ZIMBABWE VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,327	3	8,493	+ 5,834
Diabetes Mellitus	2	12,214	9	3,344	+ 8,871
Stroke	3	8,157	5	5,126	+ 3,031
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,630	4	6,037	- 407
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,044	2	10,779	- 5,735
Kidney Disease	6	4,742	12	2,214	+ 2,528
Lung Disease	7	4,336	23	1,163	+ 3,172
Lung Cancers	8	3,608	43	286	+ 3,323
Liver Cancer	9	3,191	38	510	+ 2,681
Liver Disease	10	2,777	17	1,941	+ 835
Breast Cancer	11	2,188	28	839	+ 1,349
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	2,175	31	768	+ 1,407
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,826	11	2,217	- 391
Stomach Cancer	14	1,655	33	559	+ 1,096
Prostate Cancer	15	1,648	32	628	+ 1,020
Low Birth Weight	16	1,466	7	4,038	- 2,572
Asthma	17	1,258	21	1,531	- 273
Cervical Cancer	18	1,168	14	2,023	- 855
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	976	35	548	+ 428
Other Injuries	20	932	20	1,656	- 723
Hypertension	21	845	24	1,146	- 300
Lymphomas	22	823	26	960	- 137
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	801	40	505	+ 296
Parkinson's Disease	24	753	46	226	+ 527
Drownings	25	698	27	956	- 258
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	655	6	4,595	- 3,939
Suicide	27	653	13	2,069	- 1,416
Violence	28	586	18	1,916	- 1,330
Meningitis	29	574	22	1,325	- 751
Pancreas Cancer	30	549	47	217	+ 332
Endocrine Disorders	31	477	34	553	- 76
Falls	32	456	41	465	- 9
Birth Trauma	33	442	8	3,405	- 2,963
Leukemia	34	412	45	244	+ 168
Dengue	35	407	73	0	+ 407
Fires	36	398	30	793	- 394
Malnutrition	37	374	10	2,396	- 2,022
Inflammatory/Heart	38	372	25	1,047	- 675
Oral Cancer	39	355	49	208	+ 148
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	350	36	542	- 192
Hepatitis B	41	337	60	57	+ 280
Skin Cancers	42	327	44	264	+ 63
Skin Disease	43	315	52	173	+ 142
Ovary Cancer	44	281	51	173	+ 107
Maternal Conditions	45	278	19	1,749	- 1,471
Oesophagus Cancer	46	265	29	801	- 536
Uterin Cancer	47	241	50	182	+ 59
Bladder Cancer	48	204	54	125	+ 79
Poisonings	49	188	37	515	- 327
Pertussis	50	170	42	419	- 249
Tuberculosis	51	155	16	1,999	- 1,845
Alcohol	52	127	61	48	+ 79
Epilepsy	53	123	39	508	- 385
Syphilis	54	118	55	124	- 6
Drug Use	55	69	48	213	- 143
Encephalitis	56	55	56	117	- 63
Other Neoplasms	57	53	62	37	+ 16
Appendicitis	58	43	58	66	- 24
Hepatitis C	59	35	66	14	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	19	64	26	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	13	67	14	- 1
War	62	2	65	26	- 24
Tetanus	63	2	57	102	- 100
Diphtheria	64	1	72	2	- 1
Measles	65	1	63	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	66	1	59	65	- 64
Ascariasis	67	1	70	2	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	69	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	1	19,988	- 19,988
Schistosomiasis	72	0	53	172	- 172
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	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 ZIMBABWE

Tonga

Zimbabwe

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.