CHILE VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,579	1	10,685	+ 26,894
Stroke	2	18,255	2	9,731	+ 8,523
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	14,576	6	3,920	+ 10,657
Lung Cancers	4	10,186	9	3,452	+ 6,734
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	9,942	5	4,000	+ 5,942
Lung Disease	6	9,348	4	4,062	+ 5,286
Hypertension	7	5,904	7	3,817	+ 2,088
Prostate Cancer	8	5,728	14	2,435	+ 3,293
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	5,034	11	3,022	+ 2,012
Falls	10	4,782	23	904	+ 3,878
Liver Disease	11	3,189	13	2,647	+ 541
Other Injuries	12	3,182	21	1,310	+ 1,871
Diabetes Mellitus	13	3,048	10	3,177	- 128
Kidney Disease	14	2,894	3	4,065	- 1,171
Breast Cancer	15	2,847	16	1,689	+ 1,159
Suicide	16	2,787	15	1,700	+ 1,087
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,968	31	709	+ 1,259
Lymphomas	18	1,854	18	1,394	+ 460
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,715	12	2,826	- 1,112
Stomach Cancer	20	1,686	8	3,631	- 1,944
Pancreas Cancer	21	1,540	17	1,567	- 27
Oesophagus Cancer	22	1,497	30	722	+ 775
Oral Cancer	23	1,492	40	307	+ 1,185
Liver Cancer	24	1,388	19	1,369	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	25	1,308	20	1,358	- 50
Bladder Cancer	26	1,250	32	641	+ 608
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,176	26	790	+ 386
Alcohol	28	1,149	47	207	+ 942
Cervical Cancer	29	1,133	27	780	+ 354
Leukemia	30	1,078	24	879	+ 199
Uterin Cancer	31	1,025	45	275	+ 750
Violence	32	993	29	744	+ 250
Skin Cancers	33	875	34	526	+ 349
HIV/AIDS	34	802	33	539	+ 263
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	714	46	223	+ 491
Endocrine Disorders	36	702	22	1,286	- 585
Congenital Anomalies	37	626	25	858	- 232
Osteoarthritis	38	555	51	131	+ 424
Ovary Cancer	39	550	35	514	+ 35
Asthma	40	513	42	295	+ 218
Skin Disease	41	440	28	763	- 324
Drownings	42	393	44	283	+ 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	351	39	334	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	275	52	104	+ 171
Hepatitis C	45	191	61	27	+ 164
Epilepsy	46	184	43	294	- 110
Appendicitis	47	177	59	37	+ 140
Low Birth Weight	48	167	36	437	- 270
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	147	48	187	- 39
Meningitis	50	141	53	95	+ 46
Drug Use	51	139	50	149	- 9
Anemia	52	131	49	180	- 48
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	128	56	73	+ 55
Schizophrenia	54	116	58	38	+ 78
Malnutrition	55	108	37	420	- 312
Hepatitis B	56	101	60	30	+ 71
Multiple Sclerosis	57	94	62	27	+ 68
Fires	58	94	41	295	- 202
Birth Trauma	59	83	54	87	- 5
Tuberculosis	60	76	38	410	- 334
Maternal Conditions	61	74	63	24	+ 50
Poisonings	62	29	57	68	- 39
Otitis Media	63	18	71	2	+ 17
Oral conditions	64	11	65	5	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	10	67	4	+ 5
Encephalitis	66	10	70	2	+ 8
Leprosy	67	3	76	0	+ 3
War	68	2	64	14	- 12
Syphilis	69	1	66	5	- 4
Ascariasis	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	69	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	1	77	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	0	68	3	- 3
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	79	- 79
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Cuba

Chile

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.