Year

2008

2015

2030

Population (in billion)

6700628

7186888

8110599

Disease

(In 000s)

% Total

(In 000s)

% Total

(In 000s)

% Total

Total Deaths

58766

100.0

60856

100.0

67790

100.0

I. Communicable diseases, maternal and perinatal conditions and nutritional deficiencies

 15980

27.2

13705

22.5

9370

13.8

Infectious and parasitic diseases
(likeTuberculosis, STDs, HIV/AIDS, diarrhea, Meningitis, Hepatitis, Malaria, Trypanosomiasis etc.)

 8427

14.3

7044

11.6

4216

6.2

Respiratory infections

 3816

6.5

3427

5.6

2871

4.2

Maternal conditions

  424

0.7

316

0.5

180

0.3

Perinatal conditions (e)

 2913

5.0

2606

4.3

1898

2.8

Nutritional deficiencies

  401

0.7

313

0.5

205

0.3

II. Noncommunicable conditions

 37124

63.2

41193

67.7

51619

76.1

Malignant neoplasms
(like cancer of mouth & orophyrynx, oesophagus, stomach, colon/rectum, liver, pancreas, trachea/bronchus/lung, melanoma & skin, breast, cervix cancer uteri, corpus uteri, prostate, bladder, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, leukaemia etc.)

 8097

13.8

9259

15.2

11928

17.6

Other neoplasms

  178

0.3

201

0.3

253

0.4

Diabetes mellitus

 1294

2.2

1656

2.7

2229

3.3

Nutritional/endocrine disorders

  310

0.5

331

0.5

395

0.6

Neuropsychiatric disorders
(like schizophrenia, epilepsy, alcohol use disorders, Alzheimer and other dementias, Parkinson disease, drug use disorder etc.)

 1320

2.2

1429

2.3

1757

2.6

Sense organ disorders

  5

0.0

5

0.0

6

0.0

Cardiovascular diseases

 17890

30.4

19388

31.9

23578

34.8

Respiratory diseases
(like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma)

 4426

7.5

5220

8.6

7373

10.9

Digestive diseases
(like peptic ulcer disease, cirrhosis of the liver etc.)

 2010

3.4

2015

3.3

2164

3.2

Diseases of the genitourinary system
(like Nephritis/nephrosis, benign prostrate hypertrophy)

  980

1.7

1089

1.8

1376

2.0

Skin diseases

  71

0.1

80

0.1

103

0.2

Musculoskeletal diseases

  131

0.2

142

0.2

175

0.3

Congenital abnormalities

  408

0.7

373

0.6

294

0.4

Oral diseases

  3

0.0

4

0.0

5

0.0

III. Injuries

 5663

9.6

5957

9.8

6801

10.0

Unintentional injuries

 3977

6.8

4181

6.9

4786

7.1

Intentional injuries

 1685

2.9

1777

2.9

2015

3.0

Table 3: Projected deaths by cause, globally [72].