CUBA VS ISRAEL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ISRAEL		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,974	1	22,079	- 16,105
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,494	5	5,841	- 2,348
Kidney Disease	3	2,842	14	1,700	+ 1,142
Stroke	4	2,836	2	10,725	- 7,890
Lung Cancers	5	2,363	4	5,985	- 3,622
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,231	13	1,791	+ 440
Lung Disease	7	1,803	6	5,492	- 3,689
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,772	3	8,564	- 6,792
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,761	9	2,958	- 1,196
Breast Cancer	10	1,443	15	1,673	- 230
Pancreas Cancer	11	1,193	21	905	+ 288
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,169	36	412	+ 757
Lymphomas	13	1,079	18	1,089	- 10
Other Injuries	14	965	12	1,869	- 904
Leukemia	15	713	30	633	+ 80
Stomach Cancer	16	659	20	991	- 332
Prostate Cancer	17	608	8	3,365	- 2,757
Bladder Cancer	18	579	26	734	- 155
Suicide	19	529	16	1,638	- 1,109
Other Neoplasms	20	490	25	769	- 279
Hypertension	21	467	7	3,469	- 3,002
Parkinson's Disease	22	464	27	691	- 227
Skin Cancers	23	442	33	514	- 72
Skin Disease	24	429	41	258	+ 171
Liver Cancer	25	402	24	815	- 413
Road Traffic Accidents	26	388	19	1,007	- 619
Ovary Cancer	27	376	39	323	+ 53
Liver Disease	28	341	11	1,873	- 1,533
Congenital Anomalies	29	339	37	368	- 28
Inflammatory/Heart	30	250	17	1,156	- 906
Uterin Cancer	31	235	31	602	- 367
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	194	43	206	- 12
Oral Cancer	33	175	23	876	- 701
Anemia	34	174	52	77	+ 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	168	44	162	+ 6
Asthma	36	165	40	301	- 136
Oesophagus Cancer	37	161	22	879	- 719
Cervical Cancer	38	155	29	666	- 511
Falls	39	144	10	2,810	- 2,666
Epilepsy	40	127	46	108	+ 18
Violence	41	121	32	584	- 462
Low Birth Weight	42	110	48	98	+ 11
Drug Use	43	79	51	82	- 3
Schizophrenia	44	78	54	68	+ 10
Drownings	45	46	42	231	- 185
Hepatitis C	46	45	45	112	- 67
Multiple Sclerosis	47	45	57	55	- 10
Malnutrition	48	45	55	64	- 18
Alcohol	49	45	28	675	- 630
Birth Trauma	50	41	59	49	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	51	39	35	420	- 381
HIV/AIDS	52	30	34	471	- 442
Fires	53	28	58	55	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	27	49	87	- 60
Meningitis	55	24	50	83	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	20	53	75	- 55
Tuberculosis	57	19	60	45	- 26
Hepatitis B	58	18	56	59	- 41
Osteoarthritis	59	9	38	326	- 317
War	60	9	68	1	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	61	7	61	43	- 37
Upper Respiratory	62	6	65	6	+ 1
Poisonings	63	5	62	17	- 13
Appendicitis	64	4	47	104	- 100
Oral conditions	65	4	64	6	- 2
Encephalitis	66	4	66	6	- 2
Otitis Media	67	1	63	11	- 10
Leprosy	68	0	67	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Israel

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.