SWAZILAND VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	951	5	755	+ 196
Diabetes Mellitus	2	811	3	892	- 81
Stroke	3	541	4	800	- 259
Road Traffic Accidents	4	374	7	384	- 11
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	335	2	921	- 586
Kidney Disease	6	315	8	381	- 67
Lung Disease	7	288	12	264	+ 23
Lung Cancers	8	239	46	17	+ 223
Liver Cancer	9	212	37	29	+ 182
Liver Disease	10	184	11	274	- 89
Breast Cancer	11	145	35	37	+ 108
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	144	27	77	+ 68
Congenital Anomalies	13	121	19	160	- 39
Stomach Cancer	14	110	53	7	+ 103
Prostate Cancer	15	109	31	45	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	16	97	14	233	- 136
Asthma	17	83	20	150	- 66
Cervical Cancer	18	77	15	215	- 137
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	65	29	51	+ 14
Other Injuries	20	62	17	190	- 128
Hypertension	21	56	10	292	- 236
Lymphomas	22	55	36	31	+ 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	53	43	19	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	24	50	41	24	+ 26
Drownings	25	46	25	87	- 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	43	6	517	- 474
Suicide	27	43	9	338	- 294
Violence	28	39	16	212	- 173
Meningitis	29	38	23	97	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	30	36	56	6	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	31	32	28	74	- 42
Falls	32	30	32	41	- 11
Birth Trauma	33	29	18	166	- 137
Leukemia	34	27	47	16	+ 11
Dengue	35	27	72	0	+ 27
Fires	36	26	26	84	- 57
Malnutrition	37	25	22	106	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	38	25	24	94	- 69
Oral Cancer	39	24	51	10	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	23	39	26	- 3
Hepatitis B	41	22	57	6	+ 16
Skin Cancers	42	22	42	20	+ 2
Skin Disease	43	21	40	25	- 4
Ovary Cancer	44	19	52	10	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	45	18	21	116	- 97
Oesophagus Cancer	46	18	44	18	- 1
Uterin Cancer	47	16	50	11	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	48	14	55	6	+ 7
Poisonings	49	12	34	37	- 25
Pertussis	50	11	33	39	- 28
Tuberculosis	51	10	13	256	- 246
Alcohol	52	8	48	16	- 8
Epilepsy	53	8	30	46	- 38
Syphilis	54	8	45	17	- 10
Drug Use	55	5	38	27	- 22
Encephalitis	56	4	59	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	57	4	61	4	- 0
Appendicitis	58	3	54	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	58	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	63	1	- 1
War	62	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	64	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	64	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	4	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	1	2,314	- 2,314
Schistosomiasis	72	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Tonga

Swaziland

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.