CUBA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,639	1	22,079	+ 5,560
Hypertension	2	24,804	7	3,469	+ 21,335
Stroke	3	10,251	2	10,725	- 474
Lung Cancers	4	6,037	4	5,985	+ 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	4,840	9	2,958	+ 1,883
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,204	3	8,564	- 5,360
Liver Disease	7	3,017	11	1,873	+ 1,144
Prostate Cancer	8	2,742	8	3,365	- 623
Stomach Cancer	9	2,662	20	991	+ 1,671
Pancreas Cancer	10	2,466	21	905	+ 1,561
Breast Cancer	11	2,388	15	1,673	+ 715
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	2,107	5	5,841	- 3,734
Lung Disease	13	2,101	6	5,492	- 3,391
Inflammatory/Heart	14	1,993	17	1,156	+ 837
Lymphomas	15	1,956	18	1,089	+ 866
Suicide	16	1,813	16	1,638	+ 176
Kidney Disease	17	1,621	14	1,700	- 79
Alcohol	18	1,363	28	675	+ 688
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,342	13	1,791	- 449
Other Injuries	20	1,297	12	1,869	- 572
Bladder Cancer	21	1,155	26	734	+ 421
Leukemia	22	1,154	30	633	+ 520
Other Neoplasms	23	1,133	25	769	+ 364
Falls	24	1,089	10	2,810	- 1,721
Oral Cancer	25	1,014	23	876	+ 138
Liver Cancer	26	985	24	815	+ 170
Oesophagus Cancer	27	905	22	879	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	28	801	39	323	+ 478
Parkinson's Disease	29	753	27	691	+ 62
Skin Cancers	30	725	33	514	+ 211
Drug Use	31	689	51	82	+ 607
Cervical Cancer	32	621	29	666	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	33	606	36	412	+ 193
Uterin Cancer	34	552	31	602	- 50
Road Traffic Accidents	35	544	19	1,007	- 464
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	505	35	420	+ 86
Epilepsy	37	409	46	108	+ 301
Fires	38	376	58	55	+ 321
HIV/AIDS	39	370	34	471	- 101
Drownings	40	275	42	231	+ 45
Skin Disease	41	262	41	258	+ 4
Violence	42	262	32	584	- 322
Congenital Anomalies	43	230	37	368	- 138
Asthma	44	221	40	301	- 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	198	44	162	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	158	49	87	+ 72
Tuberculosis	47	151	60	45	+ 106
Multiple Sclerosis	48	149	57	55	+ 94
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	112	53	75	+ 36
Osteoarthritis	50	93	38	326	- 233
Anemia	51	84	52	77	+ 7
Poisonings	52	76	62	17	+ 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	76	43	206	- 130
Meningitis	54	68	50	83	- 15
Low Birth Weight	55	62	48	98	- 36
Schizophrenia	56	56	54	68	- 12
Birth Trauma	57	46	59	49	- 3
Hepatitis C	58	37	45	112	- 75
Appendicitis	59	19	47	104	- 85
Oral conditions	60	19	64	6	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	61	11	61	43	- 33
Syphilis	62	9	69	1	+ 8
Encephalitis	63	2	66	6	- 4
War	64	1	68	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	56	59	- 59
Upper Respiratory	66	0	65	6	- 6
Otitis Media	67	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	68	0	67	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	69	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	55	64	- 64
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	71	1	- 1
Diphtheria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Estonia

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.