CUBA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,873	1	22,079	- 14,206
Stroke	2	4,037	2	10,725	- 6,688
Lung Disease	3	2,569	6	5,492	- 2,923
Kidney Disease	4	2,267	14	1,700	+ 567
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,332	5	5,841	- 4,510
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,321	13	1,791	- 470
Lung Cancers	7	1,025	4	5,985	- 4,960
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	931	3	8,564	- 7,633
Breast Cancer	9	789	15	1,673	- 884
Liver Cancer	10	756	24	815	- 59
Liver Disease	11	688	11	1,873	- 1,186
Endocrine Disorders	12	610	36	412	+ 197
Cervical Cancer	13	607	29	666	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	591	9	2,958	- 2,366
Congenital Anomalies	15	543	37	368	+ 175
Falls	16	530	10	2,810	- 2,279
Hypertension	17	462	7	3,469	- 3,007
Other Injuries	18	442	12	1,869	- 1,427
Oral Cancer	19	435	23	876	- 441
Low Birth Weight	20	414	48	98	+ 315
Suicide	21	410	16	1,638	- 1,228
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	405	43	206	+ 199
Drownings	23	390	42	231	+ 160
Leukemia	24	361	30	633	- 273
Parkinson's Disease	25	327	27	691	- 364
Prostate Cancer	26	324	8	3,365	- 3,041
Tuberculosis	27	319	60	45	+ 274
Violence	28	282	32	584	- 302
Asthma	29	277	40	301	- 24
Ovary Cancer	30	262	39	323	- 61
Road Traffic Accidents	31	244	19	1,007	- 764
Skin Disease	32	238	41	258	- 20
Dengue	33	213	74	0	+ 213
Lymphomas	34	208	18	1,089	- 881
Maternal Conditions	35	153	61	43	+ 110
Inflammatory/Heart	36	151	17	1,156	- 1,006
Bladder Cancer	37	148	26	734	- 586
Epilepsy	38	138	46	108	+ 30
Birth Trauma	39	136	59	49	+ 87
Pancreas Cancer	40	124	21	905	- 781
Fires	41	111	58	55	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	101	35	420	- 318
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	96	44	162	- 66
Encephalitis	44	76	66	6	+ 71
Malnutrition	45	76	55	64	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	46	57	25	769	- 711
Uterin Cancer	47	56	31	602	- 546
Drug Use	48	52	51	82	- 30
Stomach Cancer	49	34	20	991	- 956
Meningitis	50	30	50	83	- 52
Alcohol	51	19	28	675	- 657
Pertussis	52	10	73	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	10	49	87	- 77
Tetanus	54	8	71	1	+ 7
Poisonings	55	7	62	17	- 10
Hepatitis B	56	6	56	59	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	57	55	- 49
Syphilis	58	4	69	1	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	59	4	22	879	- 875
Measles	60	4	76	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	3	47	104	- 101
War	62	2	68	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	33	514	- 513
Hepatitis C	64	1	45	112	- 111
Ascariasis	65	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	6	- 5
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	70	0	67	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	34	471	- 471
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	81	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	52	77	- 77
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	68	- 68
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Maldives

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.