You Might Be Surprised by What Kills Us
You Might Be Surprised by What Kills Us: Heart disease is by far the No. 1 killer around the world, and much of it is caused by poor eating and other bad habits, researchers reported Thursday. The latest look at what is killing people around the world has a lot of good news, however. Infectious diseases such as the AIDS virus and malaria are killing fewer people and childhood death rates have hit a new low, the international team, led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, reported.
“Our findings indicate people are living longer and, over the past decade, we identified substantial progress in driving down death rates from some of the world’s most pernicious diseases and conditions, such as under age-5 mortality and malaria,” IHME director Dr. Christopher Murray said in a statement.
Fewer than 5 million children under the age of 5 died in 2016, way down from 16.4 million in 1970.
“Yet, despite this progress, we are facing a triad of trouble holding back many nations and communities – obesity, conflict, and mental illness, including substance use disorders,” Murray added.
The team of hundreds of researchers crunched all the numbers they could get from as many countries around the world as possible. They’re still not working with complete data, but they can paint a fairly complete picture of how long people live, what they die of, and where people are likeliest to lead long, healthy lives.
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