HealthHealth Policy Watch19 Drops Out Of World’s Top 10 Causes Of Death For First Time Since Pandemic Began
COVID-19 dropped out of the world's top 10 causes of death in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic began, as global life expectancy nearly recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
COVID-19 dropped out of the world’s 10 leading causes of death in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020, and only two years after it topped
New WHO estimates show COVID-19 fell to the 14th leading cause of death globally in 2023, down from first place in 2021 when it killed 9.4 million people directly.
Global life expectancy recovered to 73.3 years by 2023, just 0.1 years below the pre-pandemic level of 73.4 years recorded in 2019.
Chronic diseases now account for 74 per cent of all deaths worldwide, with heart disease still the single biggest killer at around 9.5 million deaths in 2023.
The WHO data shows heart disease, stroke and COPD remain the top killers, so the usual advice about heart health and not smoking is still the most important thing to act on.
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