FIJI VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	795	2	1,481	- 686
Diabetes Mellitus	2	678	1	1,628	- 950
Stroke	3	453	3	583	- 130
Road Traffic Accidents	4	312	11	120	+ 192
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	280	5	228	+ 51
Kidney Disease	6	263	4	277	- 14
Lung Disease	7	241	9	141	+ 100
Lung Cancers	8	200	22	48	+ 152
Liver Cancer	9	177	18	68	+ 109
Liver Disease	10	154	15	82	+ 72
Breast Cancer	11	121	8	162	- 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	121	19	63	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	13	101	10	129	- 28
Stomach Cancer	14	92	37	23	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	15	91	25	41	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	16	81	14	86	- 5
Asthma	17	70	6	226	- 156
Cervical Cancer	18	65	13	86	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	54	29	34	+ 20
Other Injuries	20	52	17	77	- 25
Hypertension	21	47	7	170	- 123
Lymphomas	22	46	35	27	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	44	24	45	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	24	42	26	40	+ 1
Drownings	25	39	21	60	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	36	12	96	- 60
Suicide	27	36	16	80	- 44
Violence	28	33	40	19	+ 13
Meningitis	29	32	43	17	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	30	30	38	21	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	31	26	34	28	- 1
Falls	32	25	36	27	- 1
Birth Trauma	33	25	28	36	- 12
Leukemia	34	23	30	31	- 8
Dengue	35	23	55	3	+ 20
Fires	36	22	33	28	- 6
Malnutrition	37	21	45	14	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	38	21	23	45	- 25
Oral Cancer	39	20	46	13	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	19	20	62	- 43
Hepatitis B	41	19	59	1	+ 18
Skin Cancers	42	18	61	1	+ 18
Skin Disease	43	17	41	19	- 2
Ovary Cancer	44	16	32	29	- 13
Maternal Conditions	45	15	49	9	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	46	15	42	18	- 3
Uterin Cancer	47	13	39	20	- 7
Bladder Cancer	48	11	50	8	+ 3
Poisonings	49	10	56	2	+ 8
Pertussis	50	9	48	10	- 0
Tuberculosis	51	9	27	39	- 31
Alcohol	52	7	57	2	+ 5
Epilepsy	53	7	44	16	- 10
Syphilis	54	7	47	11	- 5
Drug Use	55	4	52	4	- 0
Encephalitis	56	3	51	7	- 4
Other Neoplasms	57	3	53	3	- 0
Appendicitis	58	2	54	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	62	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	60	1	- 0
War	62	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	63	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	31	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Tonga

Fiji

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.