Worldwide mortality due to infectious diseases

Worldwide mortality due to infectious diseases^[11]

Rank

Cause of death

Deaths 2002

Percentage of
all deaths

Deaths 1993

1993 Rank

N/A

All infectious diseases

14.7 million

25.9%

16.4 million

32.2%

1急性下呼吸道感染

Lower respiratory infections^[12]

3.9 million

6.9%

4.1 million

1

2

HIV/AIDS

2.8 million

4.9%

0.7 million

7

3腹泻性痢疾

Diarrheal diseases^[13]

1.8 million

3.2%

3.0 million

2

4肺结核

Tuberculosis (TB)

1.6 million

2.7%

2.7 million

3

5疟疾

Malaria

1.3 million

2.2%

2.0 million

4

6麻疹

Measles

0.6 million

1.1%

1.1 million

5

7百日咳

Pertussis

0.29 million

0.5%

0.36 million

7

8破伤风

Tetanus

0.21 million

0.4%

0.15 million

12

9髓膜炎

Meningitis

0.17 million

0.3%

0.25 million

8

10梅毒

Syphilis

0.16 million

0.3%

0.19 million

11

11乙型肝炎

Hepatitis B

0.10 million

0.2%

0.93 million

6

12-17热带病

Tropical diseases (6)^[14]

0.13 million

0.2%

0.53 million

9, 10, 16-18

Note: Other causes of death include maternal and perinatal conditions (5.2%), nutritional deficiencies (0.9%),
noncommunicable conditions (58.8%), and injuries (9.1%).