CUBA VS MONTENEGRO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MONTENEGRO		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	40,357	2	10,725	+ 29,632
Coronary Heart Disease	2	31,949	1	22,079	+ 9,871
Lung Cancers	3	6,210	4	5,985	+ 225
Inflammatory/Heart	4	5,691	17	1,156	+ 4,535
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,143	5	5,841	- 1,698
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,182	13	1,791	+ 1,391
Kidney Disease	7	2,694	14	1,700	+ 994
Suicide	8	2,405	16	1,638	+ 768
Breast Cancer	9	2,316	15	1,673	+ 643
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,070	9	2,958	- 887
Lung Disease	11	1,651	6	5,492	- 3,842
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	1,481	3	8,564	- 7,083
Prostate Cancer	13	1,380	8	3,365	- 1,985
Falls	14	1,225	10	2,810	- 1,585
Parkinson's Disease	15	1,209	27	691	+ 518
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,164	21	905	+ 259
Liver Disease	17	1,038	11	1,873	- 836
Hypertension	18	1,014	7	3,469	- 2,454
Stomach Cancer	19	923	20	991	- 68
Liver Cancer	20	921	24	815	+ 106
Road Traffic Accidents	21	878	19	1,007	- 130
Bladder Cancer	22	641	26	734	- 93
Other Injuries	23	526	12	1,869	- 1,343
Lymphomas	24	491	18	1,089	- 599
Leukemia	25	429	30	633	- 205
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	375	35	420	- 44
Cervical Cancer	27	375	29	666	- 291
Ovary Cancer	28	346	39	323	+ 23
Violence	29	320	32	584	- 263
Oesophagus Cancer	30	309	22	879	- 570
Drug Use	31	258	51	82	+ 176
Fires	32	253	58	55	+ 198
Uterin Cancer	33	251	31	602	- 351
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	243	44	162	+ 81
Skin Cancers	35	214	33	514	- 300
Drownings	36	195	42	231	- 35
Oral Cancer	37	178	23	876	- 698
Alcohol	38	170	28	675	- 505
Multiple Sclerosis	39	139	57	55	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	40	122	36	412	- 290
Birth Trauma	41	110	59	49	+ 61
Epilepsy	42	107	46	108	- 1
Low Birth Weight	43	94	48	98	- 4
Poisonings	44	69	62	17	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	45	67	37	368	- 301
Asthma	46	66	40	301	- 235
Other Neoplasms	47	41	25	769	- 728
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	39	49	87	- 47
Meningitis	49	26	50	83	- 56
Encephalitis	50	25	66	6	+ 20
Tuberculosis	51	23	60	45	- 22
Appendicitis	52	16	47	104	- 88
Malnutrition	53	16	55	64	- 48
Skin Disease	54	15	41	258	- 244
Pertussis	55	14	73	0	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	56	11	43	206	- 196
Leishmaniasis	57	10	83	0	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	58	9	61	43	- 34
Syphilis	59	3	69	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	2	65	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	61	2	56	59	- 57
Tetanus	62	1	71	1	+ 1
War	63	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	64	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	45	112	- 112
Diphtheria	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	67	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	69	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	34	471	- 471
Otitis Media	74	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	75	0	67	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	75	- 75
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	68	- 68
Anemia	85	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Montenegro

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.