TONGA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		TONGA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	118	3	50	+ 68
Coronary Heart Disease	2	93	1	88	+ 5
Diabetes Mellitus	3	87	2	75	+ 12
Kidney Disease	4	50	6	29	+ 21
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	41	5	31	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	6	35	15	10	+ 25
Road Traffic Accidents	7	34	4	34	- 0
Lung Disease	8	33	7	27	+ 6
Hypertension	9	33	21	5	+ 28
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	30	12	13	+ 16
Violence	11	23	28	4	+ 20
Liver Disease	12	22	10	17	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	13	20	38	2	+ 17
Breast Cancer	14	16	11	13	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	15	14	14	10	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	13	23	5	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	17	13	31	3	+ 10
Lung Cancers	18	12	8	22	- 10
Low Birth Weight	19	11	16	9	+ 2
Skin Disease	20	10	43	2	+ 8
Other Injuries	21	9	20	6	+ 4
Suicide	22	9	27	4	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	23	9	24	5	+ 4
Lymphomas	24	8	22	5	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	25	7	18	7	+ 0
Falls	26	7	32	3	+ 4
Asthma	27	6	17	8	- 2
Drownings	28	6	25	4	+ 2
Alcohol	29	6	52	1	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	30	5	13	11	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	31	5	30	3	+ 2
Epilepsy	32	4	53	1	+ 4
Malnutrition	33	4	37	2	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	3	19	6	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	3	26	4	- 1
Leukemia	36	3	34	3	+ 0
Liver Cancer	37	3	9	20	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	2	40	2	+ 0
Fires	39	2	36	2	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	40	2	46	2	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	41	2	44	2	+ 0
Birth Trauma	42	2	33	3	- 1
Oral Cancer	43	2	39	2	- 0
Tuberculosis	44	2	51	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	45	1	47	1	- 0
Drug Use	46	1	55	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	1	45	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	48	1	57	0	+ 1
Meningitis	49	1	29	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	1	60	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	51	1	58	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	52	1	56	0	+ 0
Dengue	53	0	35	2	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	54	0	61	0	+ 0
Poisonings	55	0	49	1	- 1
Tetanus	56	0	63	0	+ 0
Syphilis	57	0	54	1	- 1
War	58	0	62	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	59	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	0	41	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	61	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	50	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	59	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	64	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	42	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	48	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TONGA

Saint Lucia

Tonga

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.