|
Leading Causes of Mortality Throughout
the World, 2002
| Causes |
Number
of deaths |
Percentage
of deaths |
|
Total deaths
|
57,027,000
|
100.0%
|
|
Communicable diseases, maternal and perinatal conditions, and
nutritional deficiencies
|
18,416,000
|
32.3
|
| Infectious and parasitic
diseases |
11,122,000 |
19.5 |
| Tuberculosis |
1,605,000 |
2.8 |
| STDs excluding HIV |
180,000 |
0.3 |
| HIV/AIDS |
2,821,000 |
4.9 |
| Diarrheal diseases |
1,767,000 |
3.1 |
| Childhood diseases |
1,360,000 |
2.4 |
| Meningitis |
173,000 |
0.3 |
| Hepatitis B |
103,000 |
0.2 |
| Hepatitis C |
53,000 |
0.1 |
| Malaria |
1,222,000 |
2.1 |
| Tropical diseases |
130,000 |
0.2 |
| Respiratory infections |
3,845,000 |
6.7 |
| Lower respiratory infections |
3,766,000 |
6.6 |
| Upper respiratory infections |
75,000 |
0.1 |
| Maternal conditions |
510,000 |
0.9 |
| Perinatal conditions |
2,464,000 |
4.3 |
| Nutritional deficiencies |
475,000 |
0.8 |
| Protein-energy malnutrition |
250,000 |
0.4 |
| Iron-deficiency anemia |
137,000 |
0.2 |
|
Noncommunicable conditions
|
33,424,000
|
58.6
|
| Malignant neoplasms |
7,106,000 |
12.5 |
| Mouth and oropharynx cancers |
317,000 |
0.6 |
| Esophagus cancer |
446,000 |
0.8 |
| Stomach cancer |
849,000 |
1.5 |
| Colon/rectum cancer |
620,000 |
1.1 |
| Liver cancer |
619,000 |
1.1 |
| Pancreas cancer |
229,000 |
0.4 |
| Trachea/bronchus/lung cancers |
1,239,000 |
2.2 |
| Melanoma and other skin
cancers |
66,000 |
0.1 |
| Breast cancer |
477,000 |
0.8 |
| Cervix uteri cancer |
239,000 |
0.4 |
| Corpus uteri cancer |
71,000 |
0.1 |
| Ovary cancer |
134,000 |
0.2 |
| Prostate cancer |
268,000 |
0.5 |
| Bladder cancer |
178,000 |
0.3 |
| Lymphomas, multiple myeloma |
334,000 |
0.6% |
| Leukemia |
264,000 |
0.5 |
| Other neoplasms |
148,000 |
0.3 |
| Diabetes mellitus |
987,000 |
1.7 |
| Nutritional/endocrine
disorders |
243,000 |
0.4 |
| Neuropsychiatric disorders |
1,105,000 |
1.9 |
| Epilepsy |
125,000 |
0.2 |
| Alcohol use disorders |
86,000 |
0.2 |
| Alzheimer's and other
dementias |
395,000 |
0.7 |
| Parkinson disease |
98,000 |
0.2 |
| Drug use disorders |
88,000 |
0.2 |
| Cardiovascular diseases |
16,655,000 |
29.2 |
| Rheumatic heart disease |
328,000 |
0.6 |
| Hypertensive heart disease |
907,000 |
1.6 |
| Ischemic heart disease |
7,168,000 |
12.6 |
| Cerebrovascular disease |
5,494,000 |
9.6 |
| Inflammatory heart disease |
402,000 |
0.7 |
| Respiratory diseases |
3,696,000 |
6.5 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease |
2,746,000 |
4.8 |
| Asthma |
239,000 |
0.4 |
| Digestive diseases |
1,963,000 |
3.4 |
| Peptic ulcer disease |
265,000 |
0.5 |
| Cirrhosis of the liver |
783,000 |
1.4 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary
system |
847,000 |
1.5 |
| Nephritis/nephrosis |
677,000 |
1.2 |
| Benign prostatic hypertrophy |
31,000 |
0.1 |
| Skin diseases |
69,000 |
0.1 |
| Musculoskeletal diseases |
106,000 |
0.2 |
| Congenital abnormalities |
493,000 |
0.9 |
|
Injuries
|
5,188,000
|
9.1
|
| Unintentional |
3,562,000 |
6.2 |
| Road traffic accidents |
1,192,000 |
2.1 |
| Poisoning |
355,000 |
0.6 |
| Falls |
393,000 |
0.7 |
| Fires |
311,000 |
0.5 |
| Drowning |
385,000 |
0.7 |
| Other unintentional injuries |
928,000 |
1.6 |
| Intentional |
1,626,000 |
2.9 |
| Self-inflicted |
877,000 |
1.5 |
| Violence |
559,000 |
1.0 |
| War |
178,000 |
0.3 |
Source: The World Health Organization
(WHO).
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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