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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 Uganda 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.

Uganda
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
Uganda Population Pyramid
89,446,901
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Uganda UGANDA
  Cuba CUBA   Uganda UGANDA
       
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
 
42.7
45.9
44.2
122
121
122
1970
68.5
71.7
70.0
16
40
27
 
48.4
51.4
49.9
123
119
122
1980
72.2
75.5
73.8
9
26
15
 
48.6
51.6
50.1
146
144
144
1990
72.9
76.7
74.7
18
33
27
 
48.1
51.8
49.9
162
162
162
2000
74.9
78.9
76.9
21
32
26
 
45.1
48.0
46.6
176
176
176
2010
75.9
80.2
78.0
32
35
32
 
57.2
59.5
58.4
157
158
156
2019
75.4
80.3
77.8
46
48
46
 
63.2
70.1
66.7
148
133
136
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Uganda UGANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.4
80.3
46
48
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age
75.4
80.3
46
48
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age 5
75.8
80.6
47
50
66.5
73.0
155
133
Age 10
75.9
80.7
47
50
67.1
73.5
154
132
Age 15
76.0
80.8
47
50
67.4
73.8
154
131
Age 20
76.1
80.9
48
50
67.9
74.1
154
130
Age 25
76.3
81.0
49
50
68.3
74.4
154
129
Age 30
76.5
81.1
50
49
68.9
74.8
154
129
Age 35
76.8
81.2
50
50
69.5
75.4
154
126
Age 40
77.1
81.4
52
50
70.3
75.9
153
123
Age 45
77.5
81.7
54
51
71.3
76.6
154
123
Age 50
78.1
82.0
55
53
72.5
77.4
154
119
Age 55
78.8
82.5
57
53
74.0
78.3
153
116
Age 60
80.0
83.2
56
51
75.7
79.4
152
113
Age 65
81.4
84.1
53
50
77.7
80.8
154
109
Age 70
83.1
85.4
53
50
80.1
82.4
153
109
Age 75
85.3
87.0
52
48
82.8
84.6
151
105
Age 80
87.8
89.0
50
49
86.0
87.2
145
98
Age 85
90.6
91.3
45
39
89.5
90.4
131
86
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Uganda UGANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.65
113
82.33
131
2. Stroke
47.47
133
99.89
72
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
36.59
76
81.99
41
4. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
25.14
45
5. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
3.20
157
6. Lung Disease
24.23
81
28.73
59
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.90
28
19.36
60
8. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
11.12
150
9. Hypertension
15.63
107
30.73
43
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
7.45
112
11. Falls
11.48
14
7.78
59
12. Liver Disease
10.30
126
33.70
47
13. Suicide
10.19
69
10.45
65
14. Diabetes Mellitus
8.47
151
40.31
60
15. Other Injuries
8.43
81
10.15
64
16. Kidney Disease
8.34
148
24.60
77
17. Road Traffic Accidents
7.39
135
53.60
6
18. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
45.76
8
19. Inflammatory/Heart
6.07
66
4.44
95
20. Lymphomas
5.96
44
8.13
7
21. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
2.93
60
22. Violence
5.02
87
17.69
24
23. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
4.55
124
24. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
11.56
7
25. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
4.38
50
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
2.88
116
27. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
7.69
50
28. Other Neoplasms
3.94
23
0.31
136
29. Alcohol
3.85
27
1.67
74
30. Leukemia
3.76
82
2.67
137
31. HIV/AIDS
3.76
80
69.15
18
32. Congenital Anomalies
3.64
142
6.31
78
33. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
5.62
44
34. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
1.70
113
35. Parkinson's Disease
2.97
146
4.10
93
36. Endocrine Disorders
2.70
124
2.94
115
37. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
2.54
51
38. Drownings
2.02
115
2.33
95
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.94
112
4.66
63
40. Asthma
1.59
121
11.28
56
41. Low Birth Weight
1.31
160
7.36
61
42. Skin Disease
1.31
103
1.53
95
43. Osteoarthritis
1.20
1
0.00
174
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.04
134
46.00
40
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.93
125
1.93
72
46. Epilepsy
0.78
160
1.99
70
47. Birth Trauma
0.61
142
7.85
42
48. Hepatitis C
0.61
14
0.19
59
49. Meningitis
0.58
107
9.73
36
50. Appendicitis
0.56
57
0.82
31
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cuba CUBA   Uganda UGANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
22,079
22.03
8,784
4.23
2. Stroke
10,725
10.70
11,181
5.39
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,564
8.55
18,865
9.09
4. Lung Cancers
5,985
5.97
441
0.21
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,841
5.83
1,286
0.62
6. Lung Disease
5,492
5.48
3,051
1.47
7. Hypertension
3,469
3.46
3,120
1.50
8. Prostate Cancer
3,365
3.36
950
0.46
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,958
2.95
919
0.44
10. Falls
2,810
2.80
1,127
0.54
11. Liver Disease
1,873
1.87
5,122
2.47
12. Other Injuries
1,869
1.87
3,130
1.51
13. Diabetes Mellitus
1,791
1.79
4,794
2.31
14. Kidney Disease
1,700
1.70
3,168
1.53
15. Breast Cancer
1,673
1.67
1,128
0.54
16. Suicide
1,638
1.63
2,033
0.98
17. Inflammatory/Heart
1,156
1.15
859
0.41
18. Lymphomas
1,089
1.09
1,762
0.85
19. Road Traffic Accidents
1,007
1.00
13,012
6.27
20. Stomach Cancer
991
0.99
515
0.25
21. Pancreas Cancer
905
0.90
358
0.17
22. Oesophagus Cancer
879
0.88
1,674
0.81
23. Oral Cancer
876
0.87
731
0.35
24. Liver Cancer
815
0.81
1,522
0.73
25. Other Neoplasms
769
0.77
37
0.02
26. Bladder Cancer
734
0.73
181
0.09
27. Parkinson's Disease
691
0.69
351
0.17
28. Alcohol
675
0.67
256
0.12
29. Cervical Cancer
666
0.66
4,378
2.11
30. Leukemia
633
0.63
599
0.29
31. Uterin Cancer
602
0.60
234
0.11
32. Violence
584
0.58
6,175
2.98
33. Skin Cancers
514
0.51
349
0.17
34. HIV/AIDS
471
0.47
21,188
10.21
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
420
0.42
687
0.33
36. Endocrine Disorders
412
0.41
761
0.37
37. Congenital Anomalies
368
0.37
6,641
3.20
38. Osteoarthritis
326
0.33
0
0.00
39. Ovary Cancer
323
0.32
519
0.25
40. Asthma
301
0.30
1,745
0.84
41. Skin Disease
258
0.26
242
0.12
42. Drownings
231
0.23
1,238
0.60
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
206
0.21
12,103
5.83
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
162
0.16
348
0.17
45. Hepatitis C
112
0.11
30
0.01
46. Epilepsy
108
0.11
599
0.29
47. Appendicitis
104
0.10
211
0.10
48. Low Birth Weight
98
0.10
9,673
4.66
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
87
0.09
55
0.03
50. Meningitis
83
0.08
3,718
1.79
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cuba CUBA   Uganda UGANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
32.22
24
25.14
45
2. Lung Cancers
29.41
14
3.20
157
3. Breast Cancer
15.77
107
11.12
150
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.88
34
7.45
112
5. Cervical Cancer
7.15
102
45.76
8
6. Lymphomas
5.96
44
8.13
7
7. Uterin Cancer
5.57
12
2.93
60
8. Stomach Cancer
4.86
111
4.55
124
9. Oesophagus Cancer
4.50
40
11.56
7
10. Oral Cancer
4.45
46
4.38
50
11. Pancreas Cancer
4.44
78
2.88
116
12. Liver Cancer
4.02
130
7.69
50
13. Leukemia
3.76
82
2.67
137
14. Ovary Cancer
3.35
132
5.62
44
15. Bladder Cancer
3.33
48
1.70
113
16. Skin Cancers
2.28
63
2.54
51
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.