Top Deadly Diseases of the Developing World

    Disease                                       Annual Mortality Rate                       Annual Infection Rate


1. Lower respiratory infections        4 million —

2. HIV/AIDS                                  3 million                                                 39.4 million1

3. Malaria                                        1–5 million                                             300–515 million

4. Diarrhea                                       2.2 million                                              4 billion

5. Tuberculosis                                 2 million                                                 8 million

6. Measles                                       530,000                                                30 million

7. Whooping cough                           200,000–300,000                                20–40 million

8. Tetanus                                         214,000                                               500,000

9. Meningitis                                    174,000                                                1 million +

10. Syphilis                                     157,000                                               12.2 million1


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