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. 2018 Oct 30;7:e35500. doi: 10.7554/eLife.35500

Table 1. Number of deaths, by cause of death and sex from 1980 to 2016.

Cause Male Female Total
All cause 43,558,203 42,295,973 85,854,176
Cancers 10,481,582 9,476,530 19,958,112
Cardiorespiratory diseases 20,168,049 21,109,525 41,277,574
Cardiovascular diseases 16,238,344 17,210,556 33,448,900
Chronic respiratory diseases 2,791,652 2,595,950 5,387,602
Respiratory infections 1,138,053 1,303,019 2,441,072
Injuries 4,034,876 1,768,170 5,803,046
Unintentional 2,489,142 1,348,187 3,837,329
Intentional 1,545,734 419,983 1,965,717
Other causes 8,873,696 9,941,748 18,815,444