List of Death Rates by Cause

Taken from WHO for 2002.

  Total Deaths Percent
All Causes 57,029,000 100
Ischaemic heart disease 7,208,000 12.6
Cerebrovascular disease 5,509,000 9.7
Lower respiratory infections 3,884,000 6.8
Unintentional Injuries 3,551,000 6.2
HIV/AIDS 2,777,000 4.9
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2,748,000 4.8
Perinatal conditionsg 2,462,000 4.3
Diarrhoeal diseases 1,798,000 3.2
Tuberculosis 1,566,000 2.7
Malaria 1,272,000 2.2
Trachea/bronchus/lung cancers 1,243,000 2.2
Road traffic accidents 1,192,000 2.1
Childhood diseases 1,124,000 2.0
Diabetes mellitus 988,000 1.7
Other unintentional injuries 923,000 1.6
Hypertensive heart disease 911,000 1.6
Self-inflicted Injuries 873,000 1.5
Stomach cancer 850,000 1.5
Cirrhosis of the liver 786,000 1.4
Nephritis/nephrosis 677,000 1.2
Colon/rectum cancer 622,000 1.1
Liver cancer 618,000 1.1
Violence 559,000 1.0
Maternal conditions 510,000 0.9
Congenital abnormalities 493,000 0.9
Breast cancer 477,000 0.8
Oesophagus cancer 446,000 0.8
Inflammatory heart disease 404,000 0.7
Alzheimer and other dementias 397,000 0.7
Falls 392,000 0.7
Drowning 382,000 0.7
Poisoning 350,000 0.6
Lymphomas,multiple myeloma 334,000 0.6
Rheumatic heart disease 327,000 0.6
Mouth and oropharynx cancers 318,000 0.6
Fires 312,000 0.5
Prostate cancer 269,000 0.5
Leukaemia 264,000 0.5
Peptic ulcer disease 264,000 0.5
Protein-energy malnutrition 260,000 0.5
Nutritional/endocrine disorders 243,000 0.4
Asthma 240,000 0.4
Cervix uteri cancer 239,000 0.4
Pancreas cancer 231,000 0.4
STIs (excluding HIV) 180,000 0.3
Bladder cancer 179,000 0.3
Meningitis 173,000 0.3
War 172,000 0.3
Other neoplasms 149,000 0.3
Iron-deficiency anaemia 137,000 0.2
Ovary cancer 135,000 0.2
Tropical diseases 129,000 0.2
Epilepsy 125,000 0.2
Hepatitis Bf 103,000 0.2
Parkinson disease 98,000 0.2
Alcohol use disorders 91,000 0.2
Drug use disorders 86,000 0.2
Upper respiratory infections 75,000 0.1
Corpus uteri cancer 71,000 0.1
Skin diseases 69,000 0.1
Melanoma and other skin cancers 66,000 0.1
Hepatitis Cf 54,000 0.1
Benign prostatic hypertrophy 32,000 0.1
Rheumatoid arthritis 25,000 <0.1
Vitamin A deficiency 23,000 <0.1
Schizophrenia 23,000 <0.1
Appendicitis 21,000 <0.1
Dengue 19,000 <0.1
Multiple sclerosis 16,000 <0.1
Japanese encephalitis 14,000 <0.1
Unipolar depressive disorders 13,000 <0.1
Intestinal nematode infections 12,000 <0.1
Iodine deficiency 7,000 <0.1
Leprosy 6,000 <0.1
Osteoarthritis 5,000 <0.1
Otitis media 4,000 <0.1
Bipolar affective disorder 1,000 <0.1


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