Number of deaths for leading causes of death - 2010
•Heart disease: 599,413
•Cancer: 567,628
•Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
•Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
•Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021
•Alzheimer's disease: 79,003
•Diabetes: 68,705
•Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,692
•Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,935
•Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909
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| High-income countries | Deaths in millions | % of deaths |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 1.42 | 15.6% |
| Stroke and other cerebrovascular disease | 0.79 | 8.7% |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 0.54 | 5.9% |
| Alzheimer and other dementias | 0.37 | 4.1% |
| Lower respiratory infections | 0.35 | 3.8% |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 0.32 | 3.5% |
| Colon and rectum cancers | 0.30 | 3.3% |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0.24 | 2.6% |
| Hypertensive heart disease | 0.21 | 2.3% |
| Breast cancer | 0.17 | 1.9% |
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Q: What is the number one cause of death throughout the world?
Cardiovascular diseases kill more people each year than any others. In 2008, 7.3 million people died of ischaemic heart disease, 6.2 million from stroke or another form of cerebrovascular disease.
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