CUBA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,597	1	22,079	- 12,482
Kidney Disease	2	5,802	14	1,700	+ 4,102
Stroke	3	3,654	2	10,725	- 7,072
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,396	13	1,791	+ 1,605
Lung Disease	5	2,578	6	5,492	- 2,915
Liver Disease	6	1,976	11	1,873	+ 103
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,891	3	8,564	- 6,673
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,821	19	1,007	+ 813
Hypertension	9	1,812	7	3,469	- 1,657
Violence	10	1,016	32	584	+ 432
Congenital Anomalies	11	937	37	368	+ 570
Liver Cancer	12	835	24	815	+ 20
Low Birth Weight	13	804	48	98	+ 706
Stomach Cancer	14	784	20	991	- 206
Prostate Cancer	15	634	8	3,365	- 2,731
Cervical Cancer	16	614	29	666	- 51
Other Injuries	17	587	12	1,869	- 1,282
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	518	9	2,958	- 2,440
Suicide	19	467	16	1,638	- 1,170
Breast Cancer	20	465	15	1,673	- 1,208
Alcohol	21	458	28	675	- 218
Falls	22	453	10	2,810	- 2,356
Lung Cancers	23	450	4	5,985	- 5,535
Leukemia	24	373	30	633	- 261
Birth Trauma	25	325	59	49	+ 276
Other Neoplasms	26	316	25	769	- 453
Pancreas Cancer	27	292	21	905	- 613
Endocrine Disorders	28	269	36	412	- 144
Lymphomas	29	269	18	1,089	- 821
Malnutrition	30	268	55	64	+ 204
Skin Disease	31	266	41	258	+ 7
Drownings	32	258	42	231	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	245	5	5,841	- 5,597
Inflammatory/Heart	34	229	17	1,156	- 927
HIV/AIDS	35	229	34	471	- 243
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	201	43	206	- 5
Tuberculosis	37	188	60	45	+ 144
Asthma	38	172	40	301	- 129
Maternal Conditions	39	145	61	43	+ 101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	140	35	420	- 279
Epilepsy	41	122	46	108	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	42	110	27	691	- 581
Oral Cancer	43	106	23	876	- 771
Ovary Cancer	44	101	39	323	- 222
Skin Cancers	45	97	33	514	- 417
Drug Use	46	83	51	82	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	47	69	22	879	- 811
Uterin Cancer	48	64	31	602	- 538
Appendicitis	49	52	47	104	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	50	49	87	- 36
Meningitis	51	48	50	83	- 35
Bladder Cancer	52	46	26	734	- 688
Anemia	53	46	52	77	- 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	33	44	162	- 129
Poisonings	55	29	62	17	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	28	53	75	- 48
Fires	57	27	58	55	- 28
Encephalitis	58	17	66	6	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	59	16	38	326	- 310
Syphilis	60	15	69	1	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	61	11	57	55	- 44
Hepatitis B	62	8	56	59	- 51
Oral conditions	63	8	64	6	+ 1
Dengue	64	7	74	0	+ 7
Chagas disease	65	7	79	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	66	5	54	68	- 63
Pertussis	67	5	73	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	2	45	112	- 110
Ascariasis	69	1	70	1	+ 1
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	1	67	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	65	6	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	75	0	63	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	71	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Nicaragua

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.