Noncommunicable Diseases Like Cancer and Diabetes Are the Top Causes of Death Globally: WHO
Worldwide, 7 of the 10 leading causes of deaths in 2019 were noncommunicable diseases.
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Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cancers and diabetes, are now the leading cause of death in the world, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2019 Global Health Estimates report published Wednesday.