Leading causes of lost years of life in 2013

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The main risks for mortality in the world are high blood pressure (13 percent of deaths globally).

Early death from enteric diseases, respiratory infections, and tuberculosis, maternal and neonatal disorders declines in developed countries over the past 27 years.

Ischemic heart disease, neonatal disorders, stroke, lower respiratory infections, diarrhea, road injuries, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease accounted for more than one million deaths each worldwide in 2017.