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The top ten causes of death are statistical estimates based on available data. Death registration data is unavailable or unusable for India due to quality issues. Estimates of mortality by cause should be interpreted with caution.
- Top 10 Causes of Death
Lower-middle-income countries have the most balanced top 10...
- Leading Causes of Death
WHO’s Global Health Estimates (GHE) provide the latest...
- Top 10 Causes of Death
- Leading Causes of Death Globally
- Leading Causes of Death by Income Group
- Why Do We Need to Know The Reasons People Die?
At a global level, 7 of the 10 leading causes of deaths in 2021 were noncommunicable diseases, accounting for 38% of all deaths, or 68% of the top 10 causes.
The World Bank classifies the world's economies into four income groups (1)based on gross national income: low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high.
It is important to know why people die to improve how people live. Measuring how many people die each year helps to assess the effectiveness of our health systems and direct resources to where they are needed most. For example, mortality data can help focus activities and resource allocation in the health sector, as well as in other sectors such as...
WHO’s Global Health Estimates (GHE) provide the latest available data on causes of death and disability globally, by region and country, and by age, sex and income group. They provide key insights on mortality and morbidity trends to support informed decision-making on health policy and resource allocation.
Jun 10, 2024 · The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive assessment of global health trends. This dataset contains the death and DALY counts and rates for 371 diseases and injuries.
Apr 3, 2024 · The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 cause-of-death analysis estimated mortality and years of life lost (YLLs) from 288 causes of death by age-sex-location-year in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations for each year from 1990 until 2021.
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) - India. Derived based on the data from Global Health Estimates 2020: Deaths by Cause, Age, Sex, by Country and by Region, 2000-2019. Geneva, World Health Organization; 2020. Link: who.int/data/gho/data/themes/mortality-and-global-health-estimates/ghe-leading-causes-of-death. License : CC BY-4.0.
May 5, 2022 · India has officially recorded more than half a million deaths due to the novel coronavirus until now. It reported 481,000 Covid deaths between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021, but the WHO's...
