Talk:List of causes of human deaths by rate

Hi
Hi Mac! Was wondering where you got the figures you used in Big killer? Since this info is likely to change over time, we ought to mention the date these figures were published, and whether the figures are world-wide, or based on one country's death figures. Thanks for your help!! Catherine 01:42 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC)

This is all messed up.
This data is misleading because...


 * AIDS can cause cancer
 * diabetes can lead to heart attacks
 * AIDS can assist tuberculosis
 * neurological illness can cause traffic accidents
 * obesity can cause diabetes, and diabetes may cause obesity
 * obesity can cause heart problems
 * obesity can cause acid reflux, which can cause cancer
 * cancer can cause suicide

To what shall we credit the death? - 22:07, 28 Mar 2005 65.34.186.143
 * Death certificates lists the immediate cause of death as well as the underlying cause of death which is the data used for mortality statistics. See the External links of death certificate for more info. Petersam 07:25, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

future estimates
Would like link(s) or inline future estimates of big killers, eg. in 2020.Mike Linksvayer 20:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Cellular aging as a cause of death
Currently the article states that an unknown number of people die due to cellular aging. Well, the rest of the causes listed add up to 78 percent. So wouldn't it be a fair estimation to approximate it to, say, 20 percent? --ZeroOne 23:54, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * "Cellular aging" is not a cause of death which is listed in the WHO report. It is not the same thing as "old age" and "old age" is not a cause of death.  Everyone is listed as dying of something in particular, such as an infection, cancer, or a particular type of organ failure. The numbers do not add up to 100% because not all causes have been listed. -- Beland 22:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Should this page be a redirect?
List of causes of death by rate does the same job but is much neater. EamonnPKeane 11:34, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and did the redirect. There is nothing really to merger into "List of causes of death by rate". The "List of causes of death by rate" article contains facts from the 2004 version of the same information as this one, thus it is more current.R00m c (talk) 00:38, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

World Health Organization deaths
"World Health Organization deaths" Vague in the extreme. Doesn't give any kinda of timescale. Daily? Monthly? Anually? What?

Prescription drugs
Why is there a link to "pharmaceutical company" and an external link to adverse reactions to prescription drugs when they aren't on either list? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 1.1.1 (talk) 04:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC).

Vandalism?
I see somebody wrote "excluding abortion and euthanasia" (As in : By disease, conditions (Excluding abortion and euthanasia) 1. Ischaemic heart disease 7,208,000 13%...) my intuition is that this is vandalism. Any thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.241.227.113 (talk) 06:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, my thought was to delete the (likely fundamentalist Christian) vandalism, and to ask, in my edit summary, is this a joke? I'm relieved I'm not the only one who noticed this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.133.107 (talk) 06:38, 11 October 2007 (UTC)