52	232	+ 284
Drug Use	51	511	31	2,824	- 2,314
Anemia	52	482	50	277	+ 205
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	471	56	184	+ 287
Schizophrenia	54	425	60	101	+ 323
Malnutrition	55	397	58	116	+ 281
Hepatitis B	56	369	65	40	+ 329
Multiple Sclerosis	57	346	37	1,856	- 1,510
Fires	58	343	48	334	+ 9
Birth Trauma	59	304	54	190	+ 114
Tuberculosis	60	279	47	351	- 72
Maternal Conditions	61	271	64	47	+ 225
Poisonings	62	107	53	221	- 113
Otitis Media	63	68	66	16	+ 52
Oral conditions	64	39	61	54	- 15
Upper Respiratory	65	35	63	48	- 13
Encephalitis	66	35	68	6	+ 30
Leprosy	67	11	83	0	+ 11
War	68	8	67	10	- 2
Syphilis	69	5	62	49	- 44
Ascariasis	70	5	80	0	+ 5
Tetanus	71	4	72	0	+ 4
Iodine Deficiency	72	2	84	0	+ 2
Pertussis	73	0	69	3	- 3
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	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	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Cuba

United Kingdom

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.