What is the deadliest disease in the world?
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Q: What is the deadliest disease in the world?
A: The results of ranking the leading causes of death are subject to the cause categories used. The broader the cause categories used, the more likely they will rank among the top leading causes of death.
According to the estimates in the Causes of death 2008 update, there were 57 million deaths in the world in 2008. The broad category of all "noncommunicable diseases" killed 36 million people; communicable diseases, maternal and perinatal conditions, and nutritional conditions killed 16 million people worldwide; and external causes of injuries killed 5 million people.
The following are the leading causes of death:
The Cardiovascular system is made up of the heart and the blood vessels
that irrigate it. The blood is pumped from the heart through the blood
vessels to the whole body system.
The arteries that supply blood to the heart are called coronary arteries. When these arteries are blocked or clogged principally by cholesterol clinging to the arteries walls. There is not enough oxygenated blood reaching the heart which can leave a permanent injury on the heart.
