Top Ten: Diseases in Developing Countries

With the lack of resources and access to things such as clean water, or medicine, it's easy to see why developing countries have higher rates of fatal diseases than developed countries. It is extremely sad that they have to face these living conditions, and live with the fear that they might come down with a fatal disease.  Here are the top ten causes of death in developing countries.

	Disease	Annual mortality rate	Percent of all deaths
1.	Ischaemic heart disease	7.25 million	12.8%
2.	Cerebrovascular disease	6.15 million	10.8
3.	Lower respiratory infections	3.46 million	6.1
4.	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3.28 million	5.8
5.	Diarrhoeal diseases	2.46 million	4.3
6.	HIV/AIDS	1.78 million	3.1
7.	Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers	1.39 million	2.4
8.	Tuberculosis	1.34 million	2.4
9.	Diabetes mellitus	1.26 million	2.2
10.	Hypertensive heart disease	1.15 million	2.0

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