Table 2 Top 30 priorities of the Cuban health system in 2023

From: An update on Cuban biotech

Disease

Mortality (deaths per year)

Cardiovascular

32,872

Malignant tumors

25,191

Cerebrovascular

11,383

Influenza and pneumonia

10,317

Dementia and Alzheimer

5,659

Respiratory

4,233

Arterial

2,857

Diabetes mellitus

2,510

Cirrhosis

1,824

Glomerular and renal

1,278

Non-malignant tumor

1,075

Hernia

777

Parkinson

691

Digestive ulcer

619

Perinatal

429

Mental diseases from alcoholism

409

HIV

366

Arthrosis

308

Septicemia

300

Congenital malformations

282

Anemia

199

Intestinal infections

190

Pancreas

176

Connective tissue

134

Viral hepatitis

103

Bacterial meningoencephalitis

95

Leptospirosis

84

Prostatic hyperplasia

75

Undernourishment

40

Maternal death

39

  1. From https://salud.msp.gob.cu/wp-content/Anuario/Anuario-2022.pdf.