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Distribution of causes of death worldwide in 1990 and 2017

Distribution of causes of death in 1990 and 2017

Published by John Elflein, Nov 29, 2019

Worldwide, the proportion of neonatal deaths has decreased from 6.4 percent of all deaths in 1990 to 3.2 percent in 2017. This statistic shows the distribution of causes of death worldwide in 1990 compared to 2017.

	2017	1990
Cardiovascular diseases	31.8%	25.69%
Cancers	17.08%	12.38%
Respiratory diseases	7%	7.14%
Diabetes	-	3.44%
Dementia	4.49%	2.2%
Lower respiratory infections	4.57%	7.35%
Neonatal deaths	3.19%	6.42%
Diarrheal diseases	2.81%	5.55%
Road incidents	2.22%	2.48%
Liver disease	2.36%	1.93%
Tuberculosis	2.12%	3.46%
Kidney disease	2.2%	1.32%
Digestive diseases	4.25%	3.69%
HIV/AIDS	1.71%	0.75%
Suicide	1.42%	1.63%
Malaria	1.11%	1.45%
Homicide	0.72%	0.76%
Nutritional deficiencies	0.48%	1.22%
Meningitis	0.51%	0.99%
Protein-energy malnutrition	0.41%	1.1%
Drowning	0.53%	1.14%
Maternal deaths	0.35%	0.7%
Parkinson disease	0.61%	0.32%
Alcohol disorders	0.33%	0.24%
Intestinal infectious diseases	-	0.46%
Drug disorders	0.3%	0.15%
Hepatitis	0.23%	0.32%
Fire	0.22%	0.32%
Heat-related (hot and cold exposure)	0.1%	0.13%
Natural disasters	0.02%	0.11%
Conflict*	0.21%	0.19%
Terrorism	0.05%	0.02%
Diabetes mellitus	2.45%	1.31%

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November 2019

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Worldwide

Survey time period

1990 and 2017

Supplementary notes

Release date represents the date figures were accessed.
Data refers to the specific cause of death, which is distinguished from risk factors for death, such as air pollution, diet and other lifestyle factors. This is shown by cause of death as the percentage of total deaths.
* Number for 2017 was taken from 2016 data.

Worldwide, the proportion of neonatal deaths has decreased from 6.4 percent of all deaths in 1990 to 3.2 percent in 2017. This statistic shows the distribution of causes of death worldwide in 1990 compared to 2017.

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