NAMIBIA VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,342	5	1,221	+ 1,121
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,997	7	724	+ 1,272
Stroke	3	1,334	4	1,333	+ 1
Road Traffic Accidents	4	920	6	868	+ 52
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	825	2	1,464	- 640
Kidney Disease	6	775	15	322	+ 454
Lung Disease	7	709	10	461	+ 248
Lung Cancers	8	590	35	59	+ 531
Liver Cancer	9	522	41	45	+ 477
Liver Disease	10	454	14	336	+ 118
Breast Cancer	11	358	24	121	+ 237
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	355	21	176	+ 180
Congenital Anomalies	13	299	16	283	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	14	271	45	33	+ 238
Prostate Cancer	15	269	31	94	+ 175
Low Birth Weight	16	240	9	516	- 276
Asthma	17	206	20	200	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	18	191	23	133	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	159	32	76	+ 84
Other Injuries	20	152	19	207	- 54
Hypertension	21	138	12	428	- 290
Lymphomas	22	134	40	46	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	131	36	54	+ 77
Parkinson's Disease	24	123	42	43	+ 80
Drownings	25	114	26	110	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	107	8	645	- 538
Suicide	27	107	17	243	- 136
Violence	28	96	11	450	- 354
Meningitis	29	94	27	109	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	30	90	53	18	+ 72
Endocrine Disorders	31	78	33	73	+ 5
Falls	32	74	34	62	+ 12
Birth Trauma	33	72	13	345	- 272
Leukemia	34	67	49	24	+ 44
Dengue	35	67	74	0	+ 67
Fires	36	65	28	109	- 44
Malnutrition	37	61	18	224	- 162
Inflammatory/Heart	38	61	22	162	- 101
Oral Cancer	39	58	30	100	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	57	44	33	+ 24
Hepatitis B	41	55	63	4	+ 51
Skin Cancers	42	53	29	108	- 54
Skin Disease	43	52	47	31	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	44	46	50	23	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	45	45	25	110	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	46	43	52	21	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	47	39	56	11	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	48	33	54	16	+ 18
Poisonings	49	31	39	46	- 16
Pertussis	50	28	37	54	- 26
Tuberculosis	51	25	3	1,416	- 1,391
Alcohol	52	21	48	28	- 7
Epilepsy	53	20	38	49	- 29
Syphilis	54	19	43	35	- 15
Drug Use	55	11	46	32	- 20
Encephalitis	56	9	59	8	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	9	60	8	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	7	58	9	- 2
Hepatitis C	59	6	66	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	57	9	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	64	2	- 0
War	62	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	62	6	- 6
Diphtheria	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	65	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	6	- 6
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	1	2,928	- 2,928
Schistosomiasis	72	0	55	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Tonga

Namibia

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.