1. Global Health Estimates: Key figures and tables
Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems

2. Deaths and Distribution of Age at Death, World, 2011
0-4 years:
6.9 million
13%
5-14 years:
1.4 million 3%
70 years and over:
23.8 million
44%
15-69 years:
22.5 million
41%
Total number of deaths:
54.6 million

3. Distribution of Age at Death by Region, 2011
Low- and middle-income countries
High-income countries

4. The 10 Leading Causes of Death, World, 2000 and 2011No
Causes of death, 2000
Deaths (million)
% of deaths
Causes of death, 2011 1
Ischaemic heart disease
5.9
11.2
7.0
12.9 2
Stroke
5.6
10.6
6.2
11.4 3
Lower respiratory infections
3.5
6.7
3.2 4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
3.0
5.8
5.4 5
Diarrhoeal diseases
2.5
4.7
1.9 6
HIV/AIDS
1.6
2.9 7
Preterm birth complications
1.4
2.7
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
1.5 8
Tuberculosis
1.3
2.6
Diabetes mellitus 9
1.2
2.2
Road injury
2.3 10
1.0 11 13
1.8

5. Mortality rates by World Bank income group
Mortality rates by World Bank income group* and cause-of-death group, 2000 and 2011
Low income
Lower-middle income
Upper-middle income
High income
World
Group I: Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions
Group II: Noncommunicable diseases
Group III: Injuries
* Countries are classified according to the World Bank income group for the year 2011 (World Bank list of economies, July 2012). Equatorial Guinea is classified as high income; it is kept here with upper middle income to avoid a regional grouping containing only one country and because its mortality profile is not dissimilar to neighbouring countries.

6. Distribution of deaths by cause-of-death group and by sex, World, 2011
Group I: Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions
Group II:
Non-communicable diseases
Group III:
Injuries
Male,
13%
34% 6%
Female, 12%
Female, 32%
Female, 3%

7. Deaths by Leading Cause Groups and by Sex, World, 2011
16.6
7.9
6.9
3.9
3.6
3.2
2.4
2.2
1.4
1.3

8. 10 Leading Causes of Death by Sex, World, 2011
Males
Females
Per cent of total deaths in sex group

9. Distribution of causes of death among children under 5 years and within the neonatal period, 2011

10. Child deaths due to selected causes, by selected WHO region, 2011
1215
1174
785
645
484
131
44%
34%
36%
37%
41%
52%
29%
95%
22%
27%
25%
19%

11. Child mortality by World Bank income group*, 2000 and 2011
Low income
Lower-middle income
Upper-middle income
High income
World
29% decline
48% decline
22% decline
30% decline
* Countries are classified according to the World Bank income group for the year 2011 (World Bank list of economies, July 2012). Equatorial Guinea is classified as high income; it is kept here with upper middle income to avoid a regional grouping containing only one country and because its mortality profile is not dissimilar to neighbouring countries.

12. Low- and middle-income countries High-income countries
Mortality rates among men and women aged 15–69 years, by region and cause-of-death group, 2011
Africa
Western Pacific
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
South-East Asia
Americas
Low- and middle-income countries
High-income countries
Group I: Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions
Group II: Noncommunicable diseases
Group III: Injuries

13. Mortality rates among adults aged 15-69 years
by major cause group and region, 2011
Low- and middle-income countries