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Tonga
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Tonga and United States 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.

United States
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
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tonga TONGA   United States UNITED STATES
  Tonga TONGA   United States UNITED STATES
       
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
 
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
64.3
65.8
65.0
50
65
60
 
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
66.5
68.9
67.7
45
75
65
 
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
68.6
71.1
69.8
49
84
68
 
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
69.6
73.7
71.6
62
82
71
 
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
70.1
75.7
72.8
86
87
89
 
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
69.8
75.6
72.6
102
99
107
 
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tonga TONGA   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.8
75.6
102
99
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
69.8
75.6
102
99
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
70.9
77.0
110
97
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
71.0
77.1
111
96
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
71.0
77.2
112
96
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
71.3
77.3
112
96
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
71.6
77.5
113
96
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
72.0
77.7
114
96
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
72.4
77.9
115
96
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
72.9
78.3
116
96
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
73.5
78.7
118
96
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
74.4
79.3
117
95
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
75.6
80.1
115
95
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
77.0
81.2
114
92
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
78.8
82.5
112
86
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
80.9
84.1
117
80
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
83.5
85.9
114
72
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
86.4
88.2
111
67
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
89.7
90.8
109
64
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tonga TONGA   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
113.75
89
73.49
142
2. Diabetes Mellitus
96.55
11
10.58
144
3. Stroke
65.01
112
22.27
164
4. Road Traffic Accidents
38.39
30
11.10
120
5. Kidney Disease
37.08
30
13.08
127
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
36.89
75
8.86
163
7. Lung Disease
34.88
37
28.49
60
8. Breast Cancer
31.91
8
15.93
105
9. Prostate Cancer
29.66
29
11.64
126
10. Lung Cancers
28.48
17
25.54
24
11. Liver Cancer
24.58
6
4.69
110
12. Liver Disease
21.17
85
8.98
134
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.97
84
33.26
8
14. Cervical Cancer
17.10
47
2.77
151
15. Stomach Cancer
13.05
18
2.24
173
16. Asthma
10.03
64
0.84
141
17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.75
25
0.55
170
18. Congenital Anomalies
7.39
43
3.78
140
19. Hypertension
6.71
150
10.26
133
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.32
131
10.28
71
21. Lymphomas
6.27
34
6.36
31
22. Other Injuries
6.26
115
5.11
130
23. Parkinson's Disease
6.10
21
4.55
68
24. Low Birth Weight
4.96
88
2.37
138
25. Drownings
4.44
36
1.19
140
26. Suicide
4.37
150
14.51
31
27. Pancreas Cancer
4.31
79
7.26
36
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.19
84
1.55
114
29. Ovary Cancer
4.10
103
4.70
79
30. Violence
3.99
100
6.00
81
31. Meningitis
3.56
49
0.15
166
32. Endocrine Disorders
3.56
89
8.22
28
33. Uterin Cancer
3.54
34
3.11
50
34. Falls
3.51
139
5.68
90
35. Leukemia
2.95
123
4.43
49
36. Malnutrition
2.93
71
0.90
104
37. Dengue
2.84
3
0.00
181
38. Inflammatory/Heart
2.78
144
5.64
73
39. Oral Cancer
2.75
92
2.01
132
40. Fires
2.69
57
0.73
124
41. Skin Cancers
2.61
47
2.36
57
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.58
50
0.55
152
43. Hepatitis B
2.48
4
0.12
121
44. Skin Disease
2.42
43
0.86
115
45. Oesophagus Cancer
2.10
108
3.04
71
46. Maternal Conditions
1.92
71
0.26
129
47. Bladder Cancer
1.61
121
2.84
61
48. Birth Trauma
1.53
102
0.42
157
49. Poisonings
1.13
66
0.46
102
50. Tuberculosis
1.09
125
0.09
178
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Tonga TONGA   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
88
15.36
504,904
20.15
2. Diabetes Mellitus
75
13.09
61,418
2.45
3. Stroke
50
8.73
158,520
6.33
4. Road Traffic Accidents
34
5.93
41,694
1.66
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
31
5.41
60,317
2.41
6. Kidney Disease
29
5.06
85,861
3.43
7. Lung Disease
27
4.71
195,387
7.80
8. Lung Cancers
22
3.84
155,533
6.21
9. Liver Cancer
20
3.49
27,064
1.08
10. Liver Disease
17
2.97
43,402
1.73
11. Breast Cancer
13
2.27
48,671
1.94
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
13
2.27
287,198
11.46
13. Congenital Anomalies
11
1.92
11,762
0.47
14. Stomach Cancer
10
1.75
13,077
0.52
15. Prostate Cancer
10
1.75
35,612
1.42
16. Low Birth Weight
9
1.57
6,924
0.28
17. Asthma
8
1.40
3,818
0.15
18. Cervical Cancer
7
1.22
6,984
0.28
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6
1.05
3,461
0.14
20. Other Injuries
6
1.05
25,997
1.04
21. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5
0.87
61,827
2.47
22. Lymphomas
5
0.87
40,281
1.61
23. Parkinson's Disease
5
0.87
34,491
1.38
24. Hypertension
5
0.87
65,960
2.63
25. Diarrhoeal diseases
4
0.70
9,955
0.40
26. Meningitis
4
0.70
606
0.02
27. Drownings
4
0.70
4,070
0.16
28. Suicide
4
0.70
53,099
2.12
29. Violence
4
0.70
18,976
0.76
30. Birth Trauma
3
0.52
1,233
0.05
31. Pancreas Cancer
3
0.52
44,293
1.77
32. Leukemia
3
0.52
26,966
1.08
33. Endocrine Disorders
3
0.52
46,985
1.87
34. Falls
3
0.52
40,418
1.61
35. Hepatitis B
2
0.35
608
0.02
36. Dengue
2
0.35
0
0.00
37. Maternal Conditions
2
0.35
779
0.03
38. Malnutrition
2
0.35
6,762
0.27
39. Oral Cancer
2
0.35
11,555
0.46
40. Oesophagus Cancer
2
0.35
17,829
0.71
41. Skin Cancers
2
0.35
14,311
0.57
42. Ovary Cancer
2
0.35
14,591
0.58
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2
0.35
3,646
0.15
44. Inflammatory/Heart
2
0.35
32,529
1.30
45. Skin Disease
2
0.35
5,409
0.22
46. Fires
2
0.35
3,183
0.13
47. Tuberculosis
1
0.17
546
0.02
48. Syphilis
1
0.17
49
0.00
49. Pertussis
1
0.17
16
0.00
50. Uterin Cancer
1
0.17
10,063
0.40
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tonga TONGA   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.91
8
15.93
105
2. Prostate Cancer
29.66
29
11.64
126
3. Lung Cancers
28.48
17
25.54
24
4. Liver Cancer
24.58
6
4.69
110
5. Cervical Cancer
17.10
47
2.77
151
6. Stomach Cancer
13.05
18
2.24
173
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.32
131
10.28
71
8. Lymphomas
6.27
34
6.36
31
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.31
79
7.26
36
10. Ovary Cancer
4.10
103
4.70
79
11. Uterin Cancer
3.54
34
3.11
50
12. Leukemia
2.95
123
4.43
49
13. Oral Cancer
2.75
92
2.01
132
14. Skin Cancers
2.61
47
2.36
57
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.10
108
3.04
71
16. Bladder Cancer
1.61
121
2.84
61
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.