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Global deaths due to fatal discontinuities by cause group for each year, 1980–2015
Numbers shown are total deaths. Fatal discontinuities are events that lead to abrupt changes in deaths in a geography. The causes for these fatal discontinuities include wars, natural disasters, industrial accidents, large transport accidents, epidemics, famines, or other injuries.
