Covid-19 ranks among biggest global killers
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The world is on the cusp of officially recording 1 million deaths from Covid-19, but the real tally might be closer to double that figure
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HOW COVID-19 COMPARES TO ANNUAL GLOBAL KILLERS (millions of deaths)

Ischaemic heart disease 9.43
Stroke 5.78
Chronic pulmonary disease 3.04
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Covid-19 1 1.8 3

Estimated end of year figure*
Estimated actual figure*
Official figure
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Lower respiratory infections 2.96
Alzheimer’s/dementia  1.99
Trachea/bronchus/lung cancer  1.71
Diabetes mellitus 1.60
Road injury 1.40
Diarrhoeal diseases 1.38
Tuberculosis 1.29
   
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*Study by Alan Lopez, laureate professor and director of University of Melbourne’s Global Burden of Disease group. Note: Deaths by cause data from World Health Organisation, 2016
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