The Top 10 Causes Of Death As At August -WHO

What are the top 10 causes of death up to last month August 2024? Well, the World Health Organisation has listed these

Using a 2021 global data, the organisation said the top 10 causes of death accounted for 39 million deaths, or 57% of the total 68 million deaths worldwide.

The top global causes of death, in order of total number of lives lost, are associated with two broad topics:

1. cardiovascular (ischaemic heart disease, stroke) and respiratory (COVID-19, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lower respiratory infections), with
2. COVID-19 emerging as the second leading causes of death globally.

Top 10 causes of death can be grouped into three categories:

1. communicable (infectious and parasitic diseases and maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions),
2. noncommunicable (chronic)
3. injuries