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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 Viet Nam 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.

Viet Nam
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%
Viet Nam Population Pyramid
109,605,010
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   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Cuba CUBA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
       
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
 
42.6
46.3
44.4
123
119
120
1970
68.5
71.7
70.0
16
40
27
 
46.9
51.9
49.4
129
118
123
1980
72.2
75.5
73.8
9
26
15
 
55.5
59.9
57.7
119
114
116
1990
72.9
76.7
74.7
18
33
27
 
64.1
67.7
65.9
95
108
103
2000
74.9
78.9
76.9
21
32
26
 
68.5
78.2
73.4
76
35
46
2010
75.9
80.2
78.0
32
35
32
 
70.3
80.1
75.2
81
36
51
2019
75.4
80.3
77.8
46
48
46
 
69.6
78.1
73.7
106
73
92
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.4
80.3
46
48
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age
75.4
80.3
46
48
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age 5
75.8
80.6
47
50
71.2
79.4
103
69
Age 10
75.9
80.7
47
50
71.3
79.4
107
69
Age 15
76.0
80.8
47
50
71.4
79.5
108
69
Age 20
76.1
80.9
48
50
71.7
79.6
108
69
Age 25
76.3
81.0
49
50
72.0
79.7
108
69
Age 30
76.5
81.1
50
49
72.4
79.9
109
69
Age 35
76.8
81.2
50
50
72.7
80.0
110
69
Age 40
77.1
81.4
52
50
73.1
80.2
112
69
Age 45
77.5
81.7
54
51
73.7
80.5
114
70
Age 50
78.1
82.0
55
53
74.5
80.9
115
71
Age 55
78.8
82.5
57
53
75.5
81.4
116
74
Age 60
80.0
83.2
56
51
76.9
82.0
117
73
Age 65
81.4
84.1
53
50
78.6
82.9
121
76
Age 70
83.1
85.4
53
50
80.7
84.1
125
79
Age 75
85.3
87.0
52
48
83.2
85.7
130
80
Age 80
87.8
89.0
50
49
86.1
87.8
129
87
Age 85
90.6
91.3
45
39
89.4
90.4
132
83
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.65
113
86.67
125
2. Stroke
47.47
133
155.75
20
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
36.59
76
25.84
97
4. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
4.61
166
5. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
21.48
46
6. Lung Disease
24.23
81
34.16
39
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.90
28
23.72
20
8. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
11.36
148
9. Hypertension
15.63
107
18.94
88
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
8.23
98
11. Falls
11.48
14
13.80
10
12. Liver Disease
10.30
126
23.34
81
13. Suicide
10.19
69
7.22
112
14. Diabetes Mellitus
8.47
151
33.78
78
15. Other Injuries
8.43
81
5.34
126
16. Kidney Disease
8.34
148
24.12
83
17. Road Traffic Accidents
7.39
135
29.81
50
18. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
4.34
134
19. Inflammatory/Heart
6.07
66
4.93
88
20. Lymphomas
5.96
44
2.94
151
21. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
2.12
103
22. Violence
5.02
87
1.81
136
23. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
15.13
9
24. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
2.23
97
25. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
7.03
18
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
0.92
167
27. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
24.37
7
28. Other Neoplasms
3.94
23
0.33
127
29. Alcohol
3.85
27
0.82
127
30. Leukemia
3.76
82
4.93
22
31. HIV/AIDS
3.76
80
4.72
77
32. Congenital Anomalies
3.64
142
6.59
63
33. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
1.62
178
34. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
0.90
160
35. Parkinson's Disease
2.97
146
5.18
44
36. Endocrine Disorders
2.70
124
2.08
149
37. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
0.46
165
38. Drownings
2.02
115
5.36
24
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.94
112
0.86
155
40. Asthma
1.59
121
7.89
73
41. Low Birth Weight
1.31
160
5.69
84
42. Skin Disease
1.31
103
1.34
102
43. Osteoarthritis
1.20
1
0.00
180
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.04
134
4.47
82
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.93
125
1.57
89
46. Epilepsy
0.78
160
0.58
171
47. Birth Trauma
0.61
142
1.86
94
48. Hepatitis C
0.61
14
0.08
103
49. Meningitis
0.58
107
0.64
102
50. Appendicitis
0.56
57
0.20
107
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cuba CUBA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
22,079
22.03
91,939
13.41
2. Stroke
10,725
10.70
159,032
23.20
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,564
8.55
27,836
4.06
4. Lung Cancers
5,985
5.97
21,294
3.11
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,841
5.83
29,307
4.27
6. Lung Disease
5,492
5.48
35,875
5.23
7. Hypertension
3,469
3.46
19,880
2.90
8. Prostate Cancer
3,365
3.36
1,911
0.28
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,958
2.95
8,258
1.20
10. Falls
2,810
2.80
15,427
2.25
11. Liver Disease
1,873
1.87
23,900
3.49
12. Other Injuries
1,869
1.87
5,539
0.81
13. Diabetes Mellitus
1,791
1.79
33,860
4.94
14. Kidney Disease
1,700
1.70
25,251
3.68
15. Breast Cancer
1,673
1.67
6,187
0.90
16. Suicide
1,638
1.63
7,249
1.06
17. Inflammatory/Heart
1,156
1.15
5,357
0.78
18. Lymphomas
1,089
1.09
2,964
0.43
19. Road Traffic Accidents
1,007
1.00
29,475
4.30
20. Stomach Cancer
991
0.99
15,134
2.21
21. Pancreas Cancer
905
0.90
929
0.14
22. Oesophagus Cancer
879
0.88
2,265
0.33
23. Oral Cancer
876
0.87
7,088
1.03
24. Liver Cancer
815
0.81
24,995
3.65
25. Other Neoplasms
769
0.77
325
0.05
26. Bladder Cancer
734
0.73
896
0.13
27. Parkinson's Disease
691
0.69
5,338
0.78
28. Alcohol
675
0.67
867
0.13
29. Cervical Cancer
666
0.66
2,391
0.35
30. Leukemia
633
0.63
4,899
0.71
31. Uterin Cancer
602
0.60
1,159
0.17
32. Violence
584
0.58
1,785
0.26
33. Skin Cancers
514
0.51
467
0.07
34. HIV/AIDS
471
0.47
4,993
0.73
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
420
0.42
957
0.14
36. Endocrine Disorders
412
0.41
2,082
0.30
37. Congenital Anomalies
368
0.37
7,064
1.03
38. Osteoarthritis
326
0.33
0
0.00
39. Ovary Cancer
323
0.32
864
0.13
40. Asthma
301
0.30
8,150
1.19
41. Skin Disease
258
0.26
1,515
0.22
42. Drownings
231
0.23
5,097
0.74
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
206
0.21
4,390
0.64
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
162
0.16
1,708
0.25
45. Hepatitis C
112
0.11
78
0.01
46. Epilepsy
108
0.11
583
0.09
47. Appendicitis
104
0.10
201
0.03
48. Low Birth Weight
98
0.10
7,132
1.04
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
87
0.09
224
0.03
50. Meningitis
83
0.08
624
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
4.61
166
2. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
21.48
46
3. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
11.36
148
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
8.23
98
5. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
4.34
134
6. Lymphomas
5.96
44
2.94
151
7. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
2.12
103
8. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
15.13
9
9. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
2.23
97
10. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
7.03
18
11. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
0.92
167
12. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
24.37
7
13. Leukemia
3.76
82
4.93
22
14. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
1.62
178
15. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
0.90
160
16. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
0.46
165
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.