Superbugs “bigger risk than cancer”

An extra 10 million people could die every year by 2050 unless sweeping global changes are agreed to tackle increasing resistance to antibiotics

Deaths per year attributable to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) by 2050

North America 317,000

Financial cost to economies of drug resistance will add up to $100 trillion
by 2050

Europe 390,000

South America 392,000

Asia 4,730,000

Africa 4,150,000

Oceania 22,000

Mortality per 10,000 population 5 6 7 8 9 10

Deaths per year attributable to AMR compared to other major causes of deaths

Tetanus 60,000

Cholera 120,000

Measles 130,000

Road accidents 1.2m

Diarrhoea 1.4m

Diabetes 1.5m

Cancer 8.2m

AMR 10m by 2050

AMR 700,000

Source: Review on Antimicrobial Resistance

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