AUSTRALIA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	53,896	1	21,548	+ 32,347
Stroke	2	26,181	3	10,331	+ 15,850
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	20,905	8	4,446	+ 16,459
Lung Cancers	4	14,609	4	8,769	+ 5,841
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	14,259	2	15,588	- 1,329
Lung Disease	6	13,407	5	8,487	+ 4,920
Hypertension	7	8,468	23	1,631	+ 6,836
Prostate Cancer	8	8,215	9	3,766	+ 4,448
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	7,220	6	6,209	+ 1,011
Falls	10	6,859	14	3,116	+ 3,743
Liver Disease	11	4,573	26	1,421	+ 3,152
Other Injuries	12	4,563	22	1,642	+ 2,921
Diabetes Mellitus	13	4,372	7	4,471	- 99
Kidney Disease	14	4,150	12	3,139	+ 1,011
Breast Cancer	15	4,083	10	3,405	+ 678
Suicide	16	3,998	11	3,150	+ 848
Inflammatory/Heart	17	2,823	24	1,571	+ 1,252
Lymphomas	18	2,659	15	3,039	- 379
Road Traffic Accidents	19	2,459	29	1,245	+ 1,214
Stomach Cancer	20	2,419	27	1,288	+ 1,131
Pancreas Cancer	21	2,208	13	3,118	- 909
Oesophagus Cancer	22	2,146	25	1,494	+ 653
Oral Cancer	23	2,139	32	972	+ 1,167
Liver Cancer	24	1,990	20	2,036	- 46
Other Neoplasms	25	1,876	28	1,252	+ 624
Bladder Cancer	26	1,792	30	1,187	+ 605
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,686	19	2,036	- 350
Alcohol	28	1,649	37	380	+ 1,269
Cervical Cancer	29	1,625	39	342	+ 1,283
Leukemia	30	1,546	18	2,126	- 580
Uterin Cancer	31	1,470	35	524	+ 946
Violence	32	1,425	44	243	+ 1,181
Skin Cancers	33	1,255	17	2,319	- 1,064
HIV/AIDS	34	1,151	57	50	+ 1,101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	1,025	42	276	+ 749
Endocrine Disorders	36	1,007	16	2,328	- 1,322
Congenital Anomalies	37	898	33	711	+ 187
Osteoarthritis	38	797	52	114	+ 682
Ovary Cancer	39	788	31	1,003	- 214
Asthma	40	735	36	455	+ 280
Skin Disease	41	630	34	594	+ 36
Drownings	42	563	47	177	+ 386
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	503	40	296	+ 208
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	395	38	379	+ 16
Hepatitis C	45	274	48	173	+ 101
Epilepsy	46	264	41	285	- 20
Appendicitis	47	254	62	26	+ 227
Low Birth Weight	48	240	43	248	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	211	45	229	- 18
Meningitis	50	202	60	37	+ 165
Drug Use	51	200	21	1,783	- 1,583
Anemia	52	188	49	157	+ 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	184	53	71	+ 113
Schizophrenia	54	166	54	64	+ 102
Malnutrition	55	155	51	117	+ 38
Hepatitis B	56	144	58	41	+ 103
Multiple Sclerosis	57	135	46	188	- 52
Fires	58	134	55	55	+ 80
Birth Trauma	59	119	50	140	- 21
Tuberculosis	60	109	56	53	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	61	106	63	20	+ 86
Poisonings	62	42	61	35	+ 7
Otitis Media	63	26	66	6	+ 20
Oral conditions	64	15	59	40	- 25
Upper Respiratory	65	14	64	17	- 3
Encephalitis	66	14	68	3	+ 11
Leprosy	67	4	76	0	+ 4
War	68	3	65	8	- 5
Syphilis	69	2	67	3	- 1
Ascariasis	70	2	75	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	70	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	1	84	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Cuba

Australia

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.