CUBA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,714	1	22,079	- 10,365
Stroke	2	5,039	2	10,725	- 5,686
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,696	19	1,007	+ 2,689
Kidney Disease	4	2,716	14	1,700	+ 1,016
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,840	3	8,564	- 6,724
Falls	6	1,602	10	2,810	- 1,207
Liver Disease	7	1,480	11	1,873	- 394
Other Injuries	8	1,202	12	1,869	- 668
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,167	13	1,791	- 624
Lung Disease	10	853	6	5,492	- 4,639
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	733	5	5,841	- 5,109
Congenital Anomalies	12	692	37	368	+ 325
Suicide	13	614	16	1,638	- 1,024
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	489	9	2,958	- 2,468
Endocrine Disorders	15	434	36	412	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	16	403	17	1,156	- 754
Asthma	17	350	40	301	+ 49
Low Birth Weight	18	297	48	98	+ 198
Leukemia	19	277	30	633	- 356
Breast Cancer	20	272	15	1,673	- 1,400
Liver Cancer	21	254	24	815	- 562
Hypertension	22	250	7	3,469	- 3,219
Fires	23	248	58	55	+ 193
Drownings	24	246	42	231	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	25	233	27	691	- 458
Lung Cancers	26	233	4	5,985	- 5,752
Tuberculosis	27	226	60	45	+ 181
Lymphomas	28	215	18	1,089	- 875
Epilepsy	29	208	46	108	+ 100
Violence	30	194	32	584	- 390
Pancreas Cancer	31	158	21	905	- 747
Skin Disease	32	155	41	258	- 103
Drug Use	33	147	51	82	+ 66
Oral Cancer	34	139	23	876	- 737
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	137	43	206	- 69
Stomach Cancer	36	117	20	991	- 874
Birth Trauma	37	103	59	49	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	38	97	31	602	- 505
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	84	44	162	- 78
Poisonings	40	84	62	17	+ 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	83	35	420	- 337
Ovary Cancer	42	74	39	323	- 249
Encephalitis	43	70	66	6	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	44	69	22	879	- 810
Meningitis	45	68	50	83	- 15
Bladder Cancer	46	64	26	734	- 670
HIV/AIDS	47	58	34	471	- 414
Maternal Conditions	48	52	61	43	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	49	47	29	666	- 619
Prostate Cancer	50	44	8	3,365	- 3,321
Alcohol	51	39	28	675	- 637
Malnutrition	52	24	55	64	- 40
Hepatitis B	53	17	56	59	- 42
Pertussis	54	17	73	0	+ 17
Skin Cancers	55	16	33	514	- 498
Multiple Sclerosis	56	15	57	55	- 41
Other Neoplasms	57	12	25	769	- 757
Appendicitis	58	10	47	104	- 94
Syphilis	59	10	69	1	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	60	7	81	0	+ 7
Tetanus	61	5	71	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	49	87	- 84
Dengue	63	3	74	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	45	112	- 110
War	65	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	70	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	73	0	67	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
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

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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.