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  • Acute hepatitis death rate
  • Amphetamine use disorder death rateIHME, age-standardized
  • Amphetamine use disorder death rateWHO
  • Amphetamine use disorder deaths by sex
  • Annual death rate from all causes
  • Annual number of deaths: reported versus estimated
  • Autopsy rate
  • Cancer death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
  • Cancer death rate by age groupWHO
  • Cardiovascular disease death rateIHME, age-standardized
  • Cardiovascular disease death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
  • Cardiovascular disease death rate by age
  • Cardiovascular disease death rate by age group
  • Causes of deathIHME
  • Causes of death
  • Causes of death in 15- to 49-year-olds
  • Causes of death in 50- to 69-year-olds
  • Causes of death in children aged 5 to 14
  • Causes of death in children under five
  • Causes of death in the United States over the 20th century
  • Causes of death in the over 70s
  • Causes of death, by income group
  • Child mortality by the type of congenital birth defect
  • Child mortality rate by cause
  • Chronic respiratory diseases death rateIHME, age-standardized
  • Cocaine use disorder death rateIHME, age-standardized
  • Cocaine use disorder death rateWHO
  • Cocaine use disorder death rate by age
  • Cocaine use disorder deaths by sex
  • Congenital birth defect mortality rates in children under-5
  • Countries adopting the International Classification of Diseases guidelines
  • Crude death rate
  • Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each yearWHO
  • Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each yearIHME
  • Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Sweden
  • Death rate attributed to household air pollution
  • Death rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution
  • Death rate by age group in England and Wales
  • Death rate by cause
  • Death rate due to low physical activityIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate due to low physical activityIHME, crude
  • Death rate due to road traffic injuries
  • Death rate from Alzheimer'sIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from Alzheimer'sIHME, crude
  • Death rate from Alzheimer'sWHO
  • Death rate from Parkinson's diseaseIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from Parkinson's diseaseIHME, crude
  • Death rate from Parkinson's diseaseWHO
  • Death rate from ambient particulate air pollutionCrude
  • Death rate from cancerIHME, crude
  • Death rate from cancer for 15- to 49-year olds
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseaseIHME, crude
  • Death rate from cardiovascular diseaseWHO
  • Death rate from cardiovascular disease for 15- to 49-year olds
  • Death rate from chronic respiratory diseasesIHME
  • Death rate from communicable vs. non-communicable diseases
  • Death rate from diabetesIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from diabetesIHME, crude
  • Death rate from diabetesWHO
  • Death rate from digestive diseasesIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from digestive diseasesIHME, crude
  • Death rate from drowningIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from drowningIHME, crude
  • Death rate from drowningWHO
  • Death rate from fallsWHO
  • Death rate from fallsIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from fallsIHME, crude
  • Death rate from fires and burnsIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from fires and burnsIHME
  • Death rate from fires and burnsWHO
  • Death rate from fires and burns by age
  • Death rate from high blood pressureIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from high blood pressureIHME
  • Death rate from high blood sugarIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from high blood sugarIHME, crude
  • Death rate from indoor air pollutionCrude
  • Death rate from indoor air pollution in 1990 vs. 2019
  • Death rate from infectious diseasesIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from infectious diseasesIHME, crude
  • Death rate from liver diseaseIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from liver diseaseIHME, crude
  • Death rate from malnutritionIHME, crude
  • Death rate from malnutritionWHO
  • Death rate from meningitisIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from meningitisIHME, crude
  • Death rate from meningitisWHO
  • Death rate from obesityIHME, crude
  • Death rate from pneumoniaIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from pneumoniaIHME, crude
  • Death rate from pneumoniaWHO
  • Death rate from poisoningIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from poisoningIHME, crude
  • Death rate from poisoningWHO
  • Death rate from respiratory infectionsIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from respiratory infectionsIHME, crude
  • Death rate from road accidents for 15- to 49-year olds
  • Death rate from road injuriesIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from road injuriesIHME, crude
  • Death rate from road injuriesWHO
  • Death rate from secondhand smokeIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from secondhand smokeIHME, crude
  • Death rate from smokingIHME, crude
  • Death rate from smoking by age
  • Death rate from strokeIHME, crude
  • Death rate from strokeWHO
  • Death rate from unintentional poisoning
  • Death rate from unsafe sexIHME, age-standardized
  • Death rate from unsafe sexIHME, crude
  • Death rate from upper respiratory infections, by age
  • Death rate from venomous animal contact
  • Death rates from all causes in France over the 20th century
  • Death rates from different causesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
  • Death rates from natural disasters
  • Death rates in France over the 20th century
  • Death rates in the United States through the 20th century
  • Deaths attributed to drug useIHME
  • Deaths attributed to drug use by age
  • Deaths by ageIHME
  • Deaths by age group in England and Wales
  • Deaths by risk factor
  • Deaths by risk factor for ages 15-49
  • Deaths by risk factor for ages 5-14
  • Deaths by risk factor for ages 50-69
  • Deaths by risk factor for under-5s
  • Deaths due to high blood pressure
  • Deaths due to high blood sugar
  • Deaths due to low physical activity
  • Deaths due to measles
  • Deaths due to obesity
  • Deaths due to unsafe sex
  • Deaths from Alzheimer'sIHME
  • Deaths from Alzheimer'sWHO
  • Deaths from Parkinson's diseaseIHME
  • Deaths from Parkinson's diseaseWHO
  • Deaths from acute hepatitis, by age
  • Deaths from acute hepatitis, by type
  • Deaths from air pollution, by age
  • Deaths from cancerIHME
  • Deaths from cancerWHO
  • Deaths from cardiovascular diseases, by age
  • Deaths from chronic respiratory diseases
  • Deaths from cysticercosis
  • Deaths from dementia-related diseases, by age
  • Deaths from diabetesIHME
  • Deaths from diabetesWHO
  • Deaths from diabetes, by age
  • Deaths from diabetes, by type
  • Deaths from digestive diseases
  • Deaths from drowningIHME
  • Deaths from drowningWHO
  • Deaths from drowning, by age
  • Deaths from encephalitis, by age
  • Deaths from fallsWHO
  • Deaths from fallsIHME
  • Deaths from fire, by age
  • Deaths from fires and burnsIHME
  • Deaths from fires and burnsWHO
  • Deaths from infectious diseases
  • Deaths from liver disease
  • Deaths from malnutritionIHME
  • Deaths from malnutritionWHO
  • Deaths from measles, by age
  • Deaths from meningitisIHME
  • Deaths from meningitisWHO
  • Deaths from meningitis, by age
  • Deaths from natural disasters
  • Deaths from obesity, by age
  • Deaths from particulate matter pollution
  • Deaths from pneumoniaIHME
  • Deaths from pneumoniaWHO
  • Deaths from poisoningIHME
  • Deaths from poisoningWHO
  • Deaths from rabies, by age
  • Deaths from respiratory infections
  • Deaths from road incidents, by age
  • Deaths from road injuriesIHME
  • Deaths from road injuriesWHO
  • Deaths from strokeIHME
  • Deaths from strokeWHO
  • Deaths from syphilis, by age
  • Deaths from tobacco smoking, by age
  • Deaths from venomous animal contact
  • Deaths from whooping cough, by age
  • Deaths from yellow fever, by age
  • Dengue fever deaths
  • Diabetes prevalence in adults
  • Drowning death rate in children under the age of 5
  • Drowning death rate vs. GDP per capita
  • Drowning deaths rate by age
  • Drug overdose death rate by drug typeUnited States (CDC WONDER)
  • Drug use disorder death rateWHO, slope chart
  • Drug use disorder deathsIHME, by type of drug
  • Drug use disorder deathsWHO
  • Drug use disorder deaths by ageWHO
  • Drug use disorder deaths by sex
  • Estimated cumulative excess deaths during COVID, from the WHO
  • Estimated cumulative excess deaths, from The Economist and the WHO
  • Expected chances of death from non-communicable diseases, by gender
  • Expected share of deaths from non-communicable diseases
  • Fatal occupational injury rates
  • Global aviation fatalities by flight phase
  • Hepatitis B: total number of deaths
  • Hepatitis B: total number of deaths by age group
  • Hepatitis C: total number of deaths
  • Hepatitis C: total number of deaths by age group
  • Hypertension in adults aged 30-79
  • ICD version used to classify causes of death
  • Incidence of meningitis
  • Incidence of tuberculosisIHME
  • Incidence of venomous animal contact
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
  • Leading causes of death
  • Leading causes of death
  • Major causes of child deaths
  • Motor vehicle, motorcyclist, cyclist and pedestrian deaths
  • Neonatal asphyxia and trauma mortality rates
  • Neonatal deaths by cause
  • Number of child deaths by the type of congenital birth defect
  • Number of deathsUnited Nations
  • Number of deathsWHO
  • Number of deathsIHME
  • Number of deaths by age groupOver time
  • Number of deaths from HIV/AIDSWHO GHO data
  • Number of deaths from HIV/AIDSWHO GHE
  • Number of deaths from tuberculosisWHO
  • Number of deaths from tuberculosis among HIV-negative peopleWHO GHO data
  • Number of infant deathsUN via WHO
  • Number of reported road incidents
  • Obesity prevalence in adultsAge-standardized
  • Opioid use disorder death rateIHME, age-standardized
  • Opioid use disorder death rateWHO
  • Opioid use disorder death rate by age
  • Opioid use disorder death share
  • Opioid use disorder deaths by sex
  • Population whose cause of death is registered
  • Probability of dying, by age
  • Protein-energy malnutrition death rate by age
  • Protein-energy malnutrition mortality rates in children
  • Rate of deaths attributed to drug useIHME, age-standardized
  • Rate of deaths attributed to drug useIHME
  • Respiratory disease death rate by age
  • Respiratory disease deaths by age
  • Respiratory infection death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
  • Respiratory infections death rate by age group
  • Road accident deaths
  • Road incident death rate by age
  • Road incident death rate vs. GDP per capita
  • Road mortality rate, IHME vs. WHO data
  • Road traffic deaths
  • Share of deaths by age groupIHME
  • Share of deaths by cause
  • Share of deaths for which the cause is registered
  • Share of deaths from major causesWHO Mortality Database
  • Share of deaths from secondhand smoke
  • Share of deaths registered with an ill-defined cause of death
  • Share of deaths that are registered
  • Substance use disorder deathsIHME, drugs dissagregated
  • Substance use disorder deathsWHO
  • Suicide rate for 15- to 49-year olds
  • Sweden: Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths, by date of death
  • Terrorism deaths by source
  • UK: Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths per 100,000
  • UK: Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths
  • Unintentional injuries death rate by age group

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