The World health statistics report is the World Health Organization (WHO) annual compilation of the latest available data on health and health-related indicators for its 194 Member States.
Key Findings
The global impact of communicable diseases has been in steady decline since 2000 but they were still responsible for more than 10.2 million deaths in 2019, representing 18% of all deaths.
Poor, more disadvantaged populations tend to suffer from a higher burden of communicable diseases, due to low knowledge of protective behaviours, increased exposure due to living and working conditions, poor health-seeking behaviours and barriers to accessing health services, all of ....
