CUBA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,835	1	22,079	- 8,244
Stroke	2	13,257	2	10,725	+ 2,532
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	7,726	5	5,841	+ 1,884
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,361	3	8,564	- 1,203
Lung Cancers	5	4,734	4	5,985	- 1,251
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,716	9	2,958	+ 1,758
Lung Disease	7	4,605	6	5,492	- 888
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,869	13	1,791	+ 2,078
Kidney Disease	9	3,012	14	1,700	+ 1,312
Stomach Cancer	10	2,720	20	991	+ 1,730
Prostate Cancer	11	2,282	8	3,365	- 1,084
Breast Cancer	12	2,145	15	1,673	+ 473
Other Injuries	13	2,081	12	1,869	+ 212
Hypertension	14	2,020	7	3,469	- 1,449
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,793	21	905	+ 889
Lymphomas	16	1,727	18	1,089	+ 638
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,662	36	412	+ 1,249
Liver Cancer	18	1,365	24	815	+ 550
Suicide	19	1,259	16	1,638	- 379
Bladder Cancer	20	1,258	26	734	+ 523
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,224	27	691	+ 533
Liver Disease	22	1,209	11	1,873	- 664
Falls	23	1,109	10	2,810	- 1,700
Leukemia	24	1,091	30	633	+ 458
Oral Cancer	25	980	23	876	+ 104
Inflammatory/Heart	26	976	17	1,156	- 180
Road Traffic Accidents	27	900	19	1,007	- 107
Other Neoplasms	28	701	25	769	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	29	669	22	879	- 210
Skin Cancers	30	562	33	514	+ 48
Epilepsy	31	446	46	108	+ 338
Uterin Cancer	32	436	31	602	- 166
Ovary Cancer	33	427	39	323	+ 104
Cervical Cancer	34	353	29	666	- 312
HIV/AIDS	35	343	34	471	- 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	248	43	206	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	246	35	420	- 174
Tuberculosis	38	229	60	45	+ 184
Skin Disease	39	217	41	258	- 41
Congenital Anomalies	40	211	37	368	- 157
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	181	44	162	+ 20
Anemia	42	162	52	77	+ 85
Asthma	43	157	40	301	- 144
Drug Use	44	138	51	82	+ 56
Alcohol	45	119	28	675	- 556
Fires	46	116	58	55	+ 61
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	106	49	87	+ 20
Violence	48	104	32	584	- 480
Hepatitis C	49	93	45	112	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	89	53	75	+ 13
Drownings	51	85	42	231	- 145
Low Birth Weight	52	85	48	98	- 14
Malnutrition	53	84	55	64	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	54	60	57	55	+ 5
Schizophrenia	55	53	54	68	- 15
Meningitis	56	46	50	83	- 37
Poisonings	57	31	62	17	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	58	31	38	326	- 295
Hepatitis B	59	28	56	59	- 31
Birth Trauma	60	26	59	49	- 23
Appendicitis	61	22	47	104	- 82
Upper Respiratory	62	16	65	6	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	63	8	61	43	- 36
Syphilis	64	3	69	1	+ 3
Oral conditions	65	3	64	6	- 3
Otitis Media	66	3	63	11	- 8
Encephalitis	67	1	66	6	- 4
Leishmaniasis	68	1	83	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	67	2	- 1
Measles	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	71	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Portugal

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.