Human ages have changed since the year 2000 .. have they increased or decreased?

What are the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the World Health Organization?

Has our life expectancy increased or decreased?

The answer is in this comprehensive report.

The World Health Organization released estimates of deaths on Wednesday, December 9, in which they compared deaths between 2000 and 2019.

The organization said in a statement that the estimates reveal the trends that have emerged over the past two decades in the rates of deaths and illnesses caused by diseases and injuries.

The new data covers the period from 2000 to 2019.

The average lifespan of people is 6 years older than it was in 2000, with the global average age reaching more than 73 years in 2019, compared to 67 years in 2000.

The following are the top ten causes of death in the world, in order from the first to the tenth:

1- Ischemic heart disease, which is responsible for 16% of all deaths in the world.

Since 2000, it has been the largest increase in deaths from this disease, rising from more than 2 million to 8.9 million deaths in 2019.

Ischemic heart disease is the heart problem caused by narrowing of the heart arteries.

When the arteries narrow, the blood and oxygen supply to the heart muscle decreases.

This is also called coronary artery disease and coronary heart disease.

This could eventually lead to a heart attack, according to the American Heart Association.

2- Stroke is responsible for about 11% of all deaths in the world.

3- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is responsible for 6% of all deaths.

This threatens the life of those who are exposed to it by obstructing the breathing process at first when stressed, and then worsens to a serious illness.

4- Lower respiratory infections, which are among the most deadly infectious diseases in the world.

But an improvement occurred, as the number of deaths decreased dramatically: in 2019 it claimed 2.6 million lives, 460,000 fewer than in 2000.

A lower respiratory infection is any infection that affects the lungs or the lower throat, such as pneumonia and bronchitis.

5- Neonatal conditions, yet newborn deaths are one of the categories for which the global decline in deaths in absolute numbers over the past two decades has been greatest: These cases caused the death of two million newborns and young children in In 2019, 1.2 million fewer than in 2000.

Cases of newborns include: asphyxia, neonatal sepsis, infection, and complications of premature labor.

6- Trachea, bronchus and lung cancers, and deaths from it increased from 1.2 million in 2000 to 1.8 million in 2019.

7- Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

Globally, women account for 65% of deaths from Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

8- Diarrheal diseases, but it recorded one of the largest declines in the number of deaths, as global deaths decreased from 2.6 million in 2000 to 1.5 million in 2019.

The World Health Organization says the diarrhea can last for several days and leave the body without the amount of water and salts necessary to survive.

Most of those who die from diarrhea actually die from severe dehydration and fluid loss.

Children who suffer from malnutrition or have impaired immunity, as well as those living with HIV, are most at risk of life-threatening diarrhea.

9- Diabetes, which entered the list of the top ten causes of death after a significant increase of 70% since 2000. In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, deaths due to diabetes have more than doubled, and it represents the largest percentage of the increase in all regions. World Health Organization.

10- Kidney disease, and the number of deaths increased from 813,000 in 2000 to 1.3 million in 2019.

People are living longer but with more forms of disability

The World Health Organization said that the estimates also confirm the growing trend of longevity, in 2019 the average age of people increased by 6 years than it was in 2000, with the global average life span of more than 73 years in 2019 compared to about 67 years in 2000. But in On average, people are healthy in just 5 of those extra years.

Deficits are already growing.

By and large, it is the diseases and health conditions that cause the most deaths that are responsible for the most loss of years of healthy life.

Combined, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, lung cancer and COPD is attributed to the loss of nearly 100 million additional years of healthy life in 2019 compared to 2000.

Positive facts

The organization said that human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS) has declined from the eighth leading cause of death in 2000 to number 19 in 2019, reflecting the success of efforts to prevent infection and conduct tests to detect the virus and treat disease over the past two decades.

While it remains the fourth leading cause of death in Africa, the number of deaths resulting from it has more than halved, as the number in Africa decreased from more than one million deaths in 2000 to 435,000 deaths in 2019.

Tuberculosis is no longer among the top ten causes of death globally, as it declined from seventh in 2000 to thirteenth in 2019, with a 30% decrease in the number of deaths globally.

Nevertheless, TB remains among the top ten causes of death in Africa and Southeast Asia, where it ranks eighth and fifth, respectively.

Africa experienced an increase in the death rate from tuberculosis after 2000, although this trend has been declining over the past few years.