Table 4.
Numbers of people affected by major diseases and risk factors
| Numbers global (WHO fact sheets) | Communicable diseases | Non-communicable diseases | Risk factors for non-communicable diseases | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRTI | Diarrhea | TB | HIV | Malaria | CVD | COPD | Cancer | High blood pressure | High fasting plasma glucose | Impaired kidney function | Tobacco | Obesity | |
|
Deaths (million) |
2.74 (2015) | 1.7 (2016) | 1.6 (2017) | 0.94 (2017) | 435 (2017) | 17.9 (2017) | 3.17 (2015) | 9.6 (2018) | 10.4 (2017) | 6.5 (2017) | 2.6 (2017) | 8.1 (2017) | 4.7 (2017) |
|
Number living with disease/episodes (millions) |
291 (2015) | 2.4 billion (2015) | 10.4 (new cases 2017) | 36.9 (2017) | 219 (2017) | 423 (2015) | 251 (2015) | 43.8 (5-year prevalence 2018) | 1.13 billion (2015) | 435 (2015) | 750 (2016) | 1.1 billion (2017) | 650 (2016) |
Data compiled from various references (GBD 2016 Diarrhoeal Disease Collaborators 2018; GBD 2015 LRI Collaborators 2017; GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators 2016; Bikbov et al. 2018; GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators 2018; World Health Organization 2017c, 2017d, 2017e, 2018b, 2018d, 2018g, 2018i; The Global Cancer Observatory 2018; Roth et al. 2017)