COSTA RICA VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,399	1	2,639	+ 1,759
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,750	5	953	+ 2,797
Stroke	3	2,504	2	1,624	+ 880
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,729	9	746	+ 983
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,549	7	836	+ 713
Kidney Disease	6	1,456	3	1,482	- 26
Lung Disease	7	1,331	4	1,046	+ 285
Lung Cancers	8	1,108	20	343	+ 764
Liver Cancer	9	980	17	382	+ 598
Liver Disease	10	852	18	370	+ 483
Breast Cancer	11	672	16	384	+ 288
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	668	8	818	- 151
Congenital Anomalies	13	561	21	315	+ 245
Stomach Cancer	14	508	10	661	- 152
Prostate Cancer	15	506	14	448	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	16	450	28	178	+ 272
Asthma	17	386	45	60	+ 326
Cervical Cancer	18	358	29	159	+ 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	300	42	74	+ 226
Other Injuries	20	286	13	571	- 284
Hypertension	21	260	6	863	- 604
Lymphomas	22	253	19	356	- 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	246	12	621	- 375
Parkinson's Disease	24	231	30	138	+ 93
Drownings	25	214	37	97	+ 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	201	39	87	+ 114
Suicide	27	200	15	407	- 206
Violence	28	180	11	635	- 455
Meningitis	29	176	54	18	+ 158
Pancreas Cancer	30	168	22	294	- 125
Endocrine Disorders	31	147	27	183	- 37
Falls	32	140	35	116	+ 24
Birth Trauma	33	136	47	48	+ 88
Leukemia	34	126	24	262	- 135
Dengue	35	125	70	0	+ 125
Fires	36	122	58	10	+ 112
Malnutrition	37	115	48	37	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	38	114	26	191	- 77
Oral Cancer	39	109	38	96	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	107	49	32	+ 75
Hepatitis B	41	104	59	7	+ 97
Skin Cancers	42	100	31	137	- 36
Skin Disease	43	97	32	126	- 29
Ovary Cancer	44	86	40	80	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	45	85	55	17	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	46	81	44	61	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	47	74	41	80	- 6
Bladder Cancer	48	63	36	100	- 37
Poisonings	49	58	60	5	+ 52
Pertussis	50	52	69	0	+ 52
Tuberculosis	51	47	50	32	+ 16
Alcohol	52	39	33	126	- 87
Epilepsy	53	38	34	116	- 78
Syphilis	54	36	65	1	+ 35
Drug Use	55	21	43	63	- 42
Encephalitis	56	17	63	3	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	57	16	23	266	- 249
Appendicitis	58	13	52	22	- 9
Hepatitis C	59	11	64	1	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	46	55	- 49
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	57	11	- 7
War	62	1	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	3	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	67	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	71	0	25	192	- 192
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Tonga

Costa Rica

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.