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Top Deadly Diseases of the Developing World

 Disease Annual
mortality
rate
Annual
infection
rate
1.Lower respiratory infections4 million
2.HIV/AIDS3 million 39.4 million1
3.Malaria1–5 million 300–515 million
4.Diarrhea2.2 million4 billion
5.Tuberculosis2 million8 million
6.Measles530,00030 million
7.Whooping cough200,000–300,00020–40 million
8.Tetanus214,000500,000
9.Meningitis174,0001 million +
10.Syphilis157,00012.2 million1
1. The HIV/AIDS and syphilis infection rate figures are worldwide totals of people infected with the diseases.
Source: Reuters and World Health Organizations. See also Leading Causes of Mortality Throughout the World, p. 667.

See also Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Tropical Diseases, Rare and Deadly Diseases, Food-Borne Diseases, Mosquito and Tick-Borne Diseases, Childhood Diseases.


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