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Leading cause of death (2016) (world) 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.
Unsafe abortion is a major cause of injury and death among women worldwide. It is estimated that nearly 25 million unsafe abortions take place annually. [ 9 ] WHO estimates that at least 7.9% of maternal deaths are due to unsafe abortion, with a greater proportion occurring in Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa and a lesser ...
Country Rate per . 1,000 women per year Number of abortions per year Year Age range Greenland 84.7 870 2022 [7] [8]: 17–64 Vietnam 64.0 1,630,000 2019 [9]: 15–49 Madagascar
That’s still shy of the 78.8-year life expectancy from 2019, but it’s a significant improvement driven by lower death rates in each of the 10 leading causes of death.
Meanwhile, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis were the 11th leading cause of death in 2019 but had climbed to the ninth slot by 2023, with the mortality rate rising by 15% in that span of time.
The death of Amber Nicole Thurman, 28, was ‘preventable,’ according to 10 doctors A Georgia woman died after doctors delayed abortion care. Harris blamed her death on ‘Trump abortion bans’
In other words, the lack of knowledge on legal status of abortion can cause women to seek abortion services that are unsafe. Systematic reviews have shown that education on legal situation of abortion services and knowledge on accessible safe services would reduce the chance of women seeking for unsafe options that would lead to complications ...
Misinformation can also divert pregnant people from accessing safe and timely care from appropriately trained medical practitioners, leading to severe long-term complications and/or death. [2] Similarly, abortion misinformation can lead to confusion, stigma and increased feeling of shame in those undergoing the procedure. [3]