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As in other industrial countries the prevalence of smoking in Germany is lower among people with higher education level. A 2006 a comparative study found that 25.1% of male and 20.6% of female medical students in Göttingen smoked, while in London the percentages were only 10.9% and 9.1%. [31]
The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for different years arranged by their associated mortality rates. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths. In 2005, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), about 58 million people died. [1]
The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of deaths. Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2023.
The list is based on CIA World Factbook 2023 estimates, unless indicated otherwise. Many developing countries have far higher proportions of young people, and lower proportions of older people, than some developed countries, and thus may have much higher age-specific mortality rates while having lower crude mortality rates.
The countries with the most homicides per unit population are generally countries with small populations (very narrow rectangles in chart, 2021). [1] The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a ...
Adverse events in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: 2.6 million deaths [13] "one of the 10 leading causes of death and disability in the world" Smoking tobacco: 435,000 [11] 18.1%: Obesity: 111,900 [14] 4.6%: There was considerable debate about the differences in the numbers of obesity-related diseases. [15]
The List of countries by rate of fatal workplace accidents sorts countries by the rate of workplace fatalities per 100,000 workers. Data is provided by the International Labour Organization (ILO). According to estimates, around 2.3 million people die yearly from work-related accidents or diseases every year. [1]
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