Big killer

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In public health, a big killer is a disease or other major cause of loss of human life.

For big killers of the past, see pandemics.

Examples include:


Contents
1 United States deaths
2 World Health Organization deaths
3 See also
4 External links
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United States deaths

Ten Leading Causes of Death in the United States in the year 2001:

  1. Heart disease: 700,142
  2. Cancer: 553,768
  3. Stroke: 163,538
  4. Chronic lower respiratory disease: 123,013
  5. Accidents: 101,537 (a majority of these are automobile accidents)
  6. Diabetes: 71,372
  7. Pneumonia and Influenza: 62,034
  8. Alzheimer's disease: 53,852
  9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 39,480
  10. Septicemia: 32,238

Source: Leading Causes of Death (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm) - National Vital Statistics Report - United States National Center for Health Statistics

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World Health Organization deaths

2002

By disease, conditions

  1. Ischaemic heart disease 7,208,000 13%
  2. Cerebrovascular disease 5,509,000 10%
  3. Lower respiratory infections 3,884,000 7%
  4. HIV/AIDS 2,777,000 5%
  5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2,748,000 5%
  6. Perinatal conditions (low birthweight, birth asphyxia, birth trauma) 2,462,000 4%
  7. Diarrhoeal diseases 1,798,000 3%
  8. Tuberculosis 1,566,000 3%
  9. Malaria 1,272,000 2%
  10. Trachea/broncus/lung cancers 1,243,000 2%
  11. Road traffic accidents 1,192,000 2%
  12. Childhood diseases (petussis, polio, diphtheria, measles, tetanus) 1,124,000 2%
  13. Diabetes mellitus 988,000 2%
  14. Other unintentional injuries (besides road traffic accidents, poisoning, falls, fires, drowning) 923,000 2%
  15. Hypertensive heart disease 911,000 2%
  16. Self-inflicted injuries (suicide) 873,000 2%
  17. Stomach cancer 850,000 2%
  18. Cirrhosis of the liver 786,000 1%
  19. Nephritis/nephrosis 677,000 1%
  20. Colon/rectum cancer 622,000 1%
  21. Liver cancer 618,000 1%
  22. Violence 559,000 1%
  23. Breast cancer 477,000 1%
  24. Oesophagus cancer 446,000 1%
  25. Inflammatory heart disease 404,000 1%
  26. Alzheimer and other dementias 397,000 1%
  27. Falls 392,000 1%


By category

  1. Cardiovascular diseases: 16 733 000 27%
  2. Infectious and parasitic diseases: 10 904 000 19%
  3. Malignant neoplasms: 7,121,000 13%
  4. Respiratory infections: 3,963,000 7%
  5. Respiratory diseases: 3,702,000 7%
  6. Unintentional injuries: 3,551,000 6%
  7. Perinatal conditions: 2,462,000 4%
  8. Digestive diseases: 1,968,000 4%
  9. Intentional injuries: 1,618,000 3%
  10. Neuropsychiatric disorders: 1,112,000 2%
  11. Diabetes mellitus: 988,000 2%
  12. Diseases of the genitourinary system: 848,000 2%
  13. Maternal conditions: 510,000 1%
  14. Congenital abnormalities: 493,000 1%
  15. Nutritional deficiencies: 485,000 1%
  16. Nutritional/endocrine disorders: 485,000 1%

Source: The World Health Report (http://www.who.int/whr/en/) - 2004 Annex Table 2 Deaths - World Health Organization

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See also


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