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. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1459–1544. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31012-1

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© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license

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Global age-standardised death rates for males versus females, by GBD cause Level 3, 1990 and 2015

The y-axis and x-axis are shown on a log scale to enable comparisons between males and females spanning a wide range of values. Black lines show where death rates are identical for males and females. Causes that only affect one sex, including maternal disorders, chlamydia, cervical, uterine, ovarian, prostate, testicular cancers, and gynaecological diseases are not shown. GBD=Global Burden of Disease. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. C=cancer.