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Tonga
COUNTRY #1
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TONGA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Tonga and North Korea health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

North Korea
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Tonga Population Pyramid
134,173
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tonga TONGA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Tonga TONGA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
61.2
61.9
61.5
49
62
58
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
64.3
65.8
65.0
50
65
60
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
66.5
68.9
67.7
45
75
65
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
68.6
71.1
69.8
49
84
68
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
69.6
73.7
71.6
62
82
71
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
70.1
75.7
72.8
86
87
89
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
69.8
75.6
72.6
102
99
107
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tonga TONGA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.8
75.6
102
99
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
69.8
75.6
102
99
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
70.9
77.0
110
97
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
71.0
77.1
111
96
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
71.0
77.2
112
96
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
71.3
77.3
112
96
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
71.6
77.5
113
96
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
72.0
77.7
114
96
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
72.4
77.9
115
96
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
72.9
78.3
116
96
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
73.5
78.7
118
96
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
74.4
79.3
117
95
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
75.6
80.1
115
95
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
77.0
81.2
114
92
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
78.8
82.5
112
86
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
80.9
84.1
117
80
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
83.5
85.9
114
72
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.4
88.2
111
67
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.7
90.8
109
64
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tonga TONGA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
113.75
89
105.37
99
2. Diabetes Mellitus
96.55
11
11.82
137
3. Stroke
65.01
112
162.14
15
4. Road Traffic Accidents
38.39
30
22.21
64
5. Kidney Disease
37.08
30
12.98
129
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
36.89
75
22.75
104
7. Lung Disease
34.88
37
87.71
5
8. Breast Cancer
31.91
8
7.80
177
9. Prostate Cancer
29.66
29
2.38
178
10. Lung Cancers
28.48
17
37.70
4
11. Liver Cancer
24.58
6
16.66
12
12. Liver Disease
21.17
85
14.33
111
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.97
84
16.26
122
14. Cervical Cancer
17.10
47
4.11
136
15. Stomach Cancer
13.05
18
11.99
21
16. Asthma
10.03
64
4.81
90
17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.75
25
5.64
51
18. Congenital Anomalies
7.39
43
3.79
139
19. Hypertension
6.71
150
18.24
92
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.32
131
10.37
70
21. Lymphomas
6.27
34
1.84
175
22. Other Injuries
6.26
115
5.48
125
23. Parkinson's Disease
6.10
21
3.78
113
24. Low Birth Weight
4.96
88
4.39
98
25. Drownings
4.44
36
4.46
35
26. Suicide
4.37
150
8.20
95
27. Pancreas Cancer
4.31
79
4.85
68
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.19
84
1.70
109
29. Ovary Cancer
4.10
103
2.96
147
30. Violence
3.99
100
3.97
101
31. Meningitis
3.56
49
0.81
89
32. Endocrine Disorders
3.56
89
1.60
160
33. Uterin Cancer
3.54
34
0.78
168
34. Falls
3.51
139
6.34
79
35. Leukemia
2.95
123
3.44
99
36. Malnutrition
2.93
71
1.25
93
37. Dengue
2.84
3
0.00
124
38. Inflammatory/Heart
2.78
144
2.40
153
39. Oral Cancer
2.75
92
1.62
152
40. Fires
2.69
57
0.90
118
41. Skin Cancers
2.61
47
0.55
160
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.58
50
6.87
15
43. Hepatitis B
2.48
4
0.23
94
44. Skin Disease
2.42
43
0.58
138
45. Oesophagus Cancer
2.10
108
3.80
49
46. Maternal Conditions
1.92
71
1.02
84
47. Bladder Cancer
1.61
121
1.61
120
48. Birth Trauma
1.53
102
2.66
86
49. Poisonings
1.13
66
1.29
64
50. Tuberculosis
1.09
125
57.14
16
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Tonga TONGA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
88
15.36
31,342
14.63
2. Diabetes Mellitus
75
13.09
3,671
1.71
3. Stroke
50
8.73
49,648
23.17
4. Road Traffic Accidents
34
5.93
6,210
2.90
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
31
5.41
6,231
2.91
6. Kidney Disease
29
5.06
3,959
1.85
7. Lung Disease
27
4.71
26,178
12.22
8. Lung Cancers
22
3.84
11,893
5.55
9. Liver Cancer
20
3.49
5,326
2.49
10. Liver Disease
17
2.97
4,506
2.10
11. Breast Cancer
13
2.27
1,366
0.64
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
13
2.27
4,340
2.03
13. Congenital Anomalies
11
1.92
991
0.46
14. Stomach Cancer
10
1.75
3,771
1.76
15. Prostate Cancer
10
1.75
219
0.10
16. Low Birth Weight
9
1.57
1,208
0.56
17. Asthma
8
1.40
1,439
0.67
18. Cervical Cancer
7
1.22
704
0.33
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6
1.05
1,712
0.80
20. Other Injuries
6
1.05
1,531
0.71
21. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5
0.87
3,232
1.51
22. Lymphomas
5
0.87
560
0.26
23. Parkinson's Disease
5
0.87
1,155
0.54
24. Hypertension
5
0.87
5,368
2.51
25. Diarrhoeal diseases
4
0.70
374
0.17
26. Meningitis
4
0.70
207
0.10
27. Drownings
4
0.70
1,126
0.53
28. Suicide
4
0.70
2,407
1.12
29. Violence
4
0.70
1,082
0.50
30. Birth Trauma
3
0.52
736
0.34
31. Pancreas Cancer
3
0.52
1,525
0.71
32. Leukemia
3
0.52
965
0.45
33. Endocrine Disorders
3
0.52
452
0.21
34. Falls
3
0.52
1,801
0.84
35. Hepatitis B
2
0.35
68
0.03
36. Dengue
2
0.35
0
0.00
37. Maternal Conditions
2
0.35
252
0.12
38. Malnutrition
2
0.35
317
0.15
39. Oral Cancer
2
0.35
513
0.24
40. Oesophagus Cancer
2
0.35
1,222
0.57
41. Skin Cancers
2
0.35
168
0.08
42. Ovary Cancer
2
0.35
532
0.25
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2
0.35
2,093
0.98
44. Inflammatory/Heart
2
0.35
684
0.32
45. Skin Disease
2
0.35
158
0.07
46. Fires
2
0.35
253
0.12
47. Tuberculosis
1
0.17
17,417
8.13
48. Syphilis
1
0.17
54
0.03
49. Pertussis
1
0.17
34
0.02
50. Uterin Cancer
1
0.17
138
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tonga TONGA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.91
8
7.80
177
2. Prostate Cancer
29.66
29
2.38
178
3. Lung Cancers
28.48
17
37.70
4
4. Liver Cancer
24.58
6
16.66
12
5. Cervical Cancer
17.10
47
4.11
136
6. Stomach Cancer
13.05
18
11.99
21
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.32
131
10.37
70
8. Lymphomas
6.27
34
1.84
175
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.31
79
4.85
68
10. Ovary Cancer
4.10
103
2.96
147
11. Uterin Cancer
3.54
34
0.78
168
12. Leukemia
2.95
123
3.44
99
13. Oral Cancer
2.75
92
1.62
152
14. Skin Cancers
2.61
47
0.55
160
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.10
108
3.80
49
16. Bladder Cancer
1.61
121
1.61
120
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.