What Are the Most Common Deadly Diseases? – Top 10 List
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by Admin in Health, Lifestyle
Here are some of the diseases that have been the cause of most human deaths over the years. Learning how to protect ourselves and immune our bodies against these diseases could directly increases human longevity.
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1. Ischaemic heart disease
Approximate annual deaths: 7,208,000
2. Cancers
Different types of cancers take the lives of approximately 7,121,000 people annually.
3. Cerebrovascular disease
Approximate annual deaths: 5,509,000
4. Lower respiratory infections
Approximate annual deaths: 3,884,000
5. HIV/AIDS
Approximate annual deaths: 2,777,000
6. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Approximate annual deaths: 2,748,000
7. Perinatal Conditions
Approximate annual deaths: 2,462,000
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
Approximate annual deaths: 1,798,000
9. Tuberculosis
Approximate annual deaths: 1,566,000
10. Malaria
Approximate annual deaths: 1,272,000
Source: World Heath Organization Report
This list was put together based on Top 10 of Everything 2009 by Russel Ash
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treedp
01. Dec, 2009
Why isn’t H1N1 on the top ten list? This list proves that more people die of the listed causes, and these should be the focus of research, not all the hype that is recently centering on H1N1…
Hunter Saylor
25. Mar, 2010
I so agree with that. H1N1 should also be added with the diseases. Another thing they should have added was the black plague from 13th century Europe.
FallOutGirl
07. May, 2010
H1N1 was a big deal but it didn’t kill nearly as many people as most diseases. this list is about facts not your opinion. also, I’m pretty sure the list is top 10 disease for current times. not the 13th century, because all though the black plague was terrible, we can’t do anything about that now, can we? what’s in the past is in the past.
Admin
09. May, 2010
Hi FallOutGirl,
Thanks for your comment, which is exactly correct. The list is not about people’s opinions, its about FACTS.
Although H1N1was a huge pandemic, it did not kill nearly as many people as other diseases, which are still taking more lives.
Also to your other comment about diseases in history like the Black plague, we do not have exact data to support and justify their top 10 positions. We only have estimates, that is why this list only includes the diseases that have taken most lives for which we have sufficient proving numbers and documents.