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

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

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

The 10 Leading Causes of Death, World, 2000 and 2011 No 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

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.

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%

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

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

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

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%

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.

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

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