CUBA VS NO MACEDONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NO MACEDONIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	28,347	2	10,725	+ 17,622
Coronary Heart Disease	2	22,695	1	22,079	+ 616
Inflammatory/Heart	3	21,820	17	1,156	+ 20,664
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,666	13	1,791	+ 3,875
Lung Cancers	5	5,417	4	5,985	- 568
Lung Disease	6	4,142	6	5,492	- 1,351
Hypertension	7	3,222	7	3,469	- 247
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	2,877	9	2,958	- 80
Kidney Disease	9	2,647	14	1,700	+ 947
Stomach Cancer	10	2,337	20	991	+ 1,346
Breast Cancer	11	1,983	15	1,673	+ 310
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,369	21	905	+ 464
Liver Cancer	13	1,335	24	815	+ 520
Prostate Cancer	14	1,330	8	3,365	- 2,035
Liver Disease	15	1,118	11	1,873	- 756
Suicide	16	1,005	16	1,638	- 633
Other Injuries	17	940	12	1,869	- 930
Bladder Cancer	18	834	26	734	+ 100
Influenza and Pneumonia	19	804	3	8,564	- 7,760
Parkinson's Disease	20	722	27	691	+ 31
Skin Cancers	21	647	33	514	+ 133
Leukemia	22	587	30	633	- 46
Uterin Cancer	23	554	31	602	- 48
Road Traffic Accidents	24	550	19	1,007	- 457
Lymphomas	25	492	18	1,089	- 597
Ovary Cancer	26	480	39	323	+ 157
Falls	27	399	10	2,810	- 2,410
Low Birth Weight	28	377	48	98	+ 279
Oral Cancer	29	369	23	876	- 507
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	364	5	5,841	- 5,478
Cervical Cancer	31	348	29	666	- 318
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	287	35	420	- 132
Asthma	33	272	40	301	- 29
Oesophagus Cancer	34	233	22	879	- 647
Tuberculosis	35	163	60	45	+ 119
Violence	36	159	32	584	- 425
Congenital Anomalies	37	147	37	368	- 220
Epilepsy	38	119	46	108	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	39	109	57	55	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	40	97	25	769	- 672
Drownings	41	91	42	231	- 139
Alcohol	42	71	28	675	- 605
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	66	44	162	- 96
Endocrine Disorders	44	63	36	412	- 350
Poisonings	45	58	62	17	+ 40
Fires	46	56	58	55	+ 1
Drug Use	47	46	51	82	- 36
Birth Trauma	48	37	59	49	- 12
Hepatitis B	49	37	56	59	- 22
Pertussis	50	19	73	0	+ 19
Meningitis	51	18	50	83	- 64
Anemia	52	18	52	77	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	14	53	75	- 61
Maternal Conditions	54	10	61	43	- 34
Appendicitis	55	7	47	104	- 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	56	5	43	206	- 201
Skin Disease	57	5	41	258	- 253
Malnutrition	58	3	55	64	- 60
Encephalitis	59	3	66	6	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	49	87	- 84
HIV/AIDS	61	2	34	471	- 470
Syphilis	62	1	69	1	+ 1
War	63	1	68	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	65	6	- 6
Diphtheria	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	45	112	- 112
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	75	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	80	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	81	0	67	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	82	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	83	0	64	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	68	- 68
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

No Macedonia

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.