World - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 30.65
2010 23.51
2015 20.48
2019 18.41

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 8.55
2010 8.86
2015 8.30
2019 7.96

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 60.80
2010 67.63
2015 71.22
2019 73.63

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in World was 14.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 18.48 in 2000, while its lowest value was 14.77 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 18.48
2001 18.23
2002 18.23
2003 18.06
2004 17.68
2005 17.37
2006 17.01
2007 16.72
2008 16.48
2009 16.18
2010 16.04
2011 15.86
2012 15.66
2013 15.37
2014 15.23
2015 15.26
2016 15.18
2017 14.97
2018 14.86
2019 14.77

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in World was 21.74 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 27.27 in 2000, while its lowest value was 21.74 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 27.27
2001 26.88
2002 26.64
2003 26.39
2004 25.90
2005 25.61
2006 25.12
2007 24.89
2008 24.78
2009 24.57
2010 24.42
2011 24.12
2012 23.79
2013 23.24
2014 22.82
2015 22.73
2016 22.61
2017 22.20
2018 21.95
2019 21.74

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in World was 18.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 22.89 in 2000, while its lowest value was 18.27 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 22.89
2001 22.60
2002 22.49
2003 22.28
2004 21.82
2005 21.53
2006 21.09
2007 20.81
2008 20.64
2009 20.39
2010 20.25
2011 20.01
2012 19.75
2013 19.29
2014 19.03
2015 18.97
2016 18.89
2017 18.59
2018 18.41
2019 18.27

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 101.02

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 128.59

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 114.16

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in World was 1.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.54 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.10 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.52
2001 1.54
2002 1.52
2003 1.50
2004 1.50
2005 1.47
2006 1.45
2007 1.42
2008 1.43
2009 1.36
2010 1.36
2011 1.32
2012 1.28
2013 1.24
2014 1.21
2015 1.18
2016 1.17
2017 1.15
2018 1.12
2019 1.10

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in World was 0.82 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.09 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.82 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.07
2001 1.09
2002 1.08
2003 1.07
2004 1.08
2005 1.05
2006 1.06
2007 1.05
2008 1.07
2009 1.02
2010 1.02
2011 0.99
2012 0.96
2013 0.94
2014 0.91
2015 0.88
2016 0.88
2017 0.87
2018 0.84
2019 0.82

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in World was 1.36 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.97 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.36 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.96
2001 1.97
2002 1.94
2003 1.93
2004 1.92
2005 1.90
2006 1.84
2007 1.79
2008 1.79
2009 1.71
2010 1.70
2011 1.64
2012 1.59
2013 1.54
2014 1.52
2015 1.49
2016 1.46
2017 1.42
2018 1.39
2019 1.36

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in World was 5.68 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.13 in 2000 and a minimum value of 5.66 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 9.13
2001 8.56
2002 8.16
2003 8.05
2004 8.01
2005 7.94
2006 7.64
2007 7.37
2008 7.19
2009 7.05
2010 6.97
2011 6.77
2012 6.44
2013 6.25
2014 6.00
2015 5.87
2016 5.73
2017 5.66
2018 5.72
2019 5.68

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in World was 12.58 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.72 in 2000 and a minimum value of 12.58 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 16.72
2001 16.26
2002 16.15
2003 16.16
2004 16.05
2005 15.95
2006 15.45
2007 15.15
2008 15.10
2009 14.86
2010 14.60
2011 14.30
2012 14.01
2013 13.68
2014 13.37
2015 13.03
2016 12.86
2017 12.78
2018 12.76
2019 12.58

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in World was 9.17 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.96 in 2000 and a minimum value of 9.17 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 12.96
2001 12.44
2002 12.19
2003 12.13
2004 12.07
2005 11.99
2006 11.57
2007 11.31
2008 11.19
2009 10.98
2010 10.80
2011 10.59
2012 10.26
2013 10.00
2014 9.72
2015 9.47
2016 9.34
2017 9.23
2018 9.27
2019 9.17

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in World was 16.71 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.28 in 2002 and a minimum value of 16.70 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 19.10
2001 19.16
2002 19.28
2003 19.04
2004 18.84
2005 18.94
2006 18.90
2007 18.85
2008 18.59
2009 18.28
2010 18.18
2011 18.18
2012 17.97
2013 17.53
2014 17.18
2015 16.97
2016 16.85
2017 16.73
2018 16.70
2019 16.71

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 11.75

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors