|
Low-income countries
|
Deaths in millions
|
% of deaths
|
|
|
Lower respiratory infections
|
2.94
|
11.2
|
|
Coronary heart disease
|
2.47
|
9.4
|
|
Diarrhoeal diseases
|
1.81
|
6.9
|
|
HIV/AIDS
|
1.51
|
5.7
|
|
Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases
|
1.48
|
5.6
|
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
|
0.94
|
3.6
|
|
Tuberculosis
|
0.91
|
3.5
|
|
Neonatal infections
|
0.90
|
3.4
|
|
Malaria
|
0.86
|
3.3
|
|
Prematurity and low birth weight
|
0.84
|
3.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Middle-income countries
|
Deaths in millions
|
% of deaths
|
|
|
Stroke and other cerebrovascular disease
|
3.47
|
14.2
|
|
Coronary heart disease
|
3.40
|
13.9
|
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
|
1.80
|
7.4
|
|
Lower respiratory infection
|
0.92
|
3.8
|
|
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
|
0.69
|
2.9
|
|
Road traffic accidents
|
0.67
|
2.8
|
|
|
Hypertensive heart disease
|
0.62
|
2.5
|
|
Stomach cancer
|
0.55
|
2.2
|
|
Tuberculosis
|
0.54
|
2.2
|
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
0.52
|
2.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
High-income countries
|
Deaths in millions
|
% of deaths
|
|
|
Coronary heart disease
|
1.33
|
16.3
|
|
Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases
|
0.76
|
9.3
|
|
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
|
0.48
|
5.9
|
|
Lower respiratory infections
|
0.31
|
3.8
|
|
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
|
0.29
|
3.5
|
|
Alzheimer and other dementias
|
0.28
|
3.4
|
|
Colon and rectum cancers
|
0.27
|
3.3
|
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
0.22
|
2.8
|
|
Breast cancer
|
0.16
|
2.0
|
|
Stomach cancer
|
0.14
|
1.8
|
|
|
|
World
|
Deaths in millions
|
% of deaths
|
|
|
Coronary heart disease
|
7.20
|
12.2
|
|
Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases
|
5.71
|
9.7
|
|
Lower respiratory infections
|
4.18
|
7.1
|
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
|
3.02
|
5.1
|
|
Diarrhoeal diseases
|
2.16
|
3.7
|
|
HIV/AIDS
|
2.04
|
3.5
|
|
Tuberculosis
|
1.46
|
2.5
|
|
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
|
1.32
|
2.3
|
|
Road traffic accidents
|
1.27
|
2.2
|
|
Prematurity and low birth weight
|
1.18
|
2.0
|
