Fact Based List:

Top 10 Causes of Death in Low-Income Economies

  1. Lower respiratory infections
  2. Diarrhoeal diseases
  3. Stroke
  4. Ischaemic heart disease
  5. HIV/AIDS
  6. Tuberculosis
  7. Malaria
  8. Preterm birth complications
  9. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma
  10. Road injury

Source: WHO
Source URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/