CUBA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,766	1	22,079	- 17,313
Stroke	2	2,854	2	10,725	- 7,871
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,685	19	1,007	+ 678
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,652	13	1,791	- 139
Hypertension	5	1,503	7	3,469	- 1,966
Kidney Disease	6	1,466	14	1,700	- 234
Lung Cancers	7	1,039	4	5,985	- 4,946
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	920	3	8,564	- 7,644
Congenital Anomalies	9	917	37	368	+ 549
Low Birth Weight	10	841	48	98	+ 743
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	693	5	5,841	- 5,148
Breast Cancer	12	673	15	1,673	- 1,000
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	605	9	2,958	- 2,353
Liver Disease	14	484	11	1,873	- 1,389
Lung Disease	15	436	6	5,492	- 5,057
Leukemia	16	363	30	633	- 271
Stomach Cancer	17	358	20	991	- 632
Lymphomas	18	317	18	1,089	- 772
Other Injuries	19	288	12	1,869	- 1,581
Birth Trauma	20	266	59	49	+ 217
Violence	21	264	32	584	- 320
Pancreas Cancer	22	241	21	905	- 664
Bladder Cancer	23	209	26	734	- 525
Falls	24	187	10	2,810	- 2,623
Liver Cancer	25	182	24	815	- 633
Endocrine Disorders	26	177	36	412	- 236
Parkinson's Disease	27	166	27	691	- 525
Suicide	28	162	16	1,638	- 1,476
Fires	29	150	58	55	+ 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	149	43	206	- 57
Oral Cancer	31	140	23	876	- 736
Ovary Cancer	32	137	39	323	- 186
Prostate Cancer	33	129	8	3,365	- 3,237
Drug Use	34	113	51	82	+ 31
Asthma	35	112	40	301	- 189
Drownings	36	105	42	231	- 126
Meningitis	37	77	50	83	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	38	73	17	1,156	- 1,083
Uterin Cancer	39	73	31	602	- 529
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	65	35	420	- 354
Cervical Cancer	41	62	29	666	- 603
Oesophagus Cancer	42	62	22	879	- 817
Pertussis	43	54	73	0	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	44	52	61	43	+ 8
Syphilis	45	51	69	1	+ 50
Epilepsy	46	48	46	108	- 60
Poisonings	47	46	62	17	+ 29
Skin Disease	48	41	41	258	- 217
Skin Cancers	49	37	33	514	- 477
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	22	44	162	- 140
Malnutrition	51	15	55	64	- 49
Encephalitis	52	13	66	6	+ 8
Tuberculosis	53	12	60	45	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	54	12	57	55	- 44
Alcohol	55	10	28	675	- 665
Tetanus	56	10	71	1	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	57	9	25	769	- 759
Appendicitis	58	8	47	104	- 96
War	59	6	68	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	4	56	59	- 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	49	87	- 83
Schistosomiasis	62	3	81	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	63	2	34	471	- 469
Hepatitis C	64	1	45	112	- 111
Measles	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	70	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	63	11	- 11
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	2	- 2
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	68	- 68
Anemia	82	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	75	- 75
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

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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.