| | This article may need to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information, and remove this template when finished. Please see the talk page for more information. (December 2009) | | | This article's factual accuracy is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. (December 2009) | The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for the year 2002, arranged by their associated mortality rates. There were 57,029,000 deaths tabulated for that year. Some causes listed include deaths also included in more specific subordinate causes (as indicated by the "Group" column), and some causes are omitted, so the percentages do not sum to 100. According to the World Health Organization, about 58 million people died in 2005.[1] [edit] Causes by death rate Note: tinted backgrounds indicate items that also appear in subsequent table. [edit] Developed vs. developing economies Top causes of death, according to the World Health Organization report for the calendar year 2001:[4] | Causes of death in developing countries | Number of deaths | Causes of death in developed countries | Number of deaths | | HIV-AIDS | 2,678,000 | Ischaemic heart disease | 3,512,000 | | Lower respiratory infections | 2,643,000 | Cerebrovascular disease | 3,346,000 | | Ischaemic heart disease | 2,484,000 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1,829,000 | | Diarrhoea | 1,793,000 | Lower respiratory infections | 1,180,000 | | Cerebrovascular disease | 1,381,000 | Lung cancer | 938,000 | | Childhood diseases | 1,217,000 | Car accident | 669,000 | | Malaria | 1,103,000 | Stomach cancer | 657,000 | | Tuberculosis | 1,021,000 | Hypertensive heart disease | 635,000 | | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 748,000 | Tuberculosis | 571,000 | | Measles | 674,000 | Suicide | 499,000 | [edit] By country [edit] United States [edit] By age group  Leading causes of death in the United States by age group. [5]  Leading causes of death in the United States, as percentage of deaths in each age group. [5] Perinatal mortality (<1yrs of age) seldom falls into any of these causes. | [edit] By occupation  Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2006 in the United States. [6]  Selected occupations with high fatality rates, 2006, in the United States. [6] | [edit] References - ^ WHO (2005). "Cancer". http://www.who.int/cancer/en/.
- ^ World Health Organization (2004). "Annex Table 2: Deaths by cause, sex and mortality stratum in WHO regions, estimates for 2002" (pdf). The world health report 2004 - changing history. http://www.who.int/entity/whr/2004/annex/topic/en/annex_2_en.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ Group is a value showing the relationship of groups of causes; for instance, statistics for "A" (cardiovascular diseases) include those for "A.1" (ischemic heart disease), "A.2" (cerebrovascular disease), and so on. If no value is shown for a cause, there are no other causes grouped with that cause.
- ^ http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/cause.php
- ^ a b National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 15, September 16, 2002 as compiled at [1]
- ^ a b Bureau of Labor Statistics; NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2006
[edit] See also | Death and related topics | | | In medicine | | | | Lists | | | | Mortality | | | | After death | | | | Paranormal | | | | Legal | | | | Other | | | |
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