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Bookmark or Share- These are the top 10 global causes of death - The World Economic ForumThe top four causes of death in 2019 were the same for men and women: Ischaemic heart disease. Stroke. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Lower respiratory infections. In men, the fifth most common cause of death in 2019 were lung cancers and other trachea/bronchus-related ailments.
- 5 of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases - The World Economic ForumTuberculosis (TB) is the deadliest infectious disease. More than 600,000 people developed drug-resistant TB in 2016. Influenza infects up to 5 million people per year. Around 94% of malaria fatalities are in sub-Saharan Africa.
- The deadly diseases being released as ice thaws - The World Economic ForumThe Anthrax outbreak, which saw up to 20 people hospitalised, was blamed on unusually warm weather in the arctic circle. It is believed that a reindeer carcass infected with Anthrax was buried deep in the ice, but with temperatures reaching 35C in the Siberian tundra last summer, the carcass thawed and Anthrax spores were released.
- 7 deadly diseases the world has (almost) eradicatedIn 1986 there were 3.5 million cases of Guinea worm reported globally. By 2015, that was down to 22 cases and so far in 2017, there have been only 3 individual cases reported. According to the The Carter Center, Guinea worm “is set to become the second human disease in history, after smallpox, to be eradicated.”. Measles.
- How does COVID-19 compare to other major causes of death? | World ...56 million people died in 2017, with cardiovascular disease the leading cause of death globally. More than a million people have now died of COVID-19 – the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – in the nine months since the first cases were reported in China. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called it an “agonizing ...
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