Results: in 2008, the 10 leading causes of death were, in rank order:
Diseases of heart
; Malignant neoplasms; Chronic lower respiratory diseases; Cerebrovascular diseases; Accidents (unintentional injuries); Alzheimer's disease; Diabetes mellitus; Influenza and pneumonia; Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis; …
What was the death rate in 2008?
Results: In 2008, a total of 2,471,984 deaths were reported in the United States. The age-adjusted death rate was
758.3 deaths per 100,000 standard population
, a decrease of 0.2 percent from the 2007 rate and a record low figure.
What is the leading cause of mortality in the Philippines according to who?
Ischaemic heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and neoplasms
lead the causes of death in the Philippines.
What is the leading cause of death according to the World Health Organization?
Leading causes of death globally
The world's biggest killer is
ischaemic heart disease
, responsible for 16% of the world's total deaths. Since 2000, the largest increase in deaths has been for this disease, rising by more than 2 million to 8.9 million deaths in 2019.
What was the leading cause of death in 2007?
In 2007, the five leading causes of death were
heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, and accidents
. These accounted for over 64 percent of all deaths in the United States.
What is the life expectancy of a male born in 2008?
| Characteristic Life expectancy at birth in years | 2011 76.3 | 2010 76.2 | 2009 76 | 2008 75.6 |
|---|
How many people in the United States died in 2012?
Results: In 2012, a total
of 2,543,279 deaths
were reported in the United States. The age-adjusted death rate was 732.8 deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population, a decrease of 1.1% from the 2011 rate and a record low figure.
Which disease is the leading cause of death among people who live in developing countries?
The most common of all the causes of death in developing countries is
coronary heart disease (CHD)
. In 2015, CHD was responsible for approximately 7.4 million deaths; an estimated three-quarters of these deaths took place in low and middle-income countries.
What are the three leading causes of mortality in the Philippines?
Ischaemic heart diseases, neoplasms, and cerebrovascular diseases
are still the three leading causes of death in the Philippines.
Which among the infectious diseases are the leading causes of death?
Lower respiratory tract infections (including pneumonia)
account for more than 4 million deaths worldwide each year—the greatest global killer among infectious diseases.
What is the most common disease worldwide?
According to current statistics,
hepatitis B
is the most common infectious disease in the world, affecting some 2 billion people — that's more than one-quarter of the world's population.
Which area recorded the highest death rate?
As of 2019, the countries with the highest death rates worldwide are
Bulgaria, Ukraine, Serbia, and Latvia
. In these countries there were 15 to 16 deaths per 1,000 people. The country with the lowest death rates is Qatar, where there is just one death per 1,000 people.
What is the number one cause of death for teenagers?
Accidents
(unintentional injuries), homicide, suicide, cancer, and heart disease make up the five leading causes of death for teenagers. Motor vehicle fatality is the leading cause of accident death among teenagers, representing over one-third of all deaths to teenagers.
What was a major disease in 2007?
Results: In 2007, the 10 leading causes of death were, in rank order: Diseases of
heart
; Malignant neoplasms; Cerebrovascular diseases; Chronic lower respiratory diseases; Accidents (unintentional injuries); Alzheimer's disease; Diabetes mellitus; Influenza and pneumonia; Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis; …
What was the leading cause of death in 2014?
What are the leading causes of death? In 2014, the 10 leading causes of death—
heart disease, cancer
, chronic lower respiratory diseases, unintentional injuries, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease, and suicide—remained the same as in 2013 (Figure 3).
What diseases happened in 2007?
- MDR Tuberculosis (December 2007) …
- Earthquake (October 31, 2007) …
- Wildfires (October 2007) …
- Salmonella (October 2007) …
- E. …
- Salmonella (August-September 2007) …
- Anthrax (September 2007) …
- Tropical Storms Dean and Erin.
