Leading causes of death in Cuba 2022, by gender
years of potential life per 1,000 inhabitants were lost due to cancer in Cuba.
In 2022, approximately 15,660 women and 17,220 men died due to heart diseases in Cuba, making it the country's leading cause of death among both genders. Meanwhile, cancer caused the death of around 11,000 women and 14,000 men in the Caribbean nation. That, year, approximately 18.3