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Trachea, bronchus and lung cancers deaths have risen from 1.2 million to 1.8 million and are now ranked 6th among leading causes of death. In 2019, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia ranked as the 7th leading cause of death. Women are disproportionately affected.
Dec 7, 2023 · Some death tolls have been estimated through epidemiological modeling – based on knowledge of the transmission of the disease and its geographical spread, its fatality rate (the share of people affected who die from it), access to treatment, and other types of data.
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May 20, 2021 · Estimates suggest the total number of global deaths attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 is at least 3 million, representing 1.2 million more deaths than officially reported.
Dec 7, 2021 · For 2020 it is estimated that 5.7 million people died from COVID and the current 2021 death toll – before the year is even over – is estimated to be 11.5 million. 1 Other causes of death declined during the pandemic. We would expect, for example, that traffic deaths would decline when restrictions were in place and travel was reduced.
May 5, 2022 · New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic (described as “excess mortality”) between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million (range 13.3 million to 16.6 million).
Some causes of death are far more common in some parts of the world than others. In poorer countries in Africa and Asia – where clean water, sanitation, and access to healthcare are lacking – people are much more likely to die from infectious diseases, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional causes.
May 23, 2022 · Across the world, about 13 percent — or 15 million more people — died than expected in the first two years of the pandemic. Global deaths above normal Jan. 2020
