NUMBER OF

COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH DEATHS

Ischaemic heart disease 8.9 M
Stroke 6M
Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease 3.3M
Lower respiratory infections 2.6M
Neonatal conditions 2M
trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers 1.8M
Alzheimer's disease and other
dementia 1.7M
Diarrheal diseases 1.5M
Diabetes Mellitus 1.4M
Kidney Diseases 1.3M

Deadliest Diseases Worldwide

Kidney Diseases
Diabetes Mellitus 4%
5%
Diarrheal diseases Ischaemic heart
5% disease
Alzheimer's disease
and other dementia 29%
6%
trachea, bronchus,
and lung cancers
6%

Neonatal conditions
7%

Lower respiratory in-

fections Stroke
9% 20%
Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease
11%
 LEADING CAUSES OF
DEATH NUMBER OF DEATHS
Ischaemic Heart Disease 56,757
Cerebrovascular disease 30,796
Neoplasms 27,343
Diabetes Mellitus 19,802
Assault
COVID-19 Virus
Remainder diseases of the nervous system
Identified 17,156
Hypertensive Diseases
Certain conditions 16,146
originating perinatal period
Pneumonia
Remainder of endocrine, 13,738
nutritional, and metabolic diseases
Other heart diseaseAll other external causes 10,615
COVID-19 Virus not
identified Transport accidents
9,594
Chronic lower Diseases of the liver
respiratory infections
Remainder of diseases of the digestive system9,248
Remainder of diseases
Respiratory tuberculosis
of the genitourinary
Remainder of diseases of the genitourinary system
system 8,527
Respiratory tuberculosis 7,383
Chronic lower respiratory infections
Remainder of diseases COVID-19 Virus not identified
of the digestive system 4,405
Other heart disease
Diseases of the liver 4,257
Transport accidents Pneumonia
4,238
All other external cuses Hypertensive Diseases
4,024
Remainder of COVID-19 Virus Identified
endocrine, nutritional,
Diabetes Mellitus
and metabolic diseases 3,907
Certain conditions Neoplasms
originating perinatalCerebrovascular disease
period 3,516
Ischaemic Heart Disease
Remainder diseases of
the nervous system 2,9950 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000

Assault 2,626
AGE GROUP NUMBER OF DEATHS
Under 1 16,885
1 to 4 4,948
5 to 9 3,841
10 to 14 4,251
15 to 19 7,181
20 to 24 10,434
25 to 29 13,229
30 to 34 15,264
35 to 39 18,841
40 to 44 24,807
45 to 49 31,789
50 to 54 42,535
55 to 59 50,785
60 to 64 61,436
65 to 69 66,301
70 to 74 66,216
75 to 79 57,903
80 to 84 53,421
85 and over 63,775
Not Stated 94
 TOTAL 613,936

Not Stated
85 and over
80 to 84
75 to 79
70 to 74
65 to 69
60 to 64
55 to 59
50 to 54
45 to 49 Chart Title
40 to 44 Pneumonitis
Parkinson's disease
35 Hypertension
to 39 and hypertensive renal disease
Chronic Liver Disease
30 to 34
Suicide
25 to 29 Septicemia
Nephritis
20 to 24 Influenza and Pneumonia
Alzheimer's disease
15 to 19
Diabetes mellitus
10 to 14 Accidents
Chronic lower respiratory disease
5 to 9 Cerebrovascular disease (stroke)
1 to 4 Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
Heart disease
Under 1 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000

0 10,000 20,000
Series 3 Series 2 30,000 40,000
Number of deaths 50,000 60,000 70,000

Female Male Number of Deaths for both sex

 LEADING CAUSES OF
DEATH NUMBER OF DEATHS
Heart disease 654,092
Malignant neoplasms
(cancer) 550,270
Cerebrovascular disease
(stroke) 150,147
Chronic lower
respiratory disease 123,884
Accidents 123,884
Diabetes mellitus 106,694
Alzheimer's disease 72,815
Influenza and
Pneumonia 65,829
Nephritis 61,472
Septicemia 42,762
Suicide 33,464
Chronic Liver Disease 31,647
Hypertension and
hypertensive renal
disease 26,549
Parkinson's disease 22,953
Pneumonitis 18,018

Nephritis (kidney disease)

Influenza and Pneumonia

Diabetes mellitus

Alzheimer's disease

Chronic lower respiratory disease

Cerebrovascular disease (stroke)

Accidents

COVID-19

Malignant neoplasms (cancer)

Heart disease
0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 800,000