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Cuba
COUNTRY #1
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CUBA VS URUGUAY

Compare Cuba and Uruguay 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.

Uruguay
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
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Uruguay Population Pyramid
3,639,106
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Cuba CUBA   Uruguay URUGUAY
       
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
  
64.9
71.2
68.0
32
28
33
1970
68.5
71.7
70.0
16
40
27
  
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
1980
72.2
75.5
73.8
9
26
15
  
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
1990
72.9
76.7
74.7
18
33
27
  
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
2000
74.9
78.9
76.9
21
32
26
  
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
2010
75.9
80.2
78.0
32
35
32
  
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
2019
75.4
80.3
77.8
46
48
46
  
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Uruguay URUGUAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.4
80.3
46
48
73.5
80.6
63
44
Age
75.4
80.3
46
48
73.5
80.6
63
44
Age 5
75.8
80.6
47
50
74.0
81.1
68
47
Age 10
75.9
80.7
47
50
74.0
81.1
69
47
Age 15
76.0
80.8
47
50
74.1
81.1
70
47
Age 20
76.1
80.9
48
50
74.4
81.3
70
46
Age 25
76.3
81.0
49
50
74.9
81.4
70
46
Age 30
76.5
81.1
50
49
75.3
81.6
69
46
Age 35
76.8
81.2
50
50
75.7
81.8
68
46
Age 40
77.1
81.4
52
50
76.1
82.0
66
44
Age 45
77.5
81.7
54
51
76.6
82.3
67
44
Age 50
78.1
82.0
55
53
77.1
82.7
68
44
Age 55
78.8
82.5
57
53
77.9
83.2
72
43
Age 60
80.0
83.2
56
51
79.0
84.0
73
42
Age 65
81.4
84.1
53
50
80.4
84.9
71
41
Age 70
83.1
85.4
53
50
82.2
86.1
70
41
Age 75
85.3
87.0
52
48
84.5
87.7
70
38
Age 80
87.8
89.0
50
49
87.1
89.6
70
22
Age 85
90.6
91.3
45
39
90.1
92.1
73
11
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Uruguay URUGUAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.65
113
59.81
151
2. Stroke
47.47
133
38.74
139
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
36.59
76
17.00
126
4. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
26.87
37
5. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
27.49
20
6. Lung Disease
24.23
81
25.09
79
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.90
28
19.49
56
8. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
26.62
18
9. Hypertension
15.63
107
8.00
144
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
19.66
8
11. Falls
11.48
14
0.90
181
12. Liver Disease
10.30
126
4.17
168
13. Suicide
10.19
69
18.83
16
14. Diabetes Mellitus
8.47
151
11.96
136
15. Other Injuries
8.43
81
12.74
38
16. Kidney Disease
8.34
148
14.07
124
17. Road Traffic Accidents
7.39
135
13.84
106
18. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
7.07
104
19. Inflammatory/Heart
6.07
66
5.26
80
20. Lymphomas
5.96
44
7.95
9
21. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
3.22
46
22. Violence
5.02
87
8.60
60
23. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
8.46
58
24. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
4.86
37
25. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
3.06
82
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
11.08
1
27. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
2.67
174
28. Other Neoplasms
3.94
23
7.48
4
29. Alcohol
3.85
27
2.09
57
30. Leukemia
3.76
82
4.88
24
31. HIV/AIDS
3.76
80
5.35
74
32. Congenital Anomalies
3.64
142
5.33
104
33. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
5.40
54
34. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
4.18
22
35. Parkinson's Disease
2.97
146
3.89
103
36. Endocrine Disorders
2.70
124
7.33
31
37. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
2.34
59
38. Drownings
2.02
115
1.79
121
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.94
112
0.81
156
40. Asthma
1.59
121
2.01
116
41. Low Birth Weight
1.31
160
2.08
146
42. Skin Disease
1.31
103
1.49
96
43. Osteoarthritis
1.20
1
0.35
9
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.04
134
1.91
106
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.93
125
0.65
142
46. Epilepsy
0.78
160
1.83
79
47. Birth Trauma
0.61
142
0.62
141
48. Hepatitis C
0.61
14
0.08
102
49. Meningitis
0.58
107
0.23
152
50. Appendicitis
0.56
57
0.15
118
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cuba CUBA   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
22,079
22.03
4,265
15.23
2. Stroke
10,725
10.70
2,850
10.18
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,564
8.55
1,370
4.89
4. Lung Cancers
5,985
5.97
1,463
5.23
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,841
5.83
1,899
6.78
6. Lung Disease
5,492
5.48
1,706
6.09
7. Hypertension
3,469
3.46
648
2.31
8. Prostate Cancer
3,365
3.36
707
2.53
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,958
2.95
1,245
4.45
10. Falls
2,810
2.80
55
0.20
11. Liver Disease
1,873
1.87
206
0.74
12. Other Injuries
1,869
1.87
774
2.76
13. Diabetes Mellitus
1,791
1.79
747
2.67
14. Kidney Disease
1,700
1.70
1,040
3.71
15. Breast Cancer
1,673
1.67
848
3.03
16. Suicide
1,638
1.63
735
2.63
17. Inflammatory/Heart
1,156
1.15
314
1.12
18. Lymphomas
1,089
1.09
457
1.63
19. Road Traffic Accidents
1,007
1.00
512
1.83
20. Stomach Cancer
991
0.99
480
1.71
21. Pancreas Cancer
905
0.90
656
2.34
22. Oesophagus Cancer
879
0.88
286
1.02
23. Oral Cancer
876
0.87
167
0.60
24. Liver Cancer
815
0.81
147
0.53
25. Other Neoplasms
769
0.77
464
1.66
26. Bladder Cancer
734
0.73
276
0.99
27. Parkinson's Disease
691
0.69
320
1.14
28. Alcohol
675
0.67
104
0.37
29. Cervical Cancer
666
0.66
172
0.61
30. Leukemia
633
0.63
280
1.00
31. Uterin Cancer
602
0.60
115
0.41
32. Violence
584
0.58
295
1.05
33. Skin Cancers
514
0.51
149
0.53
34. HIV/AIDS
471
0.47
195
0.70
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
420
0.42
57
0.20
36. Endocrine Disorders
412
0.41
487
1.74
37. Congenital Anomalies
368
0.37
170
0.61
38. Osteoarthritis
326
0.33
32
0.11
39. Ovary Cancer
323
0.32
160
0.57
40. Asthma
301
0.30
127
0.45
41. Skin Disease
258
0.26
130
0.46
42. Drownings
231
0.23
65
0.23
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
206
0.21
134
0.48
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
162
0.16
39
0.14
45. Hepatitis C
112
0.11
3
0.01
46. Epilepsy
108
0.11
86
0.31
47. Appendicitis
104
0.10
9
0.03
48. Low Birth Weight
98
0.10
73
0.26
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
87
0.09
35
0.13
50. Meningitis
83
0.08
10
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
26.87
37
2. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
27.49
20
3. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
26.62
18
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
19.66
8
5. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
7.07
104
6. Lymphomas
5.96
44
7.95
9
7. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
3.22
46
8. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
8.46
58
9. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
4.86
37
10. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
3.06
82
11. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
11.08
1
12. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
2.67
174
13. Leukemia
3.76
82
4.88
24
14. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
5.40
54
15. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
4.18
22
16. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
2.34
59
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.