NEW ZEALAND VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,312	1	5,095	- 784
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,676	8	769	+ 2,907
Stroke	3	2,455	3	2,378	+ 77
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,694	16	458	+ 1,236
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,518	7	920	+ 598
Kidney Disease	6	1,427	17	432	+ 995
Lung Disease	7	1,305	5	1,815	- 510
Lung Cancers	8	1,086	4	1,873	- 787
Liver Cancer	9	960	24	288	+ 672
Liver Disease	10	836	32	158	+ 678
Breast Cancer	11	659	10	737	- 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	654	2	3,032	- 2,377
Congenital Anomalies	13	550	30	176	+ 374
Stomach Cancer	14	498	22	323	+ 175
Prostate Cancer	15	496	9	739	- 243
Low Birth Weight	16	441	38	78	+ 363
Asthma	17	378	36	91	+ 288
Cervical Cancer	18	351	41	61	+ 291
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	294	39	70	+ 223
Other Injuries	20	281	28	218	+ 63
Hypertension	21	254	20	327	- 72
Lymphomas	22	248	13	608	- 361
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	241	6	1,495	- 1,254
Parkinson's Disease	24	227	19	353	- 126
Drownings	25	210	44	54	+ 156
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	197	37	81	+ 116
Suicide	27	196	15	528	- 332
Violence	28	176	42	57	+ 119
Meningitis	29	173	59	9	+ 164
Pancreas Cancer	30	165	14	543	- 378
Endocrine Disorders	31	144	21	325	- 181
Falls	32	137	11	627	- 490
Birth Trauma	33	133	54	15	+ 119
Leukemia	34	124	18	391	- 267
Dengue	35	122	75	0	+ 122
Fires	36	120	53	17	+ 103
Malnutrition	37	113	55	14	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	38	112	23	313	- 201
Oral Cancer	39	107	31	164	- 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	105	35	113	- 7
Hepatitis B	41	101	56	14	+ 88
Skin Cancers	42	98	12	612	- 513
Skin Disease	43	95	34	118	- 23
Ovary Cancer	44	84	29	207	- 122
Maternal Conditions	45	84	63	5	+ 79
Oesophagus Cancer	46	80	25	279	- 199
Uterin Cancer	47	72	33	145	- 72
Bladder Cancer	48	61	26	267	- 206
Poisonings	49	57	58	9	+ 47
Pertussis	50	51	65	1	+ 50
Tuberculosis	51	47	52	17	+ 29
Alcohol	52	38	45	51	- 13
Epilepsy	53	37	43	55	- 18
Syphilis	54	36	70	0	+ 35
Drug Use	55	21	40	69	- 48
Encephalitis	56	16	66	1	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	57	16	27	245	- 229
Appendicitis	58	13	62	6	+ 7
Hepatitis C	59	10	48	30	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	46	47	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	47	43	- 39
War	62	0	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	4	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	57	10	- 10
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Tonga

New Zealand

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.