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Chart: The changing causes of death in low-income countries

Note: Data from World Health Organization Global Health Estimates and as noted in their methodology (PDF) they use the World Bank's Income Classification as of 2014. 

Worldwide, the leading causes of death are changing, and they vary between rich and poor countries. In low-income countries, deaths from communicable diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS have fallen, while deaths from non-communicable diseases such as stroke and diabetes are on the rise.

While explanations for these changing causes vary, my colleague Patricio Marquez recently wrote about the global rise in the number of overweight people and people with diabetes.  Patricio notes that this is not only a problem of the rich - or the rich world;  about 80% of people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries.  Shifts in society are behind these changes: urbanization is changing traditional diets and lifestyles; and the aging of the population results in the natural deterioration of multiple organ systems which contributes to the onset of diabetes.  

You can explore the data further in this interactive data visualiztion:

 

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Tariq Khokhar

Global Data Editor & Senior Data Scientist

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José ivan Posada
De dónde surge entonces la idea de dwsglobalizacion?

De dónde surge entonces la idea de dwsglobalizacion?

peter stanley
Are you assuming that on your first chart that Globalization, depending on sectors & country, took off "at various times" from 1965 to 2010, but now from 2010 to 2015 has flatlined and even started to trend down in all sectors in your named countries & hence world? Are you favoring the Trade-To-GDP ratio measurement over the evolution of individual sectors/countries, i.e., the evolution of the exports of cars w/domestic sales? Can you be more specific re your "globalization toolkit" contribution to help us understand where the world economy stands today?

Are you assuming that on your first chart that Globalization, depending on sectors & country, took off "at various times" from 1965 to 2010, but now from 2010 to 2015 has flatlined and even started to trend down in all sectors in your named countries & hence world? Are you favoring the Trade-To-GDP ratio measurement over the evolution of individual sectors/countries, i.e., the evolution of the exports...

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