CUBA VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,648	1	22,079	- 17,431
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,972	13	1,791	+ 181
Stroke	3	1,096	2	10,725	- 9,629
Road Traffic Accidents	4	884	19	1,007	- 123
Liver Disease	5	870	11	1,873	- 1,004
Kidney Disease	6	770	14	1,700	- 931
Suicide	7	710	16	1,638	- 927
Falls	8	552	10	2,810	- 2,258
Other Injuries	9	493	12	1,869	- 1,376
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	463	3	8,564	- 8,101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	357	9	2,958	- 2,601
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	322	5	5,841	- 5,520
Lung Cancers	13	313	4	5,985	- 5,672
Congenital Anomalies	14	301	37	368	- 67
Lung Disease	15	294	6	5,492	- 5,198
Leukemia	16	246	30	633	- 388
Breast Cancer	17	226	15	1,673	- 1,446
Lymphomas	18	208	18	1,089	- 881
Drownings	19	194	42	231	- 37
Low Birth Weight	20	193	48	98	+ 94
Liver Cancer	21	191	24	815	- 624
Fires	22	183	58	55	+ 128
Stomach Cancer	23	180	20	991	- 811
Endocrine Disorders	24	168	36	412	- 244
Inflammatory/Heart	25	139	17	1,156	- 1,018
Parkinson's Disease	26	121	27	691	- 570
Bladder Cancer	27	116	26	734	- 618
Hypertension	28	113	7	3,469	- 3,356
Oral Cancer	29	108	23	876	- 769
Pancreas Cancer	30	107	21	905	- 798
Prostate Cancer	31	76	8	3,365	- 3,289
Ovary Cancer	32	74	39	323	- 249
Skin Disease	33	69	41	258	- 190
Violence	34	60	32	584	- 523
Epilepsy	35	58	46	108	- 51
Cervical Cancer	36	55	29	666	- 611
Oesophagus Cancer	37	54	22	879	- 825
Birth Trauma	38	54	59	49	+ 5
Drug Use	39	52	51	82	- 29
Asthma	40	44	40	301	- 257
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	43	43	206	- 164
Poisonings	42	38	62	17	+ 21
Skin Cancers	43	35	33	514	- 479
Tuberculosis	44	35	60	45	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	34	44	162	- 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	31	35	420	- 388
Meningitis	47	30	50	83	- 52
Alcohol	48	30	28	675	- 645
Uterin Cancer	49	27	31	602	- 575
Encephalitis	50	22	66	6	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	51	11	25	769	- 757
Maternal Conditions	52	11	61	43	- 33
Syphilis	53	10	69	1	+ 10
Pertussis	54	10	73	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	55	8	57	55	- 47
Hepatitis B	56	8	56	59	- 51
Appendicitis	57	5	47	104	- 99
Malnutrition	58	4	55	64	- 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	49	87	- 85
Tetanus	60	1	71	1	+ 1
War	61	1	68	1	- 0
Dengue	62	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	45	112	- 112
Ascariasis	64	0	70	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	65	6	- 5
Diphtheria	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	70	0	67	2	- 2
HIV/AIDS	71	0	34	471	- 471
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	81	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	68	- 68
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

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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.