Fact Based List:

Top 10 Causes of Death Worldwide

  1. Ischaemic heart disease
  2. Stroke
  3. Lower respiratory infections
  4. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  5. Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
  6. Diabetes mellitus
  7. Alzheimer disease and other dementias
  8. Diarrhoeal diseases
  9. Tuberculosis
  10. Road injury

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