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Worksheets10 Top Causes of Death
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
1- What are the 3 top global causes of death?
Injuries
Cardiovascular (ischaemic heart disease, stroke)
Respiratory (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lower respiratory infections)
Suicide
Neonatal Conditions – which include birth asphyxia and birth trauma, neonatal sepsis and infections, and preterm birth complications
What are the 3 top global causes of death by category?
Infectious
Communicable (infectious and parasitic diseases and maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions)
Noncommunicable (chronic)
HIV
Injuries.
What is the world’s biggest killer?
Stroke
Diabetes Mellitus
Ischaemic Heart Disease
Neonatal Conditions
What is the world’s most deadly communicable disease?
Stroke
Kidney Diseases
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer
Lower Respiratory Infection
What is one of the categories for which the global decrease in deaths in absolute numbers over the past two decades has been the greatest?
Stroke
Ischaemic Heart Disease
Neonatal Conditions
Malaria and Tuberculosis
What deaths are on the rise?
Deaths by communicable diseases
Deaths by non-communicable diseases
Deaths by Injury
Trachea, Bronchus and Lung Cancers Deaths
Who is more affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia?
Men
Children
Adolescents
Women
What is one of the largest declines in the number of deaths?
Diabetes
Diarrhoeal Diseases
Lung Cancers
Strokes
What disease has entered the top 10 causes of death in 2020?
Car Crashes
Dementia
Diabetes
Lower Respiratory Infections
Which disease is no longer on the list of the top 10 causes of death in 2020?
Chagas Disease
Yellow Fever
Diabetes
HIV/AIDS
What are the 3 leading causes of death in low-income countries?
Cancer
Neonatal Conditions
Lower Respiratory Infections
Stroke
Ischaemic Heart Disease
What are the 3 leading causes of death in upper-middle-income countries?
Hypertensive Heart Disease
Ischaemic Heart Disease
Stroke
Road Injury
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Why do we need to know the reasons people die?
To have more hospitals
To train health professionals
To improve how people live
For statistics
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