Dec 09, 2020 · Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide -- accounting for one-third of deaths in 2019 -- and the death toll continues to rise, a new paper says.
Here's a screenshot from yesterday showing cumulative totals for various causes of death worldwide: More people were killed by abortions in 2020 than all deaths from cancer, malaria, HIV/AIDS, smoking, alcohol, and traffic accidents COMBINED. Abortion is the most serious human rights issue of our time.
Lower-middle-income countries have the most disparate top 10 causes of death: five noncommunicable, four communicable, and one injury. Diabetes is a rising cause of death in this income group: it has moved from the 15th to 9th leading cause of death and the number of deaths from this disease has nearly doubled since 2000.
Jan 03, 2019 · Stating that abortion is the “leading cause of death” worldwide (as opposed to a medical procedure) is a problematic pronouncement, because that stance takes a political position, one which is ...
Death is the permanent, irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. The remains of a previously living organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death.
By comparison, communicable diseases killed more than 13 million people worldwide in 2020. About 8.2 million people worldwide lost their lives to cancer while nearly 5.1 million people and 2.5 million people succumbed to death as a result of smoking and alcohol, respectively. The government has certainly taken action in all of those cases.
Drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death among children between 1 and 4 years old. And it’s the third leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children 19 and under. Children less than a year old are more likely to drown at home in the bathtub or a bucket.
May 07, 2018 · That said, below we look at the ten leading causes of death worldwide. 10. Road injury (1.34 million deaths, 2.4% of total deaths) In 2015, there were 1.34 million deaths from road accidents according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Such vehicular accidents are the leading cause of death among 15 to 29 year old youths around the world.