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[47] [48] [49] Frequency of use is a major factor in the level of risks [44] or permanence and extent of health impacts. A review found smoking and second-hand smoke to be a global underlying cause of death as large as pollution, which in that analysis was the largest major underlying factor. [31]
[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [30]]. 95–4,000+ [31] [32] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
An estimated 200,000 people were killed between 2003 and 2005. [74] These atrocities have been called the first genocide of the 21st century. [72] Effacer le tableau: North Kivu, DR Congo: 2002 2003 60,000 [75] [76] 70,000 [75]
In Memphis, 25.96 people per 100,000 residents were killed in fatal motor vehicle accidents, the most of any major U.S. city. Detroit and Albuquerque, New Mexico, followed with the highest rate of ...
Ningxia, Republic of China (now People's Republic of China) December 16, 1920: 5. 270,000 1303 Hongdong earthquake [45] Mongol Empire (now China) September 17, 1303: 6. 260,000 [46] 115 Antioch earthquake: Roman Empire (now Turkey) December 13, 115: 7. 230,000: 1138 Aleppo earthquake: Zengid dynasty (now Syria) October 11, 1138: 1139 Ganja ...
The fires killed 44, injured at least 185 people, and destroyed 5,700 homes. The deadliest was the Tubbs Fire, which alone killed 22 people. 43 1900 Tacoma streetcar disaster: Accident – railroad Tacoma, Washington: 43 1915 1915 Ardmore gas explosion Accident – railroad Ardmore, Oklahoma: $1,250,000
Geronticide – the abandonment of the elderly to die, die by suicide or be killed. Genocide – the systematic extermination of an entire national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. Homicide – the act of killing of a person (Latin: homo "man"). Justifiable homicide – a defense to culpable homicide (criminal or negligent homicide).
List of Major League Baseball players who died in wars; List of National Football League players who died in wars; List of Olympians killed in World War I; List of Olympians killed in World War II; List of Wales rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars; List of England rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars