Top 20 global causes of death 2016
Numbers of deaths (in thousands)
Ischaemic heart disease
9,433
Stroke
5,781
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
3,041
Lower respiratory infections
2,957
Alzheimer disease and other dementias
1,992
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
1,708
Diabetes mellitus
1,599
Road injury
1,402
Diarrhoeal diseases
1,383
Tuberculosis
1,293
Cirrhosis of the liver
1,254
Kidney diseases
1,180
Preterm birth complications
1,013
HIV/AIDS
1,012
Hypertensive heart disease
898
Liver cancer
830
Colon and rectum cancers
794
Self-harm
793
Stomach cancer
760
Birth asphyxia and birth trauma
679