How to dieSource: World Health Organization72 5.6m
80% 86%
63.3
900k
20.5
56%
The average life ex-
pectancy at birth of
the global population
is 72.0 years.5.6 million children
under age five die an-
nually (about 15,000
per day).Half of WHO’s 194 Mem-
ber States register at
least 80% of deaths of
those 15 and over.The number of deaths
worldwide is equal to
86% of the population
of the UK.The healthy average
life expectancy (HALE)
at birth globally is
63.3 years.900,000 children aged
5-14 die each year.
Globally, once people
reach 60 years can ex-
pect to live another
20.5 years on average.56% of deaths in Afri-
ca are due to communi-
cable, maternal, peri-
natal or nutritional
conditions.7/10
communicable2/10
non-communicable1/10
injury4/10
communicable5/10
non-communicable1/10
injury1/10
communicable8/10
non-communicable1/10
injury1/10
communicable9/10
non-communicable0/10
injuryTop 10 causes of death
low-income
countriesTop 10 causes of death
high-income
countriesTop 10 causes of death
upper-middle
income countriesTop 10 causes of death
lower-middle
income countries$$$
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