Sentences with phrase «cent of all deaths»

Cardiovascular associated diseases are the leading cause of death globally and are responsible for 40 per cent of deaths in North America.

According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, in 1990 — the last year for which reliable figures are available — AIDS was responsible for 17 per cent of all deaths in men aged between 25 and 44, compared with 11.5 per cent in 1988, when it ranked as the number three killer after heart disease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for example.

Oyeyemi said the FRSC had declared war on reckless drivers because such drivers were responsible for about 40 per cent of deaths of officials of the FRSC in active duty.

This could offer a technique to help in the prognosis of metastases, the spreading of cancer cells to other regions of the body, responsible for 90 per cent of deaths from cancer.

The lack of or inadequate breastfeeding practices alone result in almost 12 per cent of all deaths among children under age 5.1

According to the World Health Organization, older adults who live at home face disproportionally high fatality rates during natural disasters as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina where 71 per cent of the deaths resulting from that disaster involved people over 60 years of age.

Alcohol addiction causes almost 3.8 per cent of deaths worldwide but a study led by QUT researchers offers new hope in the form of a drug already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

In England, donuts are the danger, obesity accounting for 6 per cent of deaths compared with 1 per cent for road accidents.

According to the Canadian Association of Fire Marshals, around 80 per cent of deaths caused by fires are because young children, seniors, and people with limited mobility are unable to escape in time.

Mortality for Indigenous adolescents was more than twice that of non-Indigenous adolescents, with about 60 per cent of deaths due to intentional self - harm and road traffic injury.

This compares to only 3.5 per cent of deaths of non-Indigenous people in the same age group.

With the development and availability of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines, we can now protect children from the two biggest childhood killers, pneumonia and diarrhoea, which account for 29 per cent of all deaths in under - 5s each year, or two million lives.

According to Richard Peto of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in Oxford, by next year 41 per cent of deaths among Eastern European men aged between 35 and 69 will be attributable to smoking.

In 1963, 16.5 per cent of the deaths from cancer were caused by lung cancers.

In 1997, 15.3 per cent of all deaths of Indigenous people occurred in the 15 - 34 age group.

Suicide is a big problem among inmates in the US, accounting for 35 per cent of deaths in local jails and 5.5 per cent of deaths in state - run facilities in 2011.

Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people every year, approximately 10 per cent of all deaths.

According to his analysis, floods killed more people than any other type of disaster — 26 per cent of all deaths — and caused the most damage — 32 per cent of the total bill.

Careless or reckless driving, or driving when in a hurry, also contributed to 15 per cent of deaths.

Of note, 80 per cent of deaths were considered avoidable in the current health system.

The report also shows that from 2008 until 2012 chronic disease accounted for 70 per cent of the deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.