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This question is very near impossible to answer. Not washing your hands does not directly lead to death. However, it can allow dangerous microbes to grow on your hands which may enter your body when you touch your face, eat food etc. They may then cause diseases which will kill you. But it is hard to determine the source of most diseases. Even to acknowledge washing hands as a source is difficult because few people would admit to not washing their hands.

The main reason washing hands is a big deal is those in the medical profession. Doctors and nurses who don't wash their hands and are exposed to deadly diseases and dangerous chemicals run a risk of infecting their patients and killing them. Also those who work with dangerous chemicals need to wash their hands so those chemicals are not ingested when they eat with their hands.

But to determine that the SOLE CAUSE of death was not washing hands is near impossible. I would suggest trying to narrow your scope to a specific disease.

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It is difficult to provide an exact number, but research shows that not washing hands contributes to the spread of many illnesses, leading to millions of cases per year. Personal hygiene, such as handwashing, is crucial in preventing the transmission of diseases.

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over 36000 people die a year from people not washing their hands

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