URUGUAY VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,861	1	4,265	- 1,403
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,440	11	747	+ 1,692
Stroke	3	1,629	2	2,850	- 1,221
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,124	16	512	+ 613
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,007	6	1,370	- 363
Kidney Disease	6	947	8	1,040	- 93
Lung Disease	7	866	4	1,706	- 840
Lung Cancers	8	721	5	1,463	- 742
Liver Cancer	9	637	34	147	+ 490
Liver Disease	10	555	27	206	+ 349
Breast Cancer	11	437	9	848	- 411
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	434	3	1,899	- 1,464
Congenital Anomalies	13	365	30	170	+ 195
Stomach Cancer	14	331	18	480	- 150
Prostate Cancer	15	329	13	707	- 378
Low Birth Weight	16	293	42	73	+ 219
Asthma	17	251	37	127	+ 124
Cervical Cancer	18	233	29	172	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	195	46	57	+ 138
Other Injuries	20	186	10	774	- 588
Hypertension	21	169	15	648	- 479
Lymphomas	22	164	20	457	- 293
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	160	7	1,245	- 1,085
Parkinson's Disease	24	150	21	320	- 170
Drownings	25	139	45	65	+ 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	131	35	134	- 3
Suicide	27	130	12	735	- 605
Violence	28	117	23	295	- 178
Meningitis	29	115	58	10	+ 104
Pancreas Cancer	30	110	14	656	- 546
Endocrine Disorders	31	95	17	487	- 392
Falls	32	91	47	55	+ 36
Birth Trauma	33	88	53	22	+ 66
Leukemia	34	82	25	280	- 198
Dengue	35	81	83	0	+ 81
Fires	36	80	48	54	+ 25
Malnutrition	37	75	43	73	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	38	74	22	314	- 240
Oral Cancer	39	71	31	167	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	70	50	39	+ 31
Hepatitis B	41	67	63	4	+ 63
Skin Cancers	42	65	33	149	- 84
Skin Disease	43	63	36	130	- 67
Ovary Cancer	44	56	32	160	- 104
Maternal Conditions	45	55	60	9	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	46	53	24	286	- 233
Uterin Cancer	47	48	38	115	- 67
Bladder Cancer	48	41	26	276	- 235
Poisonings	49	38	55	17	+ 21
Pertussis	50	34	72	0	+ 34
Tuberculosis	51	31	41	81	- 50
Alcohol	52	25	39	104	- 79
Epilepsy	53	25	40	86	- 61
Syphilis	54	24	66	3	+ 21
Drug Use	55	14	49	41	- 27
Encephalitis	56	11	64	4	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	57	11	19	464	- 453
Appendicitis	58	8	59	9	- 1
Hepatitis C	59	7	65	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	51	35	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	56	13	- 10
War	62	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	5	- 5
Ascariasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	28	195	- 195
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Tonga

Uruguay

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.