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February 16, 2021 04:46 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/02/16/about-150000-people-die-every-day-heres-a-visual-breakdown-of-the-causes.html
About 150,000 people die every day. Here's a visual breakdown of the causes
About one-third of daily deaths are from cardiovascular diseases (49k). The second leading cause of death is cancer (26k), followed by respiratory diseases (11k), lower respiratory infections (7k), and dementia (7k).
Suicide is responsible for 2k deaths per day, and murders kill 1k people per day.
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/02/16/about-150000-people-die-every-day-heres-a-visual-breakdown-of-the-causes.html
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