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World stats (causes of death) according to WHO: 1) Coronary heart disease - 12.2% 2) Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases - 9.7% 3) Lower respiratory in
by Devilboy 17y ago
World stats (causes of death) according to WHO:
1) Coronary heart disease - 12.2%
2) Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases - 9.7%
3) Lower respiratory infections - 7.1%
4) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 5.1%
5) Diarrhoeal diseases - 3.7%
6) HIV/AIDS - 3.5%
7) Tuberculosis - 2.5%
8) Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers - 2.3%
9) Road traffic accidents - 2.2%
Although maybe it's more correct to say the leading cause of accidental death is car crashes. I guess 'preventable' is too broad a word.
- shaddi 17y agoYes. In the public health course I took last semester, road traffic accidents were the most common form of death by injury, if I remember correctly. Turns out, tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide, a label applied to diseases that can be avoided through the use of vaccination or healthy behavior. "Preventable" has a fairly specific meaning in the public health community, as opposed to its common-use dictionary definition. Obviously, the latter isn't very useful since most ailments are "preventable" if you think broadly enough.
- enjo 17y agoIt appears that the leading cause of death for folks under the age of 35 is auto accidents (the bulk of 'unintentional injuries' if I understand the data correctly). http://www.chdl.org/Projects/10%20Leading%20Causes%20of%20Death%20by%20Age%20Group%202001.pdf http://www.chdl.org/Projects/10%20Leading%20Causes%20of%20De...