PARAGUAY VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,284	1	4,327	+ 1,957
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,358	3	2,361	+ 2,996
Stroke	3	3,578	2	3,007	+ 571
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,469	6	1,552	+ 918
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,212	4	1,661	+ 551
Kidney Disease	6	2,080	5	1,592	+ 488
Lung Disease	7	1,902	7	1,181	+ 721
Lung Cancers	8	1,583	10	738	+ 845
Liver Cancer	9	1,400	35	152	+ 1,247
Liver Disease	10	1,218	17	524	+ 694
Breast Cancer	11	960	20	481	+ 479
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	954	36	144	+ 810
Congenital Anomalies	13	801	11	662	+ 139
Stomach Cancer	14	726	24	355	+ 371
Prostate Cancer	15	723	15	546	+ 177
Low Birth Weight	16	643	12	644	- 2
Asthma	17	552	39	126	+ 425
Cervical Cancer	18	512	18	516	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	428	47	69	+ 359
Other Injuries	20	409	9	843	- 434
Hypertension	21	371	8	895	- 525
Lymphomas	22	361	29	245	+ 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	351	16	543	- 191
Parkinson's Disease	24	330	41	122	+ 209
Drownings	25	306	32	178	+ 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	287	31	192	+ 95
Suicide	27	286	22	425	- 139
Violence	28	257	13	566	- 308
Meningitis	29	252	53	52	+ 199
Pancreas Cancer	30	241	28	258	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	31	209	14	562	- 353
Falls	32	200	43	100	+ 100
Birth Trauma	33	194	30	213	- 19
Leukemia	34	181	27	272	- 92
Dengue	35	179	62	16	+ 162
Fires	36	175	50	63	+ 111
Malnutrition	37	164	25	330	- 166
Inflammatory/Heart	38	163	34	154	+ 9
Oral Cancer	39	156	38	134	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	153	55	43	+ 110
Hepatitis B	41	148	67	10	+ 138
Skin Cancers	42	143	40	125	+ 19
Skin Disease	43	138	37	144	- 6
Ovary Cancer	44	123	45	85	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	45	122	49	64	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	46	116	33	173	- 57
Uterin Cancer	47	105	54	45	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	48	89	51	57	+ 33
Poisonings	49	82	63	14	+ 69
Pertussis	50	74	59	30	+ 44
Tuberculosis	51	68	26	273	- 205
Alcohol	52	56	23	410	- 354
Epilepsy	53	54	44	98	- 45
Syphilis	54	52	42	119	- 67
Drug Use	55	30	56	38	- 7
Encephalitis	56	24	66	11	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	57	23	19	487	- 463
Appendicitis	58	19	57	37	- 19
Hepatitis C	59	15	72	3	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	48	66	- 57
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	68	8	- 3
War	62	1	71	3	- 2
Tetanus	63	1	64	12	- 12
Diphtheria	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	70	4	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	65	12	- 12
HIV/AIDS	71	0	21	448	- 448
Schistosomiasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	61	17	- 17
Malaria	74	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	60	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	69	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	46	82	- 82
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	30	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	52	- 52
Oral conditions	86	0	73	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Tonga

Paraguay

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.