CUBA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,139	1	22,079	- 4,940
Liver Disease	2	5,926	11	1,873	+ 4,053
Stroke	3	4,321	2	10,725	- 6,404
Liver Cancer	4	2,416	24	815	+ 1,601
Hypertension	5	2,079	7	3,469	- 1,389
Kidney Disease	6	2,079	14	1,700	+ 379
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,040	3	8,564	- 6,524
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,886	13	1,791	+ 95
Lung Disease	9	1,320	6	5,492	- 4,172
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,199	37	368	+ 831
Low Birth Weight	11	1,123	48	98	+ 1,025
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,000	19	1,007	- 8
Breast Cancer	13	905	15	1,673	- 768
Lymphomas	14	743	18	1,089	- 346
Asthma	15	700	40	301	+ 399
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	688	5	5,841	- 5,154
Birth Trauma	17	602	59	49	+ 554
Lung Cancers	18	560	4	5,985	- 5,425
Bladder Cancer	19	506	26	734	- 228
Violence	20	411	32	584	- 173
Other Injuries	21	376	12	1,869	- 1,493
Leukemia	22	371	30	633	- 262
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	364	43	206	+ 158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	304	9	2,958	- 2,654
Suicide	25	298	16	1,638	- 1,340
Pancreas Cancer	26	286	21	905	- 618
Inflammatory/Heart	27	245	17	1,156	- 911
Parkinson's Disease	28	236	27	691	- 455
Endocrine Disorders	29	234	36	412	- 179
Falls	30	199	10	2,810	- 2,611
Ovary Cancer	31	192	39	323	- 131
Stomach Cancer	32	182	20	991	- 809
Fires	33	155	58	55	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	132	35	420	- 288
Prostate Cancer	35	126	8	3,365	- 3,239
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	123	44	162	- 39
Drownings	37	111	42	231	- 120
Encephalitis	38	103	66	6	+ 97
Skin Cancers	39	100	33	514	- 414
Hepatitis B	40	97	56	59	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	41	94	22	879	- 786
Pertussis	42	89	73	0	+ 89
Meningitis	43	82	50	83	- 1
Maternal Conditions	44	78	61	43	+ 35
Oral Cancer	45	78	23	876	- 798
Malnutrition	46	75	55	64	+ 11
War	47	70	68	1	+ 69
Cervical Cancer	48	62	29	666	- 604
Tetanus	49	53	71	1	+ 53
Epilepsy	50	44	46	108	- 64
Tuberculosis	51	43	60	45	- 2
Uterin Cancer	52	42	31	602	- 560
HIV/AIDS	53	39	34	471	- 432
Schistosomiasis	54	22	81	0	+ 22
Skin Disease	55	22	41	258	- 237
Multiple Sclerosis	56	21	57	55	- 34
Poisonings	57	19	62	17	+ 2
Syphilis	58	16	69	1	+ 15
Appendicitis	59	14	47	104	- 90
Alcohol	60	14	28	675	- 661
Other Neoplasms	61	11	25	769	- 757
Drug Use	62	11	51	82	- 70
Hepatitis C	63	10	45	112	- 103
Measles	64	4	76	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	49	87	- 84
Leishmaniasis	66	1	83	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	70	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	6	- 5
Dengue	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	73	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	68	- 68
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	52	77	- 77
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	85	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Egypt

Cuba

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.