Low-income countries
|
Deaths in millions
|
% of deaths
|
Lower respiratory infections
|
1.05
|
11.3%
|
Diarrhoeal diseases
|
0.76
|
8.2%
|
HIV/AIDS
|
0.72
|
7.8%
|
Ischaemic heart disease
|
0.57
|
6.1%
|
Malaria
|
0.48
|
5.2%
|
Stroke and other cerebrovascular
disease
|
0.45
|
4.9%
|
Tuberculosis
|
0.40
|
4.3%
|
Prematurity and low birth weight
|
0.30
|
3.2%
|
Birth asphyxia and birth trauma
|
0.27
|
2.9%
|
Neonatal infections
|
0.24
|
2.6%
|
Middle-income countries
|
Deaths in millions
|
% of deaths
|
Ischaemic heart disease
|
5.27
|
13.7%
|
Stroke and other cerebrovascular
disease
|
4.91
|
12.8%
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease
|
2.79
|
7.2%
|
Lower respiratory infections
|
2.07
|
5.4%
|
Diarrhoeal diseases
|
1.68
|
4.4%
|
HIV/AIDS
|
1.03
|
2.7%
|
Road traffic accidents
|
0.94
|
2.4%
|
Tuberculosis
|
0.93
|
2.4%
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
0.87
|
2.3%
|
Hypertensive heart disease
|
0.83
|
2.2%
|
High-income countries
|
Deaths in millions
|
% of deaths
|
Ischaemic heart disease
|
1.42
|
15.6%
|
Stroke and other cerebrovascular
disease
|
0.79
|
8.7%
|
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
|
0.54
|
5.9%
|
Alzheimer and other dementias
|
0.37
|
4.1%
|
Lower respiratory infections
|
0.35
|
3.8%
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease
|
0.32
|
3.5%
|
Colon and rectum cancers
|
0.30
|
3.3%
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
0.24
|
2.6%
|
Hypertensive heart disease
|
0.21
|
2.3%
|
Breast cancer
|
0.17
|
1.9%
|
World
|
Deaths in millions
|
% of deaths
|
Ischaemic heart disease
|
7.25
|
12.8%
|
Stroke and other cerebrovascular
disease
|
6.15
|
10.8%
|
Lower respiratory infections
|
3.46
|
6.1%
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease
|
3.28
|
5.8%
|
Diarrhoeal diseases
|
2.46
|
4.3%
|
HIV/AIDS
|
1.78
|
3.1%
|
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
|
1.39
|
2.4%
|
Tuberculosis
|
1.34
|
2.4%
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
1.26
|
2.2%
|
Road traffic accidents
|
1.21
|
2.1%
|