I. SIZE OF THE PROBLEM
1990
World
% Total deaths 5267 50.4 34.2 10.1 27.4 28.4 12.4 8.7 0.7 6.7
EstME
% Total deaths 798 7.12 6.4 6.2 42.8 44.6 23.4 11.1 0.3 12.0
EmgME
% Total deaths 346 3.8 5.6 10.3 29.5 54.6 27.1 16.9 0.7 10.0
DevE
% Total deaths 4124 39.5 41.9 10.7 24.3 23.0 9.0 7.5 0.7 5.7
2020
World
% Total deaths 7844 68.3 15.1 12.3 36.4 36.3 16.3 11.3 0.7 8.1
EstME
% Total deaths 905 8.6 6.2 5.2 46.3 42.3 22.5 10.6 0.2 9.1
EmgME
% Total deaths 365 4.8 2.9 8.6 34.8 53.7 27.0 16.3 0.5 9.9
DevE
% Total deaths 6573 54.8 17.6 13.7 34.9 33.8 14.3 10.9 0.8 12.1
Note: EstMe ¼ established market economies USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand;
EmgMe ¼ emerging market ec ¼ Russian Federation, Ukraine [highest rates of CVD mortality];
DevE¼developing ec ¼ China, India [1.2 billion], Asia, Africa, Latin America, Caribbean;
CVD¼cardiovascular disease;
CAD¼coronary artery disease;
CPMN¼communicable maternal, perinatal, and nutritional.
Modified from. Murray CJL, Lopez AD. The Global Burden of Disease, Cambridge MA: Harvard School of Public Health, 1996.
gives the predicted (rounded) world population and incidence of common diseases and mortality rates.