CUBA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,290	1	22,079	- 11,789
Stroke	2	4,630	2	10,725	- 6,095
War	3	4,406	68	1	+ 4,405
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,087	3	8,564	- 4,477
Low Birth Weight	5	3,006	48	98	+ 2,908
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,921	19	1,007	+ 1,913
Birth Trauma	7	2,027	59	49	+ 1,978
Hypertension	8	1,806	7	3,469	- 1,663
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,492	43	206	+ 1,285
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,464	37	368	+ 1,096
Lung Disease	11	1,090	6	5,492	- 4,402
Measles	12	1,030	76	0	+ 1,030
Liver Disease	13	986	11	1,873	- 887
Violence	14	969	32	584	+ 385
Kidney Disease	15	914	14	1,700	- 786
Other Injuries	16	759	12	1,869	- 1,110
Asthma	17	719	40	301	+ 417
Tuberculosis	18	648	60	45	+ 603
Diabetes Mellitus	19	612	13	1,791	- 1,179
Malaria	20	587	82	0	+ 587
Suicide	21	580	16	1,638	- 1,058
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	479	5	5,841	- 5,362
Pertussis	23	423	73	0	+ 423
Falls	24	399	10	2,810	- 2,411
Drownings	25	390	42	231	+ 159
Breast Cancer	26	387	15	1,673	- 1,286
Malnutrition	27	361	55	64	+ 298
Meningitis	28	347	50	83	+ 265
Fires	29	338	58	55	+ 283
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	311	9	2,958	- 2,646
Stomach Cancer	31	308	20	991	- 683
Maternal Conditions	32	304	61	43	+ 260
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	284	35	420	- 135
Leukemia	34	265	30	633	- 368
Oesophagus Cancer	35	261	22	879	- 618
Endocrine Disorders	36	252	36	412	- 161
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	241	44	162	+ 79
Drug Use	38	209	51	82	+ 127
Liver Cancer	39	208	24	815	- 608
Inflammatory/Heart	40	200	17	1,156	- 957
Lung Cancers	41	194	4	5,985	- 5,791
Oral Cancer	42	187	23	876	- 690
Epilepsy	43	184	46	108	+ 76
Poisonings	44	181	62	17	+ 164
Lymphomas	45	148	18	1,089	- 942
HIV/AIDS	46	135	34	471	- 336
Tetanus	47	135	71	1	+ 134
Encephalitis	48	126	66	6	+ 120
Parkinson's Disease	49	123	27	691	- 567
Hepatitis B	50	102	56	59	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	51	97	21	905	- 808
Ovary Cancer	52	64	39	323	- 259
Syphilis	53	60	69	1	+ 59
Appendicitis	54	55	47	104	- 49
Bladder Cancer	55	55	26	734	- 679
Schistosomiasis	56	42	81	0	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	57	41	29	666	- 625
Skin Cancers	58	34	33	514	- 480
Alcohol	59	27	28	675	- 649
Dengue	60	24	74	0	+ 24
Skin Disease	61	15	41	258	- 243
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	57	55	- 41
Prostate Cancer	63	13	8	3,365	- 3,352
Other Neoplasms	64	7	25	769	- 761
Ascariasis	65	6	70	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	5	49	87	- 82
Diphtheria	67	5	75	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	3	45	112	- 109
Uterin Cancer	69	2	31	602	- 600
Upper Respiratory	70	2	65	6	- 4
Leishmaniasis	71	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	74	0	67	2	- 2
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	81	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	68	- 68
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Yemen

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.