Tonga - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 14.40
2010 13.33
2015 12.41
2019 11.08

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 7.15
2010 6.09
2015 5.79
2019 9.52

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 78.45
2010 80.59
2015 81.80
2019 79.40

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Tonga was 20.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 22.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 20.20 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 22.30
2001 21.90
2002 21.40
2003 21.10
2004 20.90
2005 20.70
2006 20.40
2007 20.50
2008 20.50
2009 20.60
2010 20.70
2011 20.70
2012 20.70
2013 20.70
2014 20.80
2015 20.70
2016 20.60
2017 20.60
2018 20.40
2019 20.20

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Tonga was 29.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 34.10 in 2003, while its lowest value was 29.50 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 33.30
2001 32.70
2002 33.40
2003 34.10
2004 33.60
2005 31.70
2006 31.40
2007 31.50
2008 31.50
2009 31.70
2010 32.00
2011 31.80
2012 31.70
2013 31.60
2014 31.60
2015 31.50
2016 31.00
2017 30.80
2018 30.30
2019 29.50

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Tonga was 24.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 27.60 in 2000, while its lowest value was 24.80 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 27.60
2001 27.20
2002 27.20
2003 27.50
2004 27.20
2005 26.10
2006 25.90
2007 25.90
2008 25.90
2009 26.10
2010 26.30
2011 26.20
2012 26.10
2013 26.10
2014 26.20
2015 26.10
2016 25.80
2017 25.70
2018 25.30
2019 24.80

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 48.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 107.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 73.30

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Tonga was 1.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.50 in 2012 and a minimum value of 1.10 in 2009.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.50
2001 1.50
2002 1.50
2003 1.50
2004 1.50
2005 1.40
2006 1.40
2007 1.40
2008 1.40
2009 1.10
2010 1.50
2011 1.50
2012 1.50
2013 1.40
2014 1.40
2015 1.40
2016 1.30
2017 1.30
2018 1.20
2019 1.10

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Tonga was 0.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.20 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.70 in 2009.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.20
2001 1.20
2002 1.20
2003 1.20
2004 1.20
2005 1.10
2006 1.10
2007 1.10
2008 1.10
2009 0.70
2010 1.20
2011 1.20
2012 1.20
2013 1.10
2014 1.10
2015 1.10
2016 1.00
2017 1.00
2018 1.00
2019 0.90

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Tonga was 1.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.90 in 2003 and a minimum value of 1.30 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.80
2001 1.80
2002 1.80
2003 1.90
2004 1.80
2005 1.70
2006 1.70
2007 1.70
2008 1.70
2009 1.50
2010 1.80
2011 1.80
2012 1.80
2013 1.70
2014 1.70
2015 1.70
2016 1.50
2017 1.50
2018 1.40
2019 1.30

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Tonga was 2.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.10 in 2015 and a minimum value of 2.60 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.10
2001 3.10
2002 2.90
2003 2.90
2004 2.80
2005 2.80
2006 2.70
2007 2.80
2008 2.80
2009 2.80
2010 3.00
2011 3.00
2012 3.00
2013 3.00
2014 3.10
2015 3.10
2016 2.90
2017 2.90
2018 2.80
2019 2.60

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Tonga was 5.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.20 in 2014 and a minimum value of 5.00 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 5.30
2001 5.30
2002 5.30
2003 5.60
2004 5.50
2005 5.30
2006 5.20
2007 5.30
2008 5.10
2009 5.80
2010 6.10
2011 5.90
2012 6.00
2013 6.10
2014 6.20
2015 6.10
2016 5.40
2017 5.40
2018 5.20
2019 5.00

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Tonga was 3.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.60 in 2015 and a minimum value of 3.80 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 4.20
2001 4.20
2002 4.20
2003 4.20
2004 4.20
2005 4.00
2006 4.00
2007 4.00
2008 3.90
2009 4.30
2010 4.60
2011 4.50
2012 4.50
2013 4.60
2014 4.60
2015 4.60
2016 4.10
2017 4.20
2018 4.00
2019 3.80

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Tonga was 33.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 5.80 in 2010.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 13.30
2001 13.20
2002 13.10
2003 13.10
2004 13.00
2005 13.90
2006 14.70
2007 13.60
2008 17.40
2009 10.60
2010 5.80
2011 8.70
2012 7.80
2013 7.90
2014 5.90
2015 6.90
2016 17.80
2017 17.30
2018 23.90
2019 33.00

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 1.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors