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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 MALTA

Compare Cuba and Malta 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.

Malta
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%
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Malta Population Pyramid
426,793
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   Malta MALTA
  Cuba CUBA   Malta MALTA
       
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
  
66.7
70.5
68.6
20
33
28
1970
68.5
71.7
70.0
16
40
27
  
68.1
72.2
70.1
19
36
26
1980
72.2
75.5
73.8
9
26
15
  
70.8
75.2
72.9
15
28
21
1990
72.9
76.7
74.7
18
33
27
  
73.3
77.8
75.5
15
24
19
2000
74.9
78.9
76.9
21
32
26
  
75.4
79.5
77.5
16
28
24
2010
75.9
80.2
78.0
32
35
32
  
78.1
82.3
80.3
16
25
20
2019
75.4
80.3
77.8
46
48
46
  
79.9
83.8
81.9
18
21
17
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Malta MALTA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.4
80.3
46
48
79.9
83.8
18
21
Age
75.4
80.3
46
48
79.9
83.8
18
21
Age 5
75.8
80.6
47
50
80.7
84.3
16
17
Age 10
75.9
80.7
47
50
80.7
84.3
16
17
Age 15
76.0
80.8
47
50
80.7
84.3
16
17
Age 20
76.1
80.9
48
50
80.8
84.4
16
17
Age 25
76.3
81.0
49
50
80.9
84.4
16
17
Age 30
76.5
81.1
50
49
81.1
84.5
16
19
Age 35
76.8
81.2
50
50
81.2
84.5
16
19
Age 40
77.1
81.4
52
50
81.4
84.7
14
19
Age 45
77.5
81.7
54
51
81.6
84.8
17
19
Age 50
78.1
82.0
55
53
81.9
85.0
18
19
Age 55
78.8
82.5
57
53
82.4
85.4
18
17
Age 60
80.0
83.2
56
51
83.0
85.9
19
18
Age 65
81.4
84.1
53
50
83.9
86.4
19
19
Age 70
83.1
85.4
53
50
85.0
87.1
22
24
Age 75
85.3
87.0
52
48
86.4
88.1
29
26
Age 80
87.8
89.0
50
49
88.2
89.4
34
31
Age 85
90.6
91.3
45
39
90.4
91.3
55
37
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Malta MALTA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.65
113
74.77
141
2. Stroke
47.47
133
24.12
159
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
36.59
76
16.33
130
4. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
10.72
130
5. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
20.43
52
6. Lung Disease
24.23
81
10.48
167
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.90
28
15.51
129
8. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
17.33
89
9. Hypertension
15.63
107
2.61
171
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
14.22
32
11. Falls
11.48
14
4.53
114
12. Liver Disease
10.30
126
2.67
177
13. Suicide
10.19
69
5.32
134
14. Diabetes Mellitus
8.47
151
14.47
130
15. Other Injuries
8.43
81
2.07
180
16. Kidney Disease
8.34
148
6.68
156
17. Road Traffic Accidents
7.39
135
3.44
166
18. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
1.33
181
19. Inflammatory/Heart
6.07
66
2.80
142
20. Lymphomas
5.96
44
5.27
75
21. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
3.63
33
22. Violence
5.02
87
0.86
159
23. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
4.75
119
24. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
1.97
112
25. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
2.86
87
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
9.46
5
27. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
3.63
147
28. Other Neoplasms
3.94
23
1.95
52
29. Alcohol
3.85
27
0.37
153
30. Leukemia
3.76
82
3.09
118
31. HIV/AIDS
3.76
80
0.70
120
32. Congenital Anomalies
3.64
142
5.04
113
33. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
7.38
12
34. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
2.98
55
35. Parkinson's Disease
2.97
146
3.80
110
36. Endocrine Disorders
2.70
124
2.64
126
37. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
1.50
118
38. Drownings
2.02
115
0.35
180
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.94
112
0.68
164
40. Asthma
1.59
121
0.73
144
41. Low Birth Weight
1.31
160
3.66
112
42. Skin Disease
1.31
103
1.73
81
43. Osteoarthritis
1.20
1
0.15
24
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.04
134
0.08
180
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.93
125
0.20
179
46. Epilepsy
0.78
160
0.48
178
47. Birth Trauma
0.61
142
0.92
127
48. Hepatitis C
0.61
14
0.18
62
49. Meningitis
0.58
107
0.30
139
50. Appendicitis
0.56
57
0.03
178
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cuba CUBA   Malta MALTA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
22,079
22.03
876
27.03
2. Stroke
10,725
10.70
291
8.98
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,564
8.55
213
6.57
4. Lung Cancers
5,985
5.97
197
6.08
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,841
5.83
207
6.39
6. Lung Disease
5,492
5.48
127
3.92
7. Hypertension
3,469
3.46
33
1.02
8. Prostate Cancer
3,365
3.36
53
1.64
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,958
2.95
147
4.54
10. Falls
2,810
2.80
52
1.60
11. Liver Disease
1,873
1.87
23
0.71
12. Other Injuries
1,869
1.87
16
0.49
13. Diabetes Mellitus
1,791
1.79
163
5.03
14. Kidney Disease
1,700
1.70
79
2.44
15. Breast Cancer
1,673
1.67
85
2.62
16. Suicide
1,638
1.63
27
0.83
17. Inflammatory/Heart
1,156
1.15
22
0.68
18. Lymphomas
1,089
1.09
53
1.64
19. Road Traffic Accidents
1,007
1.00
18
0.56
20. Stomach Cancer
991
0.99
50
1.54
21. Pancreas Cancer
905
0.90
90
2.78
22. Oesophagus Cancer
879
0.88
20
0.62
23. Oral Cancer
876
0.87
25
0.77
24. Liver Cancer
815
0.81
34
1.05
25. Other Neoplasms
769
0.77
22
0.68
26. Bladder Cancer
734
0.73
33
1.02
27. Parkinson's Disease
691
0.69
50
1.54
28. Alcohol
675
0.67
3
0.09
29. Cervical Cancer
666
0.66
4
0.12
30. Leukemia
633
0.63
28
0.86
31. Uterin Cancer
602
0.60
21
0.65
32. Violence
584
0.58
4
0.12
33. Skin Cancers
514
0.51
14
0.43
34. HIV/AIDS
471
0.47
4
0.12
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
420
0.42
7
0.22
36. Endocrine Disorders
412
0.41
19
0.59
37. Congenital Anomalies
368
0.37
17
0.52
38. Osteoarthritis
326
0.33
2
0.06
39. Ovary Cancer
323
0.32
34
1.05
40. Asthma
301
0.30
8
0.25
41. Skin Disease
258
0.26
23
0.71
42. Drownings
231
0.23
2
0.06
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
206
0.21
1
0.03
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
162
0.16
2
0.06
45. Hepatitis C
112
0.11
1
0.03
46. Epilepsy
108
0.11
3
0.09
47. Appendicitis
104
0.10
0
0.00
48. Low Birth Weight
98
0.10
11
0.34
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
87
0.09
2
0.06
50. Meningitis
83
0.08
1
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Malta MALTA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
10.72
130
2. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
20.43
52
3. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
17.33
89
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
14.22
32
5. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
1.33
181
6. Lymphomas
5.96
44
5.27
75
7. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
3.63
33
8. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
4.75
119
9. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
1.97
112
10. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
2.86
87
11. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
9.46
5
12. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
3.63
147
13. Leukemia
3.76
82
3.09
118
14. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
7.38
12
15. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
2.98
55
16. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
1.50
118
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.