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Health Info-graphic: Most predominant diseases leading to death, regional break-up

By SixDegrees / 02/15/2015

This info-graphic is based on a Lancet-WHO study covering the last 25 years. Apart from these most predominant diseases causing death, there are two other major causes of deaths in many regions, cancer and malaria.

Global diseases, region wise major causes of death
Global diseases, region wise major causes of death ©SixDegrees

For more details about the Lancet-WHO study, refer to a previous story published here by SixDegrees.

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