Table 1 Top ten causes of death: number of deaths reported by cause, 2013.
From: Road safety: challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
World | High-income countries | Low- and middle-income countries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Asia and Pacific | Europe and Central Asia | Latin America and Caribbean | Middle East and North Africa | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||
Ischemic heart disease | 7,593,875 | 1,292,609 | 2,023,162 | 1,455,823 | 468,580 | 370,278 | 1,629,386 | 354,037 |
Stroke | 6,699,717 | 764,051 | 2,911,243 | 815,131 | 309,911 | 239,370 | 1,142,133 | 517,879 |
Lower respiratory infections | 3,222,634 | 379,177 | 475,855 | 66,981 | 206,418 | 95,812 | 798,400 | 1,199,991 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 3,216,606 | 369,748 | 1,104,306 | 83,865 | 133,634 | 45,641 | 1,375,033 | 104,378 |
Diarrheal diseases | 1,807,702 | 35,190 | 91,934 | 11,472 | 23,266 | 21,893 | 881,311 | 742,637 |
HIV/AIDS | 1,666,646 | 20,483 | 158,465 | 93,978 | 57,518 | 21,100 | 167,512 | 1,147,589 |
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 1,636,037 | 583,707 | 694,081 | 126,183 | 76,665 | 22,520 | 112,952 | 19,929 |
Other circulatory diseases | 1,583,574 | 758,799 | 348,258 | 74,157 | 136,304 | 65,897 | 119,299 | 80,859 |
Road injury | 1,423,355 | 87,958 | 453,851 | 57,140 | 124,035 | 90,630 | 367,212 | 242,530 |
Hypertensive heart disease | 1,136,930 | 222,327 | 341,390 | 88,985 | 122,834 | 59,513 | 207,975 | 93,906 |
Total of top ten causes of death | 29,987,076 | 4,514,049 | 8,602,545 | 2,873,715 | 1,659,165 | 1,032,654 | 6,801,213 | 4,503,735 |