TRINIDAD/TOB. VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,177	1	1,476	- 299
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,003	2	1,275	- 272
Stroke	3	670	3	822	- 152
Road Traffic Accidents	4	463	15	130	+ 332
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	414	10	205	+ 209
Kidney Disease	6	390	5	439	- 50
Lung Disease	7	356	16	129	+ 227
Lung Cancers	8	296	8	217	+ 79
Liver Cancer	9	262	28	66	+ 196
Liver Disease	10	228	14	136	+ 92
Breast Cancer	11	180	7	258	- 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	179	9	215	- 36
Congenital Anomalies	13	150	22	93	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	14	136	26	69	+ 67
Prostate Cancer	15	135	6	330	- 194
Low Birth Weight	16	120	23	83	+ 38
Asthma	17	103	35	40	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	18	96	21	97	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	80	31	52	+ 28
Other Injuries	20	77	30	61	+ 16
Hypertension	21	69	11	201	- 132
Lymphomas	22	68	20	111	- 44
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	66	13	196	- 130
Parkinson's Disease	24	62	32	51	+ 11
Drownings	25	57	39	31	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	54	45	18	+ 36
Suicide	27	54	17	121	- 67
Violence	28	48	4	549	- 501
Meningitis	29	47	52	9	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	30	45	19	114	- 69
Endocrine Disorders	31	39	18	119	- 80
Falls	32	37	33	43	- 6
Birth Trauma	33	36	40	25	+ 11
Leukemia	34	34	29	62	- 29
Dengue	35	33	55	5	+ 28
Fires	36	33	48	16	+ 16
Malnutrition	37	31	47	17	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	38	31	25	72	- 42
Oral Cancer	39	29	38	31	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	29	49	11	+ 18
Hepatitis B	41	28	60	0	+ 27
Skin Cancers	42	27	57	4	+ 23
Skin Disease	43	26	36	39	- 13
Ovary Cancer	44	23	24	80	- 57
Maternal Conditions	45	23	50	10	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	46	22	41	24	- 3
Uterin Cancer	47	20	27	68	- 48
Bladder Cancer	48	17	34	41	- 24
Poisonings	49	15	59	1	+ 14
Pertussis	50	14	67	0	+ 14
Tuberculosis	51	13	43	22	- 9
Alcohol	52	10	42	23	- 13
Epilepsy	53	10	37	32	- 22
Syphilis	54	10	61	0	+ 10
Drug Use	55	6	44	19	- 13
Encephalitis	56	5	54	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	57	4	51	10	- 6
Appendicitis	58	3	56	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	59	3	62	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	53	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	58	2	- 1
War	62	0	46	17	- 17
Tetanus	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	12	196	- 196
Schistosomiasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	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 TRINIDAD/TOB.

Tonga

Trinidad/Tob.

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.