Worldwide deaths due to infectious diseases caused by microorganisms
Disease |
Deaths |
Causative Agents |
Acute respiratory infections |
4,000,000 |
Bacteria, viruses, fungi |
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
2,700,000 |
Virus |
Diarrhoeal diseases |
2,200,000 |
Bacteria, viruses |
Tuberculosis |
1,700,000 |
Bacteria |
Malaria |
1,100,000 |
Protozoa |
Measles |
875,000 |
Virus |
Tetanus |
377,000 |
Bacterium |
Pertussis (whooping cough) |
295,000 |
Bacterium |
Meningitis, bacterial |
171,000 |
Bacterium |
Syphilis |
153,000 |
Bacterium |
Hepatitis (all types) |
124,000 |
Viruses |
Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) |
66,000 |
Protozoan |
Leishmaniasis |
57,000 |
Protozoan |
Chlamydia |
16,000 |
Bacterium |
Intestinal nematode infections |
16,000 |
Parasitic worms |
Schistosomiasis |
14,000 |
Parasitic worms |
Dengue |
13,000 |
Virus |
Other communicable diseases |
1,700,000 |
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