Causes |
Number
of deaths 2000 |
Number
of deaths 2012 |
| Total deaths
|
53 million |
56 million |
| Ischaemic heart disease |
6.0 million |
7.4 million |
| Stroke |
5.7 million |
6.7 million |
| COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease) |
3.1 million |
3.1 million |
| Lower respiratory infections |
3.5 million |
3.1 million |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers |
1.2 million |
1.6 million |
| HIV/AIDS |
1.7 million |
1.5 million |
| Diarrhoeal diseases |
2.2 million |
1.5 million |
| Diabetes mellitus |
1 million |
1.5 million |
| Road injury |
1 million |
1.3 million |
| Hypertensive heart disease |
800,000 |
1.1 million |
| Preterm birth complications |
1.3 million |
1.1 million |
| Tuberculosis |
1.3 million |
900,000 |
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