GEOG 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sub-Saharan Africa, Lower Respiratory Tract Infection, Coronary Artery Disease
3 Nov 2016
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Top 5 causes of death in developing countries: coronary heart disease, lower respiratory infections, hiv/aids, perinatal conditions, stroke and other cerebrovascular issues. Traffic accidents were the 10th-leading cause of death in the world in 2004, behind lung cancer and ahead of diabetes, and they are on track to become the fifth-leading cause by. High-income countries, such as the united states and most of the nations in europe, have about 52 percent of registered cars but only 8. 5 percent of traffic deaths. For low-income countries,including most of sub-saharan africa and southeast asia, the statistics are nearly reversed. They have 9 percent of the world"s cars but almost 42 percent of the traffic deaths. Where is africa the most prevalent: sub-saharan africa. The virus may have jumped from africa to haiti after congo won independence in the. It is estimated that 36. 7 million people around the world are infected with hiv/aids as of dec. 2015.
