CUBA VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,820	1	22,079	+ 21,741
Stroke	2	25,480	2	10,725	+ 14,755
Lung Cancers	3	4,233	4	5,985	- 1,752
Inflammatory/Heart	4	4,210	17	1,156	+ 3,053
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,778	5	5,841	- 2,063
Liver Disease	6	3,540	11	1,873	+ 1,667
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,320	9	2,958	+ 362
Suicide	8	2,852	16	1,638	+ 1,214
Lung Disease	9	2,850	6	5,492	- 2,642
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,523	3	8,564	- 6,041
Stomach Cancer	11	2,288	20	991	+ 1,298
Alcohol	12	2,179	28	675	+ 1,504
Breast Cancer	13	1,810	15	1,673	+ 137
Other Injuries	14	1,753	12	1,869	- 116
HIV/AIDS	15	1,656	34	471	+ 1,184
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,579	21	905	+ 675
Hypertension	17	1,429	7	3,469	- 2,040
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,429	13	1,791	- 362
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,363	19	1,007	+ 356
Prostate Cancer	20	1,099	8	3,365	- 2,267
Falls	21	911	10	2,810	- 1,898
Kidney Disease	22	902	14	1,700	- 798
Violence	23	892	32	584	+ 308
Liver Cancer	24	869	24	815	+ 54
Oral Cancer	25	847	23	876	- 29
Parkinson's Disease	26	730	27	691	+ 39
Drug Use	27	710	51	82	+ 628
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	696	35	420	+ 276
Lymphomas	29	695	18	1,089	- 395
Tuberculosis	30	656	60	45	+ 611
Leukemia	31	641	30	633	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	32	633	39	323	+ 310
Oesophagus Cancer	33	579	22	879	- 301
Cervical Cancer	34	578	29	666	- 88
Uterin Cancer	35	535	31	602	- 67
Drownings	36	516	42	231	+ 285
Fires	37	497	58	55	+ 442
Bladder Cancer	38	491	26	734	- 243
Skin Cancers	39	437	33	514	- 77
Poisonings	40	433	62	17	+ 416
Congenital Anomalies	41	327	37	368	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	216	44	162	+ 54
Skin Disease	43	213	41	258	- 45
Low Birth Weight	44	168	48	98	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	45	156	36	412	- 256
Asthma	46	137	40	301	- 164
Encephalitis	47	84	66	6	+ 78
Meningitis	48	81	50	83	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	49	64	57	55	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	58	49	87	- 28
Other Neoplasms	51	57	25	769	- 712
Epilepsy	52	56	46	108	- 52
Birth Trauma	53	56	59	49	+ 7
Appendicitis	54	32	47	104	- 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	31	43	206	- 175
Maternal Conditions	56	21	61	43	- 23
Malnutrition	57	19	55	64	- 45
Upper Respiratory	58	12	65	6	+ 7
War	59	10	68	1	+ 8
Hepatitis B	60	3	56	59	- 56
Chlamydia	61	2	84	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	1	69	1	+ 1
Tetanus	63	0	71	1	- 0
Otitis Media	64	0	63	11	- 11
Pertussis	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	45	112	- 112
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	70	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	68	- 68
Osteoarthritis	84	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	75	- 75
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Russia

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.