What are the top 10 killer disease in the world?

Answer 1

Top 10 diseases are:

• Coronary Heart disease
• Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases
• Lower respiratory infections
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Diarrhoeal diseases
• HIV/AIDS
• Tuberculosis
• Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
• Road traffic accidents

Answer 2

Top killer diseases in the developing world:

1.Heart disease someone dies every minute from heart disease

2. HIV/AIDS

Death toll: More than 3 million deaths attributed to AIDS in 2004.

3. malaria

Death toll: Between 1 million and 5 million each year.

4. Diarrhoea

Death toll: Kills around 2.2 million people each year.

5. Tuberculosis

Death toll: Two million people die every year.

6. Measles

Death toll: An estimated 530,000 measles deaths annually, mostly children.

7. Whooping cough, or pertussis

Death toll: 200,000 to 300,000 die each year.

8. Tetanus

Death toll: 214,000 deaths a year.

9. Meningitis

Death toll: 174,000 deaths a year.

10. Syphilis

Death toll: 157,000 deaths a year.

Source: Reuters

Below, Leading causes of death in the US (2004)

1. Diseases of heart

2. Malignant neoplasms (cancer)

3. Cerebrovascular diseases

4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases

5. Unintentional injuries

6. Diabetes mellitus

7. Alzheimer's disease

8. Influenza and pneumonia

9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis

10. Septicemia

Source: Infoplease

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Answer 3

The initial list of disease priorities needing urgent R&D attention comprises: Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease and Marburg, Lassa fever, MERS and SARS coronavirus diseases, Nipah and Rift Valley fever. The list will be reviewed annually or when new diseases emerge.

Answer 4

Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, HIV AIDS, Influenza are the only 5 big ones I can think of.