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...BUT THERE IS MORE TO BE DONE. MAJOR CAUSES OF DEATH AND DISEASE—THEN AND NOW
The leading causes of health problems and health risks have shifted.
1990
2010
Increase
Position movement from 1990 to 2010:
1
LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
2
DIARRHEAL DISEASE
3
PRE-TERM BIRTH CONDITIONS
4
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
5
STROKE
6
COPD
7
MALARIA
8
TUBERCULOSIS
9
PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION
10
NEONATAL ENCEPHALOPATHY
Decrease
Same
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
1
LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
2
STROKE
3
DIARRHEAL DISEASE
4
HIV/AIDS
5
MALARIA
7
PRE-TERM BIRTH CONDITIONS
8
COPD
9
ROAD INJURIES
10
11
11
12
ROAD INJURIES
33
NEONATAL ENCEPHALOPATHY
12
TUBERCULOSIS
13
PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION
20
HIV/AIDS
AFRICA STILL BEARS THE GREATEST BURDEN. AIDS and other preventable conditions are still huge problems here, alongside maternal, child and newborn mortality.
IN 1990, AIDS WAS THE 33RD leading cause of disease burden and death around the world.
1.5 MILLION PEOPLE
DIED FROM AIDS IN 2010 ALONE.
AIDS REMAINS THE 3RD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN
EASTERN EUROPE. With insights into the changing causes of disease and death globally, the public health community can better address critical threats to health over the coming two decades and beyond.
11 Spring 2013
BY 2010, AIDS MOVED TO 5TH.