Total Deaths

Deaths today	Deaths this year
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166 552	60 791 627

19-04-2021 11:55:04

Top 20 death causes in the World 2021 live

	Today		This year
1	Coronary artery disease Coronary artery disease or Ischaemic heart disease.
1	loading . . .	16.59 %	loading . . .
2	Stroke Ischemic stroke (due to lack of blood flow) or Intracranial hemorrhage (hemorrhage in brain due to bleeding).
2	loading . . .	10.16 %	loading . . .
3	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of obstructive lung disease characterized by long-term poor airflow. Usually caused by tobacco smoking and air pollution.
3	loading . . .	5.35 %	loading . . .
4	Lower respiratory tract infection Lower respiratory tract infections are Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Influenza and Pertussis (or whooping cough).
4	loading . . .	5.20 %	loading . . .
	including deaths caused by covid-19 (as of Sep 04 2020)		864,618

5	Alzheimer disease and other dementias Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a decrease in the ability to think and remember.
5	loading . . .	3.50 %	loading . . .
6	Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
6	loading . . .	3.00 %	loading . . .
7	Diabetes mellitus
7	loading . . .	2.81 %	loading . . .
8	Road injury A death caused by a road traffic accident.
8	loading . . .	2.47 %	loading . . .
9	Diarrhoeal diseases Diarrhea is the condition of having at least three loose or liquid bowel movements each day.
9	loading . . .	2.43 %	loading . . .

	Today		This year
10	Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body.
10	loading . . .	2.27 %	loading . . .
11	Cirrhosis of the liver Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver does not function properly due to long-term damage. Cirrhosis is most commonly caused by alcohol, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
11	loading . . .	2.21 %	loading . . .
12	Kidney diseases
12	loading . . .	2.07 %	loading . . .
13	Preterm birth complications
13	loading . . .	1.78 %	loading . . .
14	HIV / AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
14	loading . . .	1.78 %	loading . . .
15	Hypertensive heart disease Hypertensive heart disease refers to heart conditions caused by high blood pressure.
15	loading . . .	1.58 %	loading . . .
16	Liver cancer
16	loading . . .	1.46 %	loading . . .
17	Colorectal cancer The development of cancer from the colon or rectum.
17	loading . . .	1.40 %	loading . . .
18	Suicide
18	loading . . .	1.40 %	loading . . .
19	Stomach cancer
19	loading . . .	1.34 %	loading . . .
20	Birth asphyxia and birth trauma
20	loading . . .	1.19 %	loading . . .

The TOP-20 covers almost 70% of total deaths occurring in the World every day.

Sources:

1. All the data at this webpage are estimates based on "WHO: CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY, estimates 2016"

except:

2. Deaths caused by COVID-19 or Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) reported by WHO (last update Sep 04 2020)