How to take good care of your health

Each year more than 91.6 million people die of different types of diseases, and many of them die because they did not know they had it until too late. Therefore, it is imperative that people, young or old, learn of the different symptoms of the major diseases so that when they see or experience it, they can inform their doctor and receive appropriate treatment immediately. The purpose of this blog site is to provide information on disease symptoms and preventions. Provided below is a table listing diseases by death rate.

Group [1]					Cause				Percent of deaths							Deaths per 100,000 per year
																All			Male	Female
–					All causes				100.00							916.1			954.7	877.1
A					Cardiovascular diseases				29.34							268.8			259.3	278.4
B					Infectious and parasitic diseases				19.12							175.2			185.1	165.1
A.1					Ischemic heart disease				12.64							115.8			121.4	110.1
C					Malignant neoplasms (cancers)				12.49							114.4			126.9	101.7
A.2					Cerebrovascular disease (Stroke)				9.66							88.5			81.4	95.6
B.1					Respiratory infections				6.95							63.7			63.5	63.8
B.1.1					Lower respiratory tract infections				6.81							62.4			62.2	62.6
D					Respiratory diseases				6.49							59.5			61.1	57.9
E					Unintentional injuries				6.23							57.0			73.7	40.2
B.2					HIV/AIDS				4.87							44.6			46.2	43.0
D.1					Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease				4.82							44.1			45.1	43.1
–					Perinatal conditions				4.32							39.6			43.7	35.4
F					Digestive diseases				3.45							31.6			34.9	28.2
B.3					Diarrheal diseases				3.15							28.9			30.0	27.8
G					Intentional injuries (suicide, murder, war, etc.)				2.84							26.0			37.0	14.9
B.4					Tuberculosis				2.75							25.2			32.9	17.3
B.5					Malaria				2.23							20.4			19.4	21.5
C.1					Lung cancers				2.18							20.0			28.4	11.4
E.1					Road traffic accidents				2.09							19.1			27.8	10.4
B.6					Childhood diseases				1.97							18.1			18.0	18.2
H					Neuropsychiatric disorders				1.95							17.9			18.4	17.3
–					Diabetes mellitus				1.73							15.9			14.1	17.7
A.3					Hypertensive heart disease				1.60							14.6			13.4	15.9
G.1					Suicide				1.53							14.0			17.4	10.6
C.2					Stomach cancer				1.49							13.7			16.7	10.5
I					Diseases of the genitourinary system				1.49							13.6			14.1	13.1
F.1					Cirrhosis of the liver				1.38							12.6			16.1	9.1
I.1					Nephritis/nephropathy				1.19							10.9			11.0	10.7
C.3					Colorectal cancer				1.09							10.0			10.3	9.7
C.4					Liver cancer				1.08							9.9			13.6	6.2
B.6.1					Measles				1.07							9.8			9.8	9.9
G.2					Violence				0.98							9.0			14.2	3.7
–					Maternal conditions				0.89							8.2			0.0	16.5
–					Congenital abnormalities				0.86							7.9			8.1	7.7
J					Nutritional deficiencies				0.85							7.8			6.9	8.7
C.5					Breast cancer				0.84							7.7			0.1	15.3
C.6					Esophageal cancer				0.78							7.2			9.1	5.2
A.4					Inflammatory heart disease				0.71							6.5			6.7	6.2
H.1					Alzheimer's disease and other dementias				0.70							6.4			4.7	8.1
E.2					Falls				0.69							6.3			7.5	5.0
E.3					Drowning				0.67							6.1			8.4	3.9
E.4					Poisoning				0.61							5.6			7.2	4.0
C.7					Lymphomas, multiple myeloma				0.59							5.4			5.4	5.4
A.5					Rheumatic heart disease				0.57							5.3			4.4	6.1
C.8					Oral cancers and oropharynx cancers				0.56							5.1			7.1	3.1
E.5					Fires				0.55							5.0			3.8	6.2
B.6.2					Pertussis				0.52							4.7			4.7	4.8
C.9					Prostate cancer				0.47							4.3			8.6	0.0
C.10					Leukemia				0.46							4.2			4.7	3.8
F.2					Peptic ulcer disease				0.46							4.2			5.0	3.5
J.1					Protein-energy malnutrition				0.46							4.2			4.2	4.2
–					Endocrine/nutritional disorders				0.43							3.9			3.4	4.4
D.2					Asthma				0.42							3.9			3.9	3.8
C.11					Cervical cancer				0.42							3.8			0.0	7.7
C.12					Pancreatic cancer				0.41							3.7			3.9	3.5
B.6.3					Tetanus				0.38							3.4			3.4	3.5
B.7					Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV				0.32							2.9			2.9	2.9
C.13					Bladder cancer				0.31							2.9			4.0	1.7
B.8					Meningitis				0.30							2.8			2.9	2.7
G.3					War				0.30							2.8			5.0	0.5
B.7.1					Syphilis				0.28							2.5			2.7	2.3
–					Neoplasms other than malignant				0.26							2.4			2.4	2.4
J.2					Iron deficiency anemia				0.24							2.2			1.5	2.9
C.14					Ovarian cancer				0.24							2.2			0.0	4.4
B.9					Tropical diseases				0.23							2.1			2.5	1.6
H.2					Epilepsy				0.22							2.0			2.2	1.8
–					Musculoskeletal diseases				0.19							1.7			1.2	2.2
B.10					Hepatitis B				0.18							1.7			2.3	1.0
H.3					Parkinson's disease				0.17							1.6			1.6	1.6
H.4					Alcohol use disorders				0.16							1.5			2.5	0.4
H.5					Drug use disorders				0.15							1.4			2.2	0.5
B.1.2					Upper respiratory infections				0.13							1.2			1.2	1.2
C.15					Uterine cancer				0.12							1.1			0.0	2.3
–					Skin diseases				0.12							1.1			0.8	1.4
C.16					Melanoma and other skin cancers				0.12							1.1			1.1	1.0
B.11					Hepatitis C				0.09							0.9			1.1	0.6
B.9.1					Leishmaniasis				0.09							0.8			1.0	0.7
B.9.2					Trypanosomiasis				0.08							0.8			1.0	0.5
I.2					Benign prostatic hyperplasia				0.06							0.5			1.0	0.0

1.^ Group is a value showing the relationship of groups of causes. For instance, statistics for "A" (cardiovascular diseases) include those for "A.1" (ischemic heart disease), "A.2" (cerebrovascular disease), and so on. If no value is shown for a cause, there are no other causes grouped with that cause.

Source: World Health Organization, 2004.