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Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Gregory A. Roth, +1028 more
- 10 Nov 2018 - 
- Vol. 392, Iss: 10159, pp 1736-1788
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Non-communicable diseases comprised the greatest fraction of deaths, contributing to 73·4% (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 72·5–74·1) of total deaths in 2017, while communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional causes accounted for 18·6% (17·9–19·6), and injuries 8·0% (7·7–8·2).
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2018-11-10 and is currently open access. It has received 5211 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mortality rate & Years of potential life lost.

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The leading causes of death in the world are non-communicable diseases (73.4% of total deaths), followed by communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional causes (18.6% of total deaths), and injuries (8.0% of total deaths).

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