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WHO’s 2019 Global Health Estimates
December 17 , 2020
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- The new data cover the period from 2000 to 2019.
- The non-communicable diseases now make up 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death.
- The diabetes and dementia are also among the world’s top 10 causes of death.
- Heart disease has remained the leading cause of death at the global level for the last 20 years.
- There has been a global decline in deaths from communicable diseases.
- It also found that life-spans have increased over the years, with a global average of more than 73 years (in 2019) compared to nearly 67 (in 2000).
- In the Americas, drug use emerged as a major factor in both disability and death.
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