Most common causes of death, most common risk factors, and more
Australia
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
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2007-2017Ischemic heart disease 1 1 Ischemic heart disease+6.4% Alzheimer's disease 2 2 Alzheimer's disease+38.1% Stroke 3 3 Stroke+12.5% Lung cancer 4 4 Lung cancer+17.7% COPD 5 5 COPD+35.8% Colorectal cancer 6 6 Colorectal cancer+19.1% Diabetes 7 7 Chronic kidney disease+46.1% Prostate cancer 8 8 Lower respiratory infect+41.3% Lower respiratory infect 9 9 Diabetes+7.7% Chronic kidney disease 10 10 Prostate cancer+16.9% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Tobacco 1 1 Tobacco+5.0% High body-mass index 2 2 High body-mass index+22.5% Dietary risks 3 3 Dietary risks+5.0% High blood pressure 4 4 High blood pressure+8.3% High fasting plasma glucose 5 5 High fasting plasma glucose+19.5% Alcohol use 6 6 Alcohol use+20.6% High LDL 7 7 Occupational risks+15.3% Occupational risks 8 8 High LDL+0.7% Drug use 9 9 Drug use+40.9% Air pollution 10 10 Impaired kidney function+24.4% Impaired kidney function 11 11 Air pollution-4.6% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/australia
Bangladesh
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Stroke 1 1 Stroke+16.2% Neonatal disorders 2 2 Ischemic heart disease+44.5% Ischemic heart disease 3 3 COPD+36.4% Lower respiratory infect 4 4 Neonatal disorders-48.7% COPD 5 5 Lower respiratory infect-44.9% Diarrheal diseases 6 6 Diabetes+51.8% Drowning 7 7 Diarrheal diseases-6.5% Cirrhosis 8 8 Cirrhosis-5.5% Diabetes 9 9 Lung cancer+64.4% Typhoid & paratyph 10 10 Alzheimer's disease+65.9% Lung cancer 13 12 Drowning-53.7% Alzheimer's disease 18 15 Typhoid & paratyph-27.1% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
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2007-2017Malnutrition 1 1 Malnutrition-51.2% Air pollution 2 2 Dietary risks+25.1% Dietary risks 3 3 Air pollution-23.0% Tobacco 4 4 High blood pressure+32.2% High blood pressure 5 5 Tobacco+6.2% High fasting plasma glucose 6 6 High fasting plasma glucose+21.8% WaSH 7 7 Occupational risks+3.2% Occupational risks 8 8 High body-mass index+56.5% High LDL 9 9 High LDL+32.8% Impaired kidney function 10 10 WaSH-40.1% High body-mass index 11 11 Impaired kidney function+12.8% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/bangladesh
Cambodia
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Lower respiratory infect 1 1 Stroke+26.6% Stroke 2 2 Lower respiratory infect-16.0% Cirrhosis 3 3 Cirrhosis+25.8% Ischemic heart disease 4 4 Ischemic heart disease+27.8% Neonatal disorders 5 5 Neonatal disorders-28.3% HIV/AIDS 6 6 Road injuries+3.0% Tuberculosis 7 7 Mechanical forces+9.6% Road injuries 8 8 COPD+44.8% Mechanical forces 9 9 Tuberculosis-27.0% Congenital defects 10 10 Diabetes+45.9% COPD 12 13 Congenital defects-26.3% Diabetes 13 18 HIV/AIDS-72.1% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Malnutrition 1 1 Malnutrition-39.7% Air pollution 2 2 Tobacco+3.4% Tobacco 3 3 Dietary risks+16.6% Dietary risks 4 4 Air pollution-23.7% Alcohol use 5 5 High fasting plasma glucose+39.4% High fasting plasma glucose 6 6 Alcohol use+14.8% High blood pressure 7 7 High blood pressure+24.7% Unsafe sex 8 8 Occupational risks+18.2% WaSH 9 9 High body-mass index+72.0% Occupational risks 10 10 High LDL+21.4% High LDL 11 12 WaSH-45.1% High body-mass index 13 13 Unsafe sex-62.7% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/cambodia
China
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Stroke 1 1 Stroke+27.0% Ischemic heart disease 2 2 Ischemic heart disease+54.0% COPD 3 3 COPD+0.7% Lung cancer 4 4 Lung cancer+57.7% Liver cancer 5 5 Alzheimer's disease+61.1% Stomach cancer 6 6 Liver cancer+27.7% Alzheimer's disease 7 7 Stomach cancer+13.0% Road injuries 8 8 Hypertensive heart disease+95.7% Esophageal cancer 9 9 Road injuries-9.2% Lower respiratory infect 10 10 Esophageal cancer+5.7% Hypertensive heart disease 11 12 Lower respiratory infect-3.2% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Dietary risks 1 1 Dietary risks+29.6% Tobacco 2 2 Tobacco+20.7% High blood pressure 3 3 High blood pressure+40.6% Air pollution 4 4 Air pollution+1.7% High fasting plasma glucose 5 5 High body-mass index+67.5% Alcohol use 6 6 High fasting plasma glucose+15.2% Malnutrition 7 7 Alcohol use+28.0% High body-mass index 8 8 High LDL+45.9% Occupational risks 9 9 Occupational risks+1.2% High LDL 10 10 Malnutrition-41.9% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/china
Indonesia
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Stroke 1 1 Stroke+29.2% Ischemic heart disease 2 2 Ischemic heart disease+29.0% Tuberculosis 3 3 Diabetes+50.1% Cirrhosis 4 4 Tuberculosis-19.0% Diarrheal diseases 5 5 Cirrhosis+5.6% Diabetes 6 6 Diarrheal diseases-10.4% Neonatal disorders 7 7 COPD+10.5% COPD 8 8 Alzheimer's disease+49.7% Lower respiratory infect 9 9 Lower respiratory infect-26.1% Road injuries 10 10 Neonatal disorders-38.8% Alzheimer's disease 11 12 Road injuries-18.6% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Malnutrition 1 1 Dietary risks+18.7% Dietary risks 2 2 High blood pressure+25.7% High blood pressure 3 3 High fasting plasma glucose+50.6% Tobacco 4 4 Tobacco+17.3% High fasting plasma glucose 5 5 Malnutrition-40.4% Air pollution 6 6 High body-mass index+65.4% High body-mass index 7 7 Air pollution-4.6% WaSH 8 8 High LDL+24.3% Occupational risks 9 9 Occupational risks+6.4% High LDL 10 10 Impaired kidney function+17.7% Impaired kidney function 11 11 WaSH-35.2% See also- How long do people live?
- What is the mortality trend in the under-5 and under-1 age groups?
- How does personal healthcare access and quality measure up?
Similar data is also avaliable for the following areas of Indonesia:
Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/indonesia
Japan
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Ischemic heart disease 1 1 Alzheimer's disease+57.7% Alzheimer's disease 2 2 Ischemic heart disease+16.4% Stroke 3 3 Stroke+13.1% Lower respiratory infect 4 4 Lower respiratory infect+30.0% Lung cancer 5 5 Lung cancer+16.5% Stomach cancer 6 6 Colorectal cancer+22.7% Colorectal cancer 7 7 Stomach cancer+1.4% Liver cancer 8 8 Chronic kidney disease+18.7% Self-harm 9 9 COPD+25.2% Chronic kidney disease 10 10 Pancreatic cancer+29.7% COPD 11 11 Liver cancer-9.6% Pancreatic cancer 12 12 Self-harm-13.5% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Tobacco 1 1 Tobacco-6.3% Dietary risks 2 2 Dietary risks-3.8% High blood pressure 3 3 High blood pressure-2.0% High fasting plasma glucose 4 4 High fasting plasma glucose+15.9% High body-mass index 5 5 High body-mass index+5.1% Occupational risks 6 6 Occupational risks+1.2% High LDL 7 7 High LDL-3.3% Impaired kidney function 8 8 Impaired kidney function+1.8% Air pollution 9 9 Air pollution-7.0% Alcohol use 10 10 Alcohol use-9.4% See also- How long do people live?
- What is the mortality trend in the under-5 and under-1 age groups?
- How does personal healthcare access and quality measure up?
Similar data is also avaliable for the following areas of Japan:
Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/japan
Republic of Korea
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Stroke 1 1 Alzheimer's disease+92.3% Ischemic heart disease 2 2 Stroke-2.4% Alzheimer's disease 3 3 Ischemic heart disease+20.0% Lung cancer 4 4 Lung cancer+24.2% Self-harm 5 5 Self-harm+5.8% Stomach cancer 6 6 Liver cancer+10.2% Liver cancer 7 7 Lower respiratory infect+136.6% Diabetes 8 8 Stomach cancer-9.3% Cirrhosis 9 9 Diabetes+3.0% Road injuries 10 10 Colorectal cancer+32.4% Colorectal cancer 11 12 Cirrhosis+6.4% Lower respiratory infect 13 13 Road injuries-12.1% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Tobacco 1 1 Tobacco-3.4% Dietary risks 2 2 High fasting plasma glucose+18.5% High fasting plasma glucose 3 3 Dietary risks-3.1% High blood pressure 4 4 Occupational risks+8.7% Alcohol use 5 5 High blood pressure-4.7% Occupational risks 6 6 Alcohol use-7.5% High body-mass index 7 7 High body-mass index+16.8% Air pollution 8 8 Air pollution+7.2% High LDL 9 9 High LDL-1.5% Malnutrition 10 10 Impaired kidney function+15.6% Impaired kidney function 11 11 Malnutrition-13.4% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/south-korea
Malaysia
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Ischemic heart disease 1 1 Ischemic heart disease+37.4% Lower respiratory infect 2 2 Lower respiratory infect+72.1% Stroke 3 3 Stroke+47.1% Road injuries 4 4 Road injuries+22.7% COPD 5 5 Alzheimer's disease+64.7% Alzheimer's disease 6 6 COPD+21.7% Lung cancer 7 7 Chronic kidney disease+62.0% Chronic kidney disease 8 8 Lung cancer+40.8% Cirrhosis 9 9 Colorectal cancer+66.6% Colorectal cancer 10 10 Cirrhosis+31.6% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Dietary risks 1 1 Dietary risks+29.2% High blood pressure 2 2 High blood pressure+45.0% Tobacco 3 3 Tobacco+28.7% High fasting plasma glucose 4 4 High body-mass index+51.9% High body-mass index 5 5 High fasting plasma glucose+24.9% High LDL 6 6 High LDL+37.9% Air pollution 7 7 Air pollution+22.3% Malnutrition 8 8 Alcohol use+62.9% Impaired kidney function 9 9 Malnutrition+2.6% Occupational risks 10 10 Impaired kidney function+46.3% Alcohol use 11 11 Occupational risks+13.3% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/malaysia
Mongolia
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Neonatal disorders 1 1 Ischemic heart disease6.9% Ischemic heart disease 2 2 Stroke8.4% Lower respiratory infect 3 3 Neonatal disorders-13.3% Stroke 4 4 Liver cancer43.6% Liver cancer 5 5 Lower respiratory infect-40.5% Cirrhosis 6 6 Cirrhosis 27.5% Congenital defects 7 7 Road injuries-1.2% Self-harm 8 8 Self-harm-7.4% Road injuries 9 9 Congenital defects-26.5% Tuberculosis 10 10 Alcohol use disorders22.9% Alcohol use disorders 12 12 Tuberculosis-20.6% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Malnutrition 1 1 Dietary risks9.8% Dietary risks 2 2 High blood pressure11.7% High blood pressure 3 3 Malnutrition-21.9% Tobacco 4 4 Alcohol use29.0% Alcohol use 5 5 Tobacco17.9% High body-mass index 6 6 High body-mass index27.6% Air pollution 7 7 High fasting plasma glucose21.9% High fasting plasma glucose 8 8 Air pollution-15.0% High LDL 9 9 High LDL10.1% Impaired kidney function 10 10 Impaired kidney function5.7% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/mongolia
New Zealand
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Ischemic heart disease 1 1 Ischemic heart disease+1.7% Alzheimer's disease 2 2 Alzheimer's disease+31.4% Stroke 3 3 Stroke+8.6% COPD 4 4 COPD+11.2% Lung cancer 5 5 Lung cancer+13.6% Colorectal cancer 6 6 Colorectal cancer+11.0% Breast cancer 7 7 Chronic kidney disease+24.9% Chronic kidney disease 8 8 Breast cancer+5.8% Prostate cancer 9 9 Lower respiratory infect+57.2% Diabetes 10 10 Prostate cancer+20.1% Lower respiratory infect 12 13 Diabetes-2.7% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Tobacco 1 1 Tobacco-4.2% Dietary risks 2 2 Dietary risks+2.9% High blood pressure 3 3 High body-mass index+18.7% High body-mass index 4 4 High blood pressure+2.3% High fasting plasma glucose 5 5 High fasting plasma glucose+29.8% Alcohol use 6 6 Alcohol use+10.6% High LDL 7 7 Occupational risks+4.7% Occupational risks 8 8 High LDL-3.0% Impaired kidney function 9 9 Impaired kidney function+11.8% Malnutrition 10 10 Drug use+7.8% Drug use 11 12 Malnutrition-13.8% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/new-zealand
Philippines
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Ischemic heart disease 1 1 Ischemic heart disease+38.0% Stroke 2 2 Stroke+27.8% Lower respiratory infect 3 3 Lower respiratory infect+24.1% Neonatal disorders 4 4 Chronic kidney disease+56.4% Tuberculosis 5 5 Tuberculosis-2.8% Chronic kidney disease 6 6 Diabetes+47.2% Diabetes 7 7 Neonatal disorders-23.5% COPD 8 8 Hypertensive heart disease+77.6% Interpersonal violence 9 9 COPD+34.7% Hypertensive heart disease 10 10 Interpersonal violence+8.7% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Malnutrition 1 1 Dietary risks+27.1% Tobacco 2 2 High fasting plasma glucose+46.5% Dietary risks 3 3 Malnutrition-21.9% High fasting plasma glucose 4 4 Tobacco+11.5% High blood pressure 5 5 High blood pressure+42.4% Air pollution 6 6 High body-mass index+61.2% High body-mass index 7 7 Air pollution+8.7% High LDL 8 8 High LDL+35.1% Alcohol use 9 9 Impaired kidney function+41.6% Impaired kidney function 10 10 Alcohol use+11.8% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/philippines
Singapore
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Ischemic heart disease 1 1 Ischemic heart disease+2.9% Lower respiratory infect 2 2 Lower respiratory infect+52.0% Stroke 3 3 Alzheimer's disease+47.6% Alzheimer's disease 4 4 Stroke+5.1% Lung cancer 5 5 Lung cancer+23.9% Colorectal cancer 6 6 Colorectal cancer+31.8% Self-harm 7 7 Hypertensive heart disease+65.8% COPD 8 8 Chronic kidney disease+63.8% Liver cancer 9 9 Liver cancer+34.6% Diabetes 10 10 Self-harm-2.2% Hypertensive heart disease 11 11 COPD-0.7% Chronic kidney disease 12 24 Diabetes-58.8% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Dietary risks 1 1 Dietary risks+1.3% High fasting plasma glucose 2 2 Tobacco+6.3% Tobacco 3 3 High blood pressure+10.9% High blood pressure 4 4 High fasting plasma glucose-7.8% High body-mass index 5 5 High body-mass index+22.7% High LDL 6 6 High LDL-6.2% Occupational risks 7 7 Occupational risks+15.3% Air pollution 8 8 Air pollution+1.6% Impaired kidney function 9 9 Impaired kidney function+19.9% Malnutrition 10 10 Malnutrition-6.8% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/singapore
Sri Lanka
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Ischemic heart disease 1 1 Ischemic heart disease+14.3% Stroke 2 2 Stroke-3.6% Diabetes 3 3 Diabetes+43.4% Asthma 4 4 Asthma+1.5% Self-harm 5 5 Alzheimer's disease+50.9% Lower respiratory infect 6 6 Lower respiratory infect+17.2% Cirrhosis 7 7 COPD+31.1% Chronic kidney disease 8 8 Self-harm-10.2% Alzheimer's disease 9 9 Chronic kidney disease+13.8% COPD 10 10 Cirrhosis+1.2% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Dietary risks 1 1 High fasting plasma glucose+24.1% High fasting plasma glucose 2 2 Dietary risks+3.4% High blood pressure 3 3 High blood pressure+7.2% Tobacco 4 4 Tobacco-2.9% Malnutrition 5 5 High body-mass index+35.5% High body-mass index 6 6 High LDL-1.0% Air pollution 7 7 Alcohol use+39.7% High LDL 8 8 Air pollution-21.3% Impaired kidney function 9 9 Malnutrition-26.9% Alcohol use 10 10 Impaired kidney function+8.4% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/sri-lanka
Taiwan
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Ischemic heart disease 1 1 Ischemic heart disease+38.9% Stroke 2 2 Stroke+7.4% Diabetes 3 3 Lower respiratory infect+76.8% Lung cancer 4 4 Alzheimer's disease+64.5% Liver cancer 5 5 Lung cancer+28.3% Alzheimer's disease 6 6 Liver cancer+19.2% Lower respiratory infect 7 7 Diabetes+5.0% Cirrhosis 8 8 COPD+40.6% COPD 9 9 Colorectal cancer+41.6% Chronic kidney disease 10 10 Chronic kidney disease+37.7% Colorectal cancer 12 11 Cirrhosis-0.3% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Tobacco 1 1 Tobacco+15.3% High fasting plasma glucose 2 2 High fasting plasma glucose+2.8% Dietary risks 3 3 High body-mass index+10.6% High body-mass index 4 4 Dietary risks+6.5% High blood pressure 5 5 High blood pressure+20.4% Alcohol use 6 6 Alcohol use+16.5% Air pollution 7 7 Air pollution+8.6% Impaired kidney function 8 8 Impaired kidney function+22.4% High LDL 9 9 High LDL+19.4% Occupational risks 10 10 Occupational risks+14.0% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/taiwan
Thailand
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Stroke 1 1 Ischemic heart disease+24.3% Ischemic heart disease 2 2 Stroke+19.7% Road injuries 3 3 Lower respiratory infect+75.2% Lower respiratory infect 4 4 Alzheimer's disease+72.7% HIV/AIDS 5 5 Liver cancer+35.3% Alzheimer's disease 6 6 Chronic kidney disease+46.9% Liver cancer 7 7 Lung cancer+23.8% COPD 8 8 HIV/AIDS-1.4% Lung cancer 9 9 Road injuries-11.5% Chronic kidney disease 10 10 Cirrhosis+27.9% Cirrhosis 11 11 COPD-2.0% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Tobacco 1 1 Dietary risks+12.6% Dietary risks 2 2 Tobacco+6.8% Alcohol use 3 3 High body-mass index+62.3% High blood pressure 4 4 High fasting plasma glucose+51.2% High fasting plasma glucose 5 5 Alcohol use+14.3% High body-mass index 6 6 High blood pressure+24.5% Unsafe sex 7 7 Air pollution+3.5% Air pollution 8 8 Unsafe sex-2.6% Occupational risks 9 9 Occupational risks+2.9% Malnutrition 10 10 Impaired kidney function+24.3% Impaired kidney function 11 13 Malnutrition-33.8% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/thailand
Vietnam
What causes the most deaths?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Stroke 1 1 Stroke+15.9% Ischemic heart disease 2 2 Ischemic heart disease+37.2% Lung cancer 3 3 Lung cancer+41.1% COPD 4 4 COPD+25.3% Tuberculosis 5 5 Alzheimer's disease+40.3% Road injuries 6 6 Diabetes+51.7% Alzheimer's disease 7 7 Cirrhosis+28.8% Cirrhosis 8 8 Road injuries+4.6% Lower respiratory infect 9 9 Lower respiratory infect+3.7% Diabetes 10 10 Tuberculosis-15.1% What risk factors drive the most death and disability combined?
2007
ranking2017
ranking% change
2007-2017Dietary risks 1 1 Dietary risks+17.3% High blood pressure 2 2 Tobacco+27.2% Tobacco 3 3 High blood pressure+26.7% Alcohol use 4 4 High fasting plasma glucose+42.0% High fasting plasma glucose 5 5 Alcohol use+26.9% Malnutrition 6 6 Air pollution+2.3% Air pollution 7 7 High body-mass index+99.5% Occupational risks 8 8 Malnutrition-37.6% Impaired kidney function 9 9 Occupational risks+26.7% High LDL 10 10 High LDL+36.6% High body-mass index 12 11 Impaired kidney function+25.5% Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation www.healthdata.org/vietnam
