making visible global injustice in health: mapping the causes of 57 million deaths
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Keynote by Danny Dorling and Benjamin Hennig given at the Medsin Global Health Conference, Newcastle, March 28th 2010.TRANSCRIPT
Making visible global injustice in health:mapping the causes of 57 million deaths
Danny DorlingUniversity of Sheffield
Medsin Global Health ConferenceNewcastle, 28 March 2010
this map transforms into one showing where infants in the world die
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Live and let die According to the Global Burden of Disease Study
there are approximately 57 million people dying a year:
57,000,000 a year;these are 157,000 a day;or 2 persons dying every second.
This presentation shows,why there is someone dying every half second;
This presentation shows, how the world looks likewhen health, disease, and death are put onto maps;
This presentation shows,how unequal health is distributed globally...
How healthy is the world?Mapping Health
General overview
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Public Health Spending 2228 billion PPP US$, $39,000 per death per
year
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Private Health Spending 1847 billion PPP US$, $4 for every $5 spent by
the state
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Physicians Working 9.56 million, one physician for every 6 deaths
a year
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Early Neonatal Mortality 3.01 million, one within 7 days of birth for every
3 physicians
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HIV/AIDS Prevalence 29.22 million, one in every 200 people in the
world
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Malaria Cases 71.9 million, 7.5 cases per physician in the
world
What are they all dying from?
Mapping Causes of DeathGrouped in three broad groups of causes
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Preventable Deaths people who died from most preventable (communicable infections, maternal, perinatal and
nutritional conditions) in one year
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Cause of Death:Often Preventable Deaths 18,475,000 a year; 51,000 a day; one every 2
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Infectious and Parasitic Disease 10,988,000 a year; 30,000 a day; one every 3
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Tuberculosis 1,570,000 a year; 4,301 a day; one every 20
seconds...
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Cause of Death:HIV/AIDS 2,920,000 a year; 8,000 a day; one every 11
seconds...
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Cause of Death:STDs Excluding HIV 180,000 a year; 493 a day; one every 3
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Syphilis 157,000 a year; 430 a day; one every 3
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Chlamydia 9,415 a year; 26 a day; one every 56
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Gonorrhoea 959 a year; 3 a day; one every 9 hours...
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Cause of Death:Diarrhoea 1,871,000 a year; 5126 a day; one every 17
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Vaccine Preventable Deaths 1,121,000 a year; 3,071 a day; one every 28
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Whooping Cough 294,000 a year; 805 a day; one every 2
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Tetanus 214,000 a year; 586 a day; one every 2½
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Diphtheria 5,452 a year; 15 a day; one every 1½ hours...
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Cause of Death:Polio 831 a year; 2 a day; one every 10½ hours...
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Cause of Death:Measles 607,000 a year; 1,663 a day; one every 52
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Meningitis 173,000 a year; 474 a day; one every 3
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Hepatitus B 103,000 a year; 282 a day; one every 5
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Hepatitus C 54,000 a year; 148 a day; one every 10
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Malaria 911,000 a year; 2,496 a day; one every 35
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Local Tropical Diseases 158,000 a year; 433 a day; one every 3
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Sleeping sickness 48,000 a year; 132 a day; one every 11
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Chagas Disease 15,000 a year; 41 a day; one every 35
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Schistosomiasis 44,000 a year; 121 a day; one every 12
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Leishmaniasis 51,000 a year; 140 a day; one every 10
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Elephantiasis 417 a year; one every 21 hours...
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Cause of Death:Leprosy 6,168 a year; 17 a day; one every 1½ hours...
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Cause of Death:Dengue 19,000 a year; 52 a day; one every 28
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Japanese Encephalitis 14,000 a year; 38 a day; one every 38
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Intestinal Worm Infection 12,000 a year; 33 a day; one every 44
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Roundworm Infection 3,410 a year; 9 a day; one every 2½ hours...
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Cause of Death:Whipworm Infection 3,019 a year; 8 a day; one every 3 hours...
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Cause of Death:Hookworm Disease 2,941 a year; 8 a day; one every 3 hours...
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Cause of Death:All Respiratory Infection Deaths 4,026,000 a year; 11,030 a day; one every 8
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Pneumonia 3,947,000 a year; 10,814 a day; one every 8
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Nose and Throat Infection 76,000 a year; 208 a day; one every 7
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Ear Infection 3,596 a year; 10 a day; one every 2½ hours...
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Cause of Death:Deaths of Women from Pregnancy 510,000 a year; 1397 a day; one every
minute...
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Cause of Death:Deaths of Babies from Childbirth 2,465,000 a year; 6,753 a day; one every 13
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Low Birth Weight Related 1,271,000 a year; 3,482 a day; one every 25
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Birth Injury Related 725,000 a year; 1,986 a day; one every 44
seconds...
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Cause of Death:All Nutritional Deficiences Deaths 485,000 a year; 1,329 a day; one every 65
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Deaths from Starvation 260,000 a year; 712 a day; one every 2
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Vitamin A Deficiency 23,000 a year; 63 a day; one every 23
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Iron Deficiency Anaemia 137,000 a year; 375 a day; one every 4
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Iodine Deficiency 6,536 a year; 18 a day; one every 80
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Non-Communicable Illnesses 33,630,000 a year; 92,137 a day; one every
second...
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Cause of Death:All Cancer Deaths 7,145,000 a year; 19,575 a day; one every 4
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Mouth Cancer 318,000 a year; 871 a day; one every 99
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Throat Cancer 450,000 a year; 1,233 a day; one every 70
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Stomach Cancer 857,000 a year; 2,348 a day; one every 37
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Bowel Cancer 624,000 a year; 1,710 a day; one every 50
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Liver Cancer 623,000 a year; 1,707 a day; one every 50
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Pancreas Cancer 231,000 a year; 633 a day; one every 2
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Lung Cancer 1,248,000 a year; 3,419 a day; one every 25
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Skin Cancer 66,000 a year; 181 a day; one every 8
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Breast Cancer 478,000 a year; 1,310 a day; one every 66
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Cancer of the Cervix 239,000 a year; 655 a day; one every 2
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Cancer of the Uterus 71,000 a year; 195 a day; one every 7
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Ovary Cancer 135,000 a year; 370 a day; one every 4
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Prostate Cancer 269,000 a year; 737 a day; one every 2
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Bladder Cancer 179,000 a year; 490 a day; one every 3
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Lymphoma 334,000 a year; 915 a day; one every 94
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Leukaemia 265,000 a year; 726 a day; one every 2
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Other Tumour Deaths 149,000 a year; 408 a day; one every 3½
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Diabetes 987,000 a year; 2,704 a day; one every 32
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Endocrine and other disorders 242,000 a year; 663 a day; one every 2
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Brain Disorder 1,112,000 a year; 3,047 a day; one every 28
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Depression Related 13,000 a year; 36 a day; one every 40
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Manic-depression 733 a year; 2 a day; one every 12 hours...
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Cause of Death:Schizophrenia 23,000 a year; 63 a day; one every 23
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Epilepsy 125,000 a year; 342 a day; one every 4
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Alcohol Use Disorders 91,000 a year; 249 a day; one every 6
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Dementias 396,000 a year; 1,085 a day; one every 80
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Parkinson Disease 99,000 a year; 271 a day; one every 5
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Multiple Sclerosis 16,000 a year; 44 a day; one every 33
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Drug Use Disorders 86,000 a year; 236 a day; one every 6
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 56 a year; one every 6½ days...
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Cause of Death:Eye and Ear Disease 3,249 a year; 9 a day; one every 2½ hours...
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Cause of Death:Glaucoma 102 a year; one every 86 days...
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Cause of Death:All Cardiovascular Disease Deaths 16,778,000 a year; 45,963 a day; one every 2
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Rheumatic Heart Disease 329,000 a year; 901 a day; one every 96
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Stroke 5,536,000 a year; 15,167 a day; one every 6
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Heart Attack 7,219,000 a year; 19,778 a day; one every 4
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Hypertensive Heart Disease 914,000 a year; 2,504 a day; one every 35
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Inflammatory Heart Disease 405,000 a year; 1,110 a day; one every 78
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Respiratory Disease 3,722,000 a year; 10,197 a day; one every 9
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Chronic Bronchitis 2,766,000 a year; 7,578 a day; one every 11
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Asthma 241,000 a year; 660 a day; one every 2
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Digestive Tract Diseases 1,973,000 a year; 5,405 a day; one every 16
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Peptic Ulcer Disease 265,000 a year; 726 a day; one every 2
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Cirrhosis Of The Liver 789,000 a year; 2,162 a day; one every 40
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Appendicitis 22,000 a year; 60 a day; one every 24
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Genitourinary Tract Diseases 849,000 a year; 2,326 a day; one every 37
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Kidney Disease 678,000 a year; 1,858 a day; one every 47
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Deaths from enlarged Prostate 32,000 a year; 88 a day; one every 16
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Skin Disease 69,000 a year; 189 a day; one every 7½
minutes...
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Cause of Death:All Musculoskeletal Disease Deaths 106,000 a year; 290 a day; one every 5
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Rheumatoid Arthritis 25,000 a year; 68 a day; one every 21
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Osteoarthritis 4,736 a year; 13 a day; one every 111
minutes...
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Cause of Death:Birth Defects 494,000 a year; 1,353 a day; one every 64
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Oral Conditions 1,608 a year; 4 a day; one every 5½ hours...
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Cause of Death:All Injury Deaths 5,183,000 a year; 14,200 a day; one every 6
seconds...
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Cause of Death:All Accidental Deaths 3,560,000 a year; 9,753 a day; one every 9
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Road Traffic Accident 1,195,000 a year; 3,274 a day; one every 26
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Accidental Poisoning 352,000 a year; 964 a day; one every 90
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Deaths from Falls 393,000 a year; 1,077 a day; one every 80
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Deaths from Fires 312,000 a year; 855 a day; one every 101
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Deaths from Drowning 384,000 a year; 1,052 a day; one every 82
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Other Accidental Injury Deaths 925,000 a year; 2,534 a day; one every 34
seconds...
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Cause of Death:All Non-accidental Deaths 1,622,000 a year; 4,444 a day; one every 19
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Suicide 878,000 a year; 2,405 a day; one every 36
seconds...
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Cause of Death:Murder 560,000 a year; 1,534 a day; one every 56
seconds...
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Cause of Death:War 171,000 a year; 468 a day; one every 3
minutes...
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War Deaths people who died from war in one year
When are they all dying?Mapping the Age of Death
Sorted from oldest to youngest people
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Age of Death: 100+ 92,585 deaths; 254 per day; one every 341
seconds...
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Age of Death: 95-99 484,416 deaths; 1,327 per day; one every 65
seconds...
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Age of Death: 90-94 1,563,557 deaths; 4,284 per day; one every
20 seconds...
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Age of Death: 85-89 3,144,797 deaths; 8,616 per day; one every
10 seconds...
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Age of Death: 80-84 4,381,231 deaths; 12,003 per day; one every
7 seconds...
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Age of Death: 75-79 5,410,001 deaths; 14,822 per day; one every
6 seconds...
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Age of Death: 70-74 5,416,482 deaths; 14,840 per day; one every
6 seconds...
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Age of Death: 65-69 4,548,376 deaths; 12,461 per day; one every
7 seconds...
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Age of Death: 60-64 3,615,847 deaths; 9,906 per day; one every 9
seconds...
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Age of Death: 55-59 2,802,369 deaths; 7,678 per day; one every
11 seconds...
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Age of Death: 50-54 2,412,379 deaths; 6,609 per day; one every
13 seconds...
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Age of Death: 45-49 2,098,466 deaths; 5,749 per day; one every
15 seconds...
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Age of Death: 40-44 1,788,164 deaths; 4,899 per day; one every
18 seconds...
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Age of Death: 35-39 1,652,503 deaths; 4,527 per day; one every
19 seconds...
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Age of Death: 30-34 1,606,806 deaths; 4,402 per day; one every
20 seconds...
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Age of Death: 25-29 1,496,071 deaths; 4,099 per day; one every
21 seconds...
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Age of Death: 20-24 1,273,937 deaths; 3,490 per day; one every
25 seconds...
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Age of Death: 15-19 870,915 deaths; 2,386 per day; one every 36
seconds...
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Age of Death: 10-14 536,950 deaths; 1,471 per day; one every 59
seconds...
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Age of Death: 5-9 863,022 deaths; 2,364 per day; one every 37
seconds...
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Age of Death: 1-4 2,556,272 deaths; 7004 per day; one every
12 seconds...
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Age of Death: Infants (aged under 1) 8,142,016 deaths; 22,307 per day; one every
4 seconds...
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From Map to Cartogram Infant Mortality
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World maps by the Worldmapper team Slides and animations by Benjamin Hennig
For a definition of all the causes and the data see www.worldmapper.org
New estimates on causes of death are due to be released by the end of 2010 in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
http://www.globalburden.org
Credits
www.worldmapper.org
World maps by the Worldmapper team Slides and animations by Benjamin Hennig
For a definition of all the causes and the data see www.worldmapper.org
New estimates on causes of death are due to be released by the end of 2010 in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
http://www.globalburden.org
Dorling, D. (2007). Worldmapper: The human anatomy of a small planet. PLoS Medicine 4(1), 13-18.Dorling, D. and Barford, A. (2007). Shaping the world to illustrate inequalities in health. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, 85(11), 821-900.Dorling, D. and Barford, A. (2007). The shape of global causes of death. International Journal of Health Geographies, 6(48).
Credits
Infant mortality in affluent countries at the end of the nineteenth century rose as
charitable giving rose. Mortality then fell as public
anger at social injustice was converted into political
change. Political change which then used medical
knowledge. References
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