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Eight Most Deadly Infectious Diseases 1990 vs. 2004 |
Disease |
Cause |
Cases/yr 1990 |
Deaths/yr 1990 |
Deaths/yr 2004 |
Respiratory infections* |
Fungi, Bacteria, viruses |
1 billion |
4.7 million |
3.9 million |
Diarrheas** |
Bacteria, viruses, protozoa |
1.8 billion |
3.1 million |
1.8 million |
Tuberculosis |
Bacterium |
9 million |
3.1 million |
1.5 million |
Malaria |
Sporozoan |
110 million |
2.6 million |
1.3 million |
AIDS |
HIV |
5.6 million |
4 million ? |
2.8 million |
Measles |
Virus |
200 million |
1 million |
0.6 million |
Hepatitus B |
Virus |
200 million |
1 million |
0.1 million |
Tetanus |
Bacterium |
1 million |
½ million |
0.2 million |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob |
Prions |
6 thousand |
? |
n.l. |
* includes pneumonia, influenza, and whooping cough
** includes amoebic dysentery, cryptosporidiosis, and gastroenteritis
Catastrophies accidental death
2004 http://www.who.int/whr/2004/annex/en/index.html
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"Adult" Causes of Death, 1999, Global
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United States (1994) |
Developed Regions (1990) |
Developing Regions (1990) |
1 |
Heart Disease |
Heart Disease |
Lower Respiratory Infections |
2 |
Cancer |
Cerebrovascular |
Heart Disease |
3 |
Cerebrovascular |
Trachea, Bronchus |
Cerebrovascular & Lung Cancer |
4 |
COPD |
Lower Respiratory Infections |
Diarrheal Diseases |
5 |
Accidents |
COPD |
Conditions During Perinatal Period |
6 |
Pneumnia & Flu |
Colon & Rectum Cancer |
Tuberculosis |
7 |
Diabetes |
Stomach Cancer |
COPD |
8 |
AIDS |
Traffic Accidents |
Measles |
9 |
Suicide |
Self-inflicted |
Malaria |
10 |
Liver, Cirrhosis |
Diabetes |
Traffic Accidents |
COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Infectious Diseases, 1890-1994, USA

www.cdc.gov/
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Year 2020 Projection (Global)
www.cia.gov/cia/reports/nie/report/nie99-17d.html |
1990 rank | Cause of death | 2020 rank |
1 | Lower respiratory infections | 6 |
2 | Diarrheal diseases | 9 |
3 | Conditions arising during perinatal period | 11 |
4 | Unipolar major depression | 2 |
5 | Ischemic heart disease | 1 |
6 | Cerebrovascular disease | 4 |
7 | Tuberculosis | 7 |
8 | Measles | 25 |
9 | Road traffic deaths | 3 |
10 | Congenital abnormalities | 13 |
11 | Malaria | 24 |
12 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 5 |
13 | Falls | 19 |
14 | Iron-deficiency anemia | 39 |
15 | Protein-energy malnutrition | 37 |
16 | War | 8 |
17 | Self-inflicted injuries | 14 |
19 | Violence | 12 |
28 | HIV | 10 |
33 | Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers | 15 |
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