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Data refers to the specific cause of death, which is distinguished from risk factors for death, such as air pollution, diet and other lifestyle factors. This is shown by
cause of death as the percentage of total deaths.
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- Age-standardized death rate from cardiovascular diseases, per 100,000 individuals
- Age-standardized death rate from non-communicable diseases
- Cancer death rates by age group
- Cancer death rates by type
- Cancer deaths by type
- Cardiovascular disease death rate vs. GDP per capita
- Cardiovascular disease death rates by age
- Causes of death in children under 5
- Causes of death in under-5s
- Causes of deaths for 15 to 49 year olds
- Causes of deaths for 50 to 69 year olds
- Causes of deaths for children between 5 and 14
- Causes of deaths for people who were 70 years and older
- Cholera deaths in Great Britain over the long-term
- Death rate by cause
- Death rate due to road traffic injuries
- Death rate from Alzheimer & other dementia
- Death rate from cancer
- Death rate from cardiovascular disease
- Death rate from diarrheal diseases
- Death rate from drowning
- Death rate from fires and burns
- Death rate from malnutrition
- Death rate from opioid overdoses
- Death rate from road accidents
- Death rate from tuberculosis
- Death rate from tuberculosis, by age
- Death rate from unintentional poisoning
- Death rate from venomous animal contact
- Death rates by broad cause category
- Death rates from mental health and substance use disorders
- Death rates through the 20th century
- Deaths by age
- Deaths by cause
- Deaths from cancer, by age
- Deaths from cardiovascular diseases, by age
- Deaths from dementia-related diseases, by age
- Deaths from diarrheal diseases, by age
- Deaths from drowning, by age
- Deaths from fire, by age
- Deaths from mental health and substance use disorders
- Deaths from protein-energy malnutrition, by age
- Deaths from road incidents, by age
- Deaths from stroke, by age
- Deaths from tuberculosis, by age
- Diarrheal disease death rates by age
- Diarrheal disease death rates vs. access to sanitation
- Drowning death rate vs. GDP per capita
- Drowning death rates – children under the age of 5
- Drowning deaths rate by age
- Fire death rates by age
- Heptatitis death rate
- Incidence of venomous animal contact
- Malnutrition death rate vs. GDP per capita
- Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)
- Mortality from non-communicable diseases
- Motor vehicle, motorcyclist, cyclist and pedestrian deaths
- Number of deaths by cause
- Number of deaths by risk factor
- Number of deaths by risk factor aged 15-49
- Number of deaths by risk factor aged 5-14
- Number of deaths by risk factor aged 50-69
- Number of deaths by risk factor aged 70+
- Number of deaths by risk factor for under-5s
- Number of deaths from road injuries
- Number of executions
- Number of reported road incidents
- Probability of death from any of the top global causes of death
- Protein-energy malnutrition death rates by age
- Relative coverage of causes of death in The Guardian newspaper
- Relative coverage of causes of death in the New York Times (NYT)
- Relative share of Google searches for causes of death
- Relative share of deaths in the United States
- Respiratory disease death rate
- Respiratory disease death rates by age
- Respiratory disease deaths by age
- Road deaths over the long-term
- Road incident death rate vs. GDP per capita
- Road incident death rates by age
- Road mortality rate per 100,000: IHME vs. WHO data
- Road traffic deaths
- Stroke death rates
- Stroke death rates by age
- Total number of deaths by cause category
- Total number of fatal shark attacks
- Total shark attacks per year
- Twentieth century of deaths