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7⃣ of the world's top 🔟 causes of death are noncommunicable diseases. This is an increase from 4⃣ of the 🔟 leading causes in 2000.

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According to WHO’s 2019 Global Health Estimates, an intensified global focus to prevent and treat

🔎cardiovascular diseases
🔎cancer
🔎diabetes
🔎chronic respiratory diseases

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Ranking #1 in the top 🔟 causes of death, heart disease is now killing more people than ever before, increasing from more than 2 million since 2000, to nearly 9 million in 2019.

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#Dementia is now in the top 🔟 causes of death worldwide, ranking #3 in both the Americas & Europe.

Globally, 6⃣5⃣% of deaths from Alzheimer’s & other forms of dementia are women 👩👵🙍‍♀️. More info 👉bit.ly/3gtdtNw

Deaths from #diabetes increased by 70% globally between 2000 & 2019, with an 80% rise in deaths among men.

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Pneumonia & other lower respiratory infections, the deadliest group of communicable diseases, ranked as #4 leading cause of death in 2019.

However, deaths from lower respiratory infections have decreased since 2000. More details 👉bit.ly/3a7PYc3

#HIV/AIDS dropped from #8 leading cause of death in 2000 to #19 in 2019, but a recent slow-down in progress means efforts must be sustained.

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#Tuberculosis is no longer in the top 🔟 causes of death globally but it remains among the top 🔟 causes of death in the African and South-East Asian regions 🌎🌍.

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6⃣ of the top 🔟 causes of death in low-income countries are still communicable diseases, including

🔸 malaria (#6)
🔸 tuberculosis (#8)
🔸 HIV/AIDS (#9)

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According to WHO Global Health Estimates, people were living more than 6 years longer in 2019 than in 2000, with a global average of 73 years in 2019.

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Injuries are a major cause of #disability & death: there has been a significant rise in road traffic injuries in the African & Eastern Mediterranean region since 2000.

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In the Americas 🌎, drug use has significantly contributed to both disability & death. There was a nearly 3X increase in deaths from drug use disorders between 2000 and 2019.

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WHO’s Global Health Estimates provide latest available data on causes of death and disability globally, and by:

🔸WHO region
🔸Country
🔸Age
🔸Sex
🔸Income group

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