Cause-specific Mortality Definition Various other causes are HIV/AIDS Diarrhea Measles Malaria Pneumonia Prematurity Birth asphyxia Neonatal sepsis Congenital anomalies Injuries Cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory conditions are the major causes of deaths among adults in the age group of 30 to 70. Data and Sources Cause-specific indicators data derived from various reliable sources such as death-registration records, health-facility reports, household surveys, censuses, special studies on deaths due to HIV, MDG-related indicators. Due to limitations in data availability and significant uncertainty, Global Health Observatory web site has the margins of such data. Indicators of the broad categories and more-specific causes of deaths |
Member State | Age-Standardized mortality rates by cause (per 100 000 population) |
Number of deaths among children aged <5 years (000s) | Mortality - Distribution of causes of death among children aged<5 years (%) | ||||||||||||||
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Non- Comm uni cable |
Injury | HIV/AIDS | Diarrhea | Measles | Malaria | Pneumonia | Prematurity | |||||||||
2008 | 2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | |||
Range of Country Values | |||||||||||||||||
Minimum | 11 | 273 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Median | 105 | 637 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 19 |
Maximum | 1552 | 1289 | 347 | 2294 | 1696 | 48 | 28 | 80 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 29 | 27 | 35 | 29 | 50 | 45 |
WHO Region | |||||||||||||||||
African Region | 798 | 779 | 107 | 3836 | 3508 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 12 |
Region of the Americans | 72 | 455 | 63 | 430 | 284 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 19 |
South-East Asia Region | 334 | 676 | 101 | 3042 | 2127 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 21 |
European Region | 51 | 532 | 63 | 230 | 155 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 21 |
Eastern Mediterranean Region | 254 | 706 | 91 | 1149 | 1070 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 19 |
Western Pacific Region | 74 | 534 | 64 | 889 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 17 |
Income Group | |||||||||||||||||
Low income | 636 | 757 | 124 | 3065 | 2658 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
Lower middle income | 233 | 658 | 82 | 5104 | 4180 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 18 |
Upper middle income | 125 | 608 | 81 | 1315 | 691 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
High income | 31 | 380 | 41 | 98 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 |
Global | 230 | 573 | 78 | 9581 | 7614 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17 |
Member State | Mortality - Distribution of causes of death among children aged<5 years (%) | Age-Standardized adult mortality rate by cause (age 30-70 per 100 000 population) | ||||||||||||
Birth asphyxia | Neonatal sepsis | Congenital anomalies | Other diseases | Injuries | All causes | Cancer | Cardiovascular disease and diabetes | Chronic respiratory conditions | ||||||
2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | 2000 | 2010 | 2008 | ||||
Range of Country Values | ||||||||||||||
Minimum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 59 | 59 | 2 |
Median | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 774 | 140 | 284 | 29 |
Maximum | 40 | 48 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 48 | 100 | 42 | 29 | 56 | 3147 | 284 | 1427 | 195 |
WHO Region | ||||||||||||||
African Region | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1716 | 147 | 382 | 92 |
Region of the Americans | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 532 | 136 | 169 | 24 |
South-East Asia Region | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 987 | 125 | 322 | 109 |
European Region | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 626 | 166 | 238 | 17 |
Eastern Mediterranean Region | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 881 | 127 | 344 | 46 |
Western Pacific Region | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 545 | 168 | 184 | 41 |
Income Group | ||||||||||||||
Low income | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1354 | 154 | 375 | 77 |
Lower middle income | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 808 | 150 | 273 | 73 |
Upper middle income | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 805 | 158 | 295 | 27 |
High income | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 376 | 141 | 104 | 14 |
Global | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 764 | 150 | 245 | 52 |
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