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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

Compare Cuba and Somalia 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.

Somalia
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
10,162,395
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%
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Cuba CUBA   Somalia SOMALIA
       
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
 
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
68.5
71.7
70.0
16
40
27
 
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
72.2
75.5
73.8
9
26
15
 
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
72.9
76.7
74.7
18
33
27
 
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
74.9
78.9
76.9
21
32
26
 
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
75.9
80.2
78.0
32
35
32
 
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
75.4
80.3
77.8
46
48
46
 
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.4
80.3
46
48
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
75.8
80.6
47
50
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
75.9
80.7
47
50
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
76.0
80.8
47
50
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
76.1
80.9
48
50
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
76.3
81.0
49
50
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
76.5
81.1
50
49
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
76.8
81.2
50
50
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
77.1
81.4
52
50
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
77.5
81.7
54
51
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
78.1
82.0
55
53
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
78.8
82.5
57
53
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
80.0
83.2
56
51
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
81.4
84.1
53
50
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
83.1
85.4
53
50
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
85.3
87.0
52
48
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
87.8
89.0
50
49
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
90.6
91.3
45
39
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.65
113
129.66
67
2. Stroke
47.47
133
150.17
23
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
36.59
76
155.59
3
4. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
12.27
123
5. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
3.67
149
6. Lung Disease
24.23
81
44.55
22
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.90
28
18.02
82
8. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
33.65
7
9. Hypertension
15.63
107
50.05
15
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
8.09
101
11. Falls
11.48
14
7.93
52
12. Liver Disease
10.30
126
57.15
7
13. Suicide
10.19
69
14.66
29
14. Diabetes Mellitus
8.47
151
48.19
41
15. Other Injuries
8.43
81
31.38
1
16. Kidney Disease
8.34
148
31.84
49
17. Road Traffic Accidents
7.39
135
38.94
28
18. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
23.71
28
19. Inflammatory/Heart
6.07
66
5.86
70
20. Lymphomas
5.96
44
7.68
12
21. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
2.44
83
22. Violence
5.02
87
6.81
70
23. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
4.92
109
24. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
7.97
19
25. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
4.64
44
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
1.69
148
27. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
3.62
148
28. Other Neoplasms
3.94
23
0.20
162
29. Alcohol
3.85
27
2.22
54
30. Leukemia
3.76
82
6.38
1
31. HIV/AIDS
3.76
80
6.27
71
32. Congenital Anomalies
3.64
142
8.94
20
33. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
8.19
6
34. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
2.40
74
35. Parkinson's Disease
2.97
146
3.95
100
36. Endocrine Disorders
2.70
124
3.58
88
37. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
2.55
50
38. Drownings
2.02
115
6.47
16
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.94
112
8.06
22
40. Asthma
1.59
121
25.62
9
41. Low Birth Weight
1.31
160
11.34
25
42. Skin Disease
1.31
103
1.92
73
43. Osteoarthritis
1.20
1
0.00
159
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.04
134
128.81
3
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.93
125
5.27
20
46. Epilepsy
0.78
160
3.50
15
47. Birth Trauma
0.61
142
16.45
1
48. Hepatitis C
0.61
14
0.46
21
49. Meningitis
0.58
107
31.66
1
50. Appendicitis
0.56
57
1.71
5
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cuba CUBA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
22,079
22.03
7,233
4.57
2. Stroke
10,725
10.70
8,595
5.43
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,564
8.55
21,712
13.71
4. Lung Cancers
5,985
5.97
233
0.15
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,841
5.83
647
0.41
6. Lung Disease
5,492
5.48
2,442
1.54
7. Hypertension
3,469
3.46
2,643
1.67
8. Prostate Cancer
3,365
3.36
285
0.18
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,958
2.95
546
0.34
10. Falls
2,810
2.80
548
0.35
11. Liver Disease
1,873
1.87
3,917
2.47
12. Other Injuries
1,869
1.87
3,602
2.27
13. Diabetes Mellitus
1,791
1.79
2,888
1.82
14. Kidney Disease
1,700
1.70
2,051
1.29
15. Breast Cancer
1,673
1.67
1,232
0.78
16. Suicide
1,638
1.63
1,219
0.77
17. Inflammatory/Heart
1,156
1.15
521
0.33
18. Lymphomas
1,089
1.09
605
0.38
19. Road Traffic Accidents
1,007
1.00
4,231
2.67
20. Stomach Cancer
991
0.99
310
0.20
21. Pancreas Cancer
905
0.90
108
0.07
22. Oesophagus Cancer
879
0.88
516
0.33
23. Oral Cancer
876
0.87
328
0.21
24. Liver Cancer
815
0.81
256
0.16
25. Other Neoplasms
769
0.77
12
0.01
26. Bladder Cancer
734
0.73
149
0.09
27. Parkinson's Disease
691
0.69
184
0.12
28. Alcohol
675
0.67
151
0.10
29. Cervical Cancer
666
0.66
883
0.56
30. Leukemia
633
0.63
562
0.35
31. Uterin Cancer
602
0.60
78
0.05
32. Violence
584
0.58
828
0.52
33. Skin Cancers
514
0.51
164
0.10
34. HIV/AIDS
471
0.47
610
0.39
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
420
0.42
559
0.35
36. Endocrine Disorders
412
0.41
406
0.26
37. Congenital Anomalies
368
0.37
3,410
2.15
38. Osteoarthritis
326
0.33
0
0.00
39. Ovary Cancer
323
0.32
295
0.19
40. Asthma
301
0.30
1,878
1.19
41. Skin Disease
258
0.26
151
0.10
42. Drownings
231
0.23
1,272
0.80
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
206
0.21
15,363
9.70
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
162
0.16
446
0.28
45. Hepatitis C
112
0.11
34
0.02
46. Epilepsy
108
0.11
419
0.26
47. Appendicitis
104
0.10
188
0.12
48. Low Birth Weight
98
0.10
6,250
3.95
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
87
0.09
35
0.02
50. Meningitis
83
0.08
5,381
3.40
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
12.27
123
2. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
3.67
149
3. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
33.65
7
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
8.09
101
5. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
23.71
28
6. Lymphomas
5.96
44
7.68
12
7. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
2.44
83
8. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
4.92
109
9. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
7.97
19
10. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
4.64
44
11. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
1.69
148
12. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
3.62
148
13. Leukemia
3.76
82
6.38
1
14. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
8.19
6
15. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
2.40
74
16. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
2.55
50
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.