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Cuba
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
CUBA VS GABON

Compare Cuba and Gabon health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Gabon
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Cuba Population Pyramid
5,919,989
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Gabon Population Pyramid
473,296
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Gabon GABON
  Cuba CUBA   Gabon GABON
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.6
65.9
64.2
39
46
43
  
38.3
41.5
39.9
150
143
148
1970
68.5
71.7
70.0
16
40
27
  
45.5
48.7
47.0
134
133
135
1980
72.2
75.5
73.8
9
26
15
  
53.5
56.7
55.1
126
123
126
1990
72.9
76.7
74.7
18
33
27
  
59.4
62.6
60.9
124
127
126
2000
74.9
78.9
76.9
21
32
26
  
59.5
60.7
60.1
130
136
133
2010
75.9
80.2
78.0
32
35
32
  
62.4
62.1
62.3
133
150
141
2019
75.4
80.3
77.8
46
48
46
  
63.6
69.7
66.5
143
134
138
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Gabon GABON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.4
80.3
46
48
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age
75.4
80.3
46
48
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age 5
75.8
80.6
47
50
66.6
72.5
153
137
Age 10
75.9
80.7
47
50
67.0
72.8
155
136
Age 15
76.0
80.8
47
50
67.4
73.1
155
137
Age 20
76.1
80.9
48
50
67.8
73.3
155
137
Age 25
76.3
81.0
49
50
68.3
73.6
156
137
Age 30
76.5
81.1
50
49
68.8
74.0
158
137
Age 35
76.8
81.2
50
50
69.3
74.5
159
137
Age 40
77.1
81.4
52
50
70.0
75.2
161
136
Age 45
77.5
81.7
54
51
70.8
76.0
163
133
Age 50
78.1
82.0
55
53
72.0
77.0
163
127
Age 55
78.8
82.5
57
53
73.4
78.1
164
122
Age 60
80.0
83.2
56
51
75.2
79.3
163
117
Age 65
81.4
84.1
53
50
77.3
80.7
165
114
Age 70
83.1
85.4
53
50
79.7
82.3
164
115
Age 75
85.3
87.0
52
48
82.6
84.4
162
120
Age 80
87.8
89.0
50
49
85.7
86.9
157
129
Age 85
90.6
91.3
45
39
89.2
90.0
154
138
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Gabon GABON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.65
113
107.54
94
2. Stroke
47.47
133
94.08
79
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
36.59
76
73.73
46
4. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
20.47
61
5. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
8.18
114
6. Lung Disease
24.23
81
23.69
84
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.90
28
20.55
40
8. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
13.28
131
9. Hypertension
15.63
107
44.80
19
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
3.54
174
11. Falls
11.48
14
7.99
51
12. Liver Disease
10.30
126
35.26
43
13. Suicide
10.19
69
13.11
40
14. Diabetes Mellitus
8.47
151
64.41
22
15. Other Injuries
8.43
81
9.28
73
16. Kidney Disease
8.34
148
37.95
27
17. Road Traffic Accidents
7.39
135
28.47
53
18. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
14.89
56
19. Inflammatory/Heart
6.07
66
8.92
37
20. Lymphomas
5.96
44
2.32
166
21. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
3.26
45
22. Violence
5.02
87
9.80
53
23. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
2.73
165
24. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
2.91
76
25. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
6.76
19
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
2.05
140
27. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
3.71
143
28. Other Neoplasms
3.94
23
0.54
83
29. Alcohol
3.85
27
1.49
84
30. Leukemia
3.76
82
1.42
162
31. HIV/AIDS
3.76
80
60.61
20
32. Congenital Anomalies
3.64
142
6.38
72
33. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
4.13
101
34. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
3.39
46
35. Parkinson's Disease
2.97
146
5.55
33
36. Endocrine Disorders
2.70
124
6.74
42
37. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
3.19
24
38. Drownings
2.02
115
1.96
117
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.94
112
3.48
76
40. Asthma
1.59
121
8.68
69
41. Low Birth Weight
1.31
160
8.92
45
42. Skin Disease
1.31
103
2.01
65
43. Osteoarthritis
1.20
1
0.00
97
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.04
134
21.09
57
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.93
125
1.78
78
46. Epilepsy
0.78
160
2.20
54
47. Birth Trauma
0.61
142
6.57
52
48. Hepatitis C
0.61
14
0.08
101
49. Meningitis
0.58
107
5.91
44
50. Appendicitis
0.56
57
0.47
68
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cuba CUBA   Gabon GABON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
22,079
22.03
1,019
7.70
2. Stroke
10,725
10.70
896
6.77
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,564
8.55
966
7.30
4. Lung Cancers
5,985
5.97
87
0.66
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,841
5.83
152
1.15
6. Lung Disease
5,492
5.48
215
1.62
7. Hypertension
3,469
3.46
412
3.11
8. Prostate Cancer
3,365
3.36
80
0.60
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,958
2.95
43
0.32
10. Falls
2,810
2.80
84
0.63
11. Liver Disease
1,873
1.87
416
3.14
12. Other Injuries
1,869
1.87
140
1.06
13. Diabetes Mellitus
1,791
1.79
643
4.86
14. Kidney Disease
1,700
1.70
384
2.90
15. Breast Cancer
1,673
1.67
92
0.70
16. Suicide
1,638
1.63
183
1.38
17. Inflammatory/Heart
1,156
1.15
101
0.76
18. Lymphomas
1,089
1.09
32
0.24
19. Road Traffic Accidents
1,007
1.00
518
3.91
20. Stomach Cancer
991
0.99
32
0.24
21. Pancreas Cancer
905
0.90
21
0.16
22. Oesophagus Cancer
879
0.88
35
0.26
23. Oral Cancer
876
0.87
69
0.52
24. Liver Cancer
815
0.81
53
0.40
25. Other Neoplasms
769
0.77
5
0.04
26. Bladder Cancer
734
0.73
35
0.26
27. Parkinson's Disease
691
0.69
47
0.36
28. Alcohol
675
0.67
19
0.14
29. Cervical Cancer
666
0.66
96
0.73
30. Leukemia
633
0.63
17
0.13
31. Uterin Cancer
602
0.60
19
0.14
32. Violence
584
0.58
184
1.39
33. Skin Cancers
514
0.51
34
0.26
34. HIV/AIDS
471
0.47
1,128
8.52
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
420
0.42
36
0.27
36. Endocrine Disorders
412
0.41
98
0.74
37. Congenital Anomalies
368
0.37
285
2.15
38. Osteoarthritis
326
0.33
0
0.00
39. Ovary Cancer
323
0.32
27
0.20
40. Asthma
301
0.30
90
0.68
41. Skin Disease
258
0.26
22
0.17
42. Drownings
231
0.23
42
0.32
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
206
0.21
318
2.40
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
162
0.16
20
0.15
45. Hepatitis C
112
0.11
1
0.01
46. Epilepsy
108
0.11
37
0.28
47. Appendicitis
104
0.10
7
0.05
48. Low Birth Weight
98
0.10
494
3.73
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
87
0.09
6
0.05
50. Meningitis
83
0.08
113
0.85
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Gabon GABON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
20.47
61
2. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
8.18
114
3. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
13.28
131
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
3.54
174
5. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
14.89
56
6. Lymphomas
5.96
44
2.32
166
7. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
3.26
45
8. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
2.73
165
9. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
2.91
76
10. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
6.76
19
11. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
2.05
140
12. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
3.71
143
13. Leukemia
3.76
82
1.42
162
14. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
4.13
101
15. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
3.39
46
16. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
3.19
24
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.