CUBA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,469	1	22,079	- 4,610
Stroke	2	11,266	2	10,725	+ 541
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	7,455	5	5,841	+ 1,613
Lung Cancers	4	6,143	4	5,985	+ 158
Lung Disease	5	5,825	6	5,492	+ 333
Hypertension	6	5,384	7	3,469	+ 1,915
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,823	9	2,958	+ 865
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,568	13	1,791	+ 1,777
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,939	3	8,564	- 5,625
Breast Cancer	10	2,495	15	1,673	+ 822
Kidney Disease	11	2,289	14	1,700	+ 589
Other Injuries	12	2,179	12	1,869	+ 309
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,176	21	905	+ 1,271
Stomach Cancer	14	1,844	20	991	+ 853
Other Neoplasms	15	1,796	25	769	+ 1,027
Lymphomas	16	1,739	18	1,089	+ 650
Liver Cancer	17	1,730	24	815	+ 915
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,516	36	412	+ 1,104
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,516	27	691	+ 825
Prostate Cancer	20	1,513	8	3,365	- 1,853
Leukemia	21	1,210	30	633	+ 577
Bladder Cancer	22	1,207	26	734	+ 473
Liver Disease	23	1,000	11	1,873	- 873
Inflammatory/Heart	24	995	17	1,156	- 162
Falls	25	760	10	2,810	- 2,050
Suicide	26	727	16	1,638	- 911
Oral Cancer	27	601	23	876	- 275
Ovary Cancer	28	590	39	323	+ 267
Skin Cancers	29	583	33	514	+ 69
Road Traffic Accidents	30	579	19	1,007	- 428
Hepatitis C	31	441	45	112	+ 329
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	399	44	162	+ 237
Uterin Cancer	33	395	31	602	- 207
Oesophagus Cancer	34	368	22	879	- 511
Anemia	35	301	52	77	+ 224
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	292	43	206	+ 86
Congenital Anomalies	37	260	37	368	- 108
Skin Disease	38	259	41	258	+ 1
Epilepsy	39	240	46	108	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	40	208	29	666	- 458
Malnutrition	41	139	55	64	+ 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	126	49	87	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	124	35	420	- 296
Multiple Sclerosis	44	122	57	55	+ 66
Drug Use	45	118	51	82	+ 36
HIV/AIDS	46	94	34	471	- 378
Asthma	47	89	40	301	- 213
Osteoarthritis	48	87	38	326	- 240
Schizophrenia	49	76	54	68	+ 8
Violence	50	73	32	584	- 510
Low Birth Weight	51	64	48	98	- 34
Drownings	52	62	42	231	- 169
Tuberculosis	53	60	60	45	+ 16
Hepatitis B	54	60	56	59	+ 1
Alcohol	55	50	28	675	- 626
Fires	56	49	58	55	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	43	53	75	- 32
Poisonings	58	28	62	17	+ 11
Birth Trauma	59	25	59	49	- 23
Meningitis	60	23	50	83	- 60
Appendicitis	61	9	47	104	- 95
Oral conditions	62	9	64	6	+ 2
Tetanus	63	4	71	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	4	65	6	- 2
Otitis Media	65	3	63	11	- 8
War	66	1	68	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	61	43	- 42
Encephalitis	68	1	66	6	- 5
Syphilis	69	1	69	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Measles	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Italy

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.