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Nearly 150,000 people die per day worldwide, based on the latest comprehensive research published in 2017. Which diseases are the most deadly, and how many lives do they take per day?
Here's how many people die each day on average, sorted by cause:
Rank Cause Daily Deaths
#1 Cardiovascular diseases 48,742
#2 Cancers 26,181
#3 Respiratory diseases 10,724
#4 Lower respiratory 7,010
#5 Dementia 6,889
#6 Digestive diseases 6,514
#7 Neonatal disorders 4,887
#8 Diarrheal diseases 4,300
#9 Diabetes 3,753
#10 Liver diseases 3,624
Total Daily Deaths 147,118
COVID Dec. 15 - May 15 2,205
COVID Mar 11 - May 15 4,517
COVI Apr 13-19 PEAK 7,504
The fact is that many of the aforementioned death rates are based on much larger and consistent sample sizes of data. On the flipside, since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, daily confirmed deaths have fallen in a wide range between 272 and 10,520 per dayand there is no telling what could happen in the future.
Nearly 150,000 people die per day worldwide, based on the latest comprehensive research published in 2017. Which diseases are the most deadly, and how many lives do they take per day?
Here's how many people die each day on average, sorted by cause:
Rank Cause Daily Deaths
#1 Cardiovascular diseases 48,742
#2 Cancers 26,181
#3 Respiratory diseases 10,724
#4 Lower respiratory 7,010
#5 Dementia 6,889
#6 Digestive diseases 6,514
#7 Neonatal disorders 4,887
#8 Diarrheal diseases 4,300
#9 Diabetes 3,753
#10 Liver diseases 3,624
Total Daily Deaths 147,118
COVID Dec. 15 - May 15 2,205
COVID Mar 11 - May 15 4,517
COVI Apr 13-19 PEAK 7,504
The fact is that many of the aforementioned death rates are based on much larger and consistent sample sizes of data. On the flipside, since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, daily confirmed deaths have fallen in a wide range between 272 and 10,520 per dayand there is no telling what could happen in the future.