CUBA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,133	1	22,079	- 11,946
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,525	5	5,841	+ 2,684
Stroke	3	5,831	2	10,725	- 4,895
Lung Cancers	4	5,719	4	5,985	- 266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	3,505	9	2,958	+ 547
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,171	3	8,564	- 5,393
Lung Disease	7	2,924	6	5,492	- 2,568
Breast Cancer	8	2,492	15	1,673	+ 819
Other Injuries	9	2,425	12	1,869	+ 556
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,982	21	905	+ 1,078
Kidney Disease	11	1,841	14	1,700	+ 141
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,750	13	1,791	- 41
Prostate Cancer	13	1,744	8	3,365	- 1,621
Lymphomas	14	1,615	18	1,089	+ 525
Liver Cancer	15	1,535	24	815	+ 720
Suicide	16	1,437	16	1,638	- 201
Other Neoplasms	17	1,407	25	769	+ 638
Falls	18	1,329	10	2,810	- 1,481
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,297	36	412	+ 884
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,214	27	691	+ 523
Leukemia	21	1,196	30	633	+ 563
Liver Disease	22	1,184	11	1,873	- 690
Hypertension	23	1,140	7	3,469	- 2,329
Bladder Cancer	24	1,053	26	734	+ 319
Inflammatory/Heart	25	973	17	1,156	- 184
Stomach Cancer	26	887	20	991	- 104
Oral Cancer	27	750	23	876	- 126
Oesophagus Cancer	28	749	22	879	- 130
Malnutrition	29	675	55	64	+ 612
Ovary Cancer	30	636	39	323	+ 313
Road Traffic Accidents	31	536	19	1,007	- 472
Skin Cancers	32	522	33	514	+ 8
Alcohol	33	511	28	675	- 164
Uterin Cancer	34	436	31	602	- 166
Congenital Anomalies	35	323	37	368	- 45
Drug Use	36	302	51	82	+ 220
Epilepsy	37	299	46	108	+ 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	290	43	206	+ 84
Skin Disease	39	256	41	258	- 2
Cervical Cancer	40	252	29	666	- 413
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	222	44	162	+ 60
Asthma	42	167	40	301	- 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	158	35	420	- 262
Anemia	44	156	52	77	+ 79
Drownings	45	139	42	231	- 92
Multiple Sclerosis	46	121	57	55	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	47	104	48	98	+ 6
Schizophrenia	48	104	54	68	+ 36
Violence	49	86	32	584	- 497
Tuberculosis	50	70	60	45	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	68	49	87	- 18
Hepatitis C	52	67	45	112	- 45
Fires	53	65	58	55	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	54	58	34	471	- 413
Birth Trauma	55	50	59	49	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	56	39	38	326	- 287
Poisonings	57	37	62	17	+ 19
Meningitis	58	26	50	83	- 56
Hepatitis B	59	22	56	59	- 37
Oral conditions	60	19	64	6	+ 13
Appendicitis	61	14	47	104	- 90
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	12	53	75	- 63
Upper Respiratory	63	9	65	6	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	64	8	61	43	- 35
Otitis Media	65	3	63	11	- 8
Encephalitis	66	1	66	6	- 4
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Syphilis	68	1	69	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	71	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

France

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.