
The top 10 causes of death! - World Health Organization (WHO)
"Of the 56.9 million deaths worldwide in 2016, more than half (54%) were due to the top 10 causes. Ischaemic heart disease and stroke are the world’s biggest killers, accounting for a combined 15.2 million deaths in 2016. These diseases have remained the leading causes of death globally in the last 15 years." (WHO, 2016). Deaths due to dementias more than doubled in 16 years "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claimed 3.0 million lives in 2016, while lung cancer (along wit