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2002 Big killer - By disease conditions. Ischaemic heart disease 7,208,000 13% Cerebrovascular disease 5,509,000 10% Lower respiratory infections 3,884,000 7% HIV/AIDS 2,777,000 5% Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2,748,000 5% Perinatal conditions (low birthweight, birth asphyxia, birth trauma) 2,462,000 4% Diarrhoeal diseases 1,798,000 3% Tuberculosis 1,566,000 3% Malaria 1,272,000 2% Trachea/broncus/lung cancers 1 ...

Big killer: Encyclopedia II - Big killer - World Health Organization deaths

Big killer - World Health Organization deaths

2002

Big killer - By disease conditions

Ischaemic heart disease 7,208,000 13%
Cerebrovascular disease 5,509,000 10%
Lower respiratory infections 3,884,000 7%
HIV/AIDS 2,777,000 5%
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2,748,000 5%
Perinatal conditions (low birthweight, birth asphyxia, birth trauma) 2,462,000 4%
Diarrhoeal diseases 1,798,000 3%
Tuberculosis 1,566,000 3%
Malaria 1,272,000 2%
Trachea/broncus/lung cancers 1,243,000 2%
Road traffic accidents 1,192,000 2%
Childhood diseases (petussis, polio, diphtheria, measles, tetanus) 1,124,000 2%
Diabetes mellitus 988,000 2%
Other unintentional injuries (besides road traffic accidents, poisoning, falls, fires, drowning) 923,000 2%
Hypertensive heart disease 911,000 2%
Self-inflicted injuries (suicide) 873,000 2%
Stomach cancer 850,000 2%
Cirrhosis of the liver 786,000 1%
Nephritis/nephrosis 677,000 1%
Colon/rectum cancer 622,000 1%
Liver cancer 618,000 1%
Violence 559,000 1%
Breast cancer 477,000 1%
Oesophagus cancer 446,000 1%
Inflammatory heart disease 404,000 1%
Alzheimer and other dementias 397,000 1%
Falls 392,000 1%

Source: The World Health Report - 2004 Annex Table 2 Deaths - World Health Organization

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