GEOG 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Coronary Artery Disease, Perinatal Asphyxia, Cerebrovascular Disease
14 Mar 2018
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Memorize top 5 diseases killing in low income countries. 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 2030!!! 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. It is estimated that 36. 7 million people around the world are infected with hiv/aids as of dec. 2015. 17 million people are accessing antiretroviral therapy. 2. 1 million people became newly infected with hiv. 1. 1 million people died from aids-related illness. 78 million people have become infected with hiv since the start of the epidemic.
