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Big killer
In public health, a big killer is a disease or other major cause of loss of human life.
- For big killers of the past, see pandemics.
Examples include:
- Cancer: 23 % of deaths
- Circulatory diseases: 36 %.
- Diabetes : 1/3 of heart attack victims suffer from diabetes.
- Infectious diseases : AIDS and tuberculosis
- Mental illness : 30 % of people in the community suffers one. Prevalent are Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, as well as Clinical depression, which can however be controlled by medication and/or outpatient therapy for the overwhelming majority
- Traffic accidents
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United States deaths
Ten Leading Causes of Death in the United States in the year 2001:
- Heart disease: 700,142
- Cancer: 553,768
- Stroke: 163,538
- Chronic lower respiratory disease: 123,013
- Accidents: 101,537 (a majority of these are automobile accidents)
- Diabetes: 71,372
- Pneumonia and Influenza: 62,034
- Alzheimer's disease: 53,852
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 39,480
- Septicemia: 32,238
Source: Leading Causes of Death http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm - National Vital Statistics Report - United States National Center for Health Statistics
World Health Organization deaths
2002
By disease, conditions
- Ischaemic heart disease 7,208,000 13%
- Cerebrovascular disease 5,509,000 10%
- Lower respiratory infections 3,884,000 7%
- HIV/AIDS 2,777,000 5%
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2,748,000 5%
- Perinatal conditions (low birthweight, birth asphyxia, birth trauma) 2,462,000 4%
- Diarrhoeal diseases 1,798,000 3%
- Tuberculosis 1,566,000 3%
- Malaria 1,272,000 2%
- Trachea/broncus/lung cancers 1,243,000 2%
- Road traffic accidents 1,192,000 2%
- Childhood diseases (petussis, polio, diphtheria, measles, tetanus) 1,124,000 2%
- Diabetes mellitus 988,000 2%
- Other unintentional injuries (besides road traffic accidents, poisoning, falls, fires, drowning) 923,000 2%
- Hypertensive heart disease 911,000 2%
- Self-inflicted injuries (suicide) 873,000 2%
- Stomach cancer 850,000 2%
- Cirrhosis of the liver 786,000 1%
- Nephritis/nephrosis 677,000 1%
- Colon/rectum cancer 622,000 1%
- Liver cancer 618,000 1%
- Violence 559,000 1%
- Breast cancer 477,000 1%
- Oesophagus cancer 446,000 1%
- Inflammatory heart disease 404,000 1%
- Alzheimer and other dementias 397,000 1%
- Falls 392,000 1%
By category
- Cardiovascular diseases: 16 733 000 27%
- Infectious and parasitic diseases: 10 904 000 19%
- Malignant neoplasms: 7,121,000 13%
- Respiratory infections: 3,963,000 7%
- Respiratory diseases: 3,702,000 7%
- Unintentional injuries: 3,551,000 6%
- Perinatal conditions: 2,462,000 4%
- Digestive diseases: 1,968,000 4%
- Intentional injuries: 1,618,000 3%
- Neuropsychiatric disorders: 1,112,000 2%
- Diabetes mellitus: 988,000 2%
- Diseases of the genitourinary system: 848,000 2%
- Maternal conditions: 510,000 1%
- Congenital abnormalities: 493,000 1%
- Nutritional deficiencies: 485,000 1%
- Nutritional/endocrine disorders: 485,000 1%
Source: The World Health Report http://www.who.int/whr/en/ - 2004 Annex Table 2 Deaths - World Health Organization
See also
External links
- Odds of death by various injuries or accidents http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm from National Safety Council
Last updated: 02-07-2005 06:29:57
Last updated: 03-13-2005 10:35:26