Our World in Data - Causes of Death Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems https://ourworldindata.org/ 2026-05-07T05:05:00.000Z More than a million people die from road injuries every year https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/more-than-a-million-people-die-from-road-injuries-every-year 2026-05-07T05:05:00.000Z Hannah RitchiePablo Arriagada
]]> What do people die from in different countries? https://ourworldindata.org/what-do-people-die-from-in-different-countries 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchieSophia MersmannFiona Spooner
]]> Smoking has already killed far more people this century than in the entire 20th century https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/smoking-has-already-killed-far-more-people-this-century-than-in-the-entire-20th-century 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> What are the world’s deadliest animals, and can we protect ourselves against them? https://ourworldindata.org/deadliest-animals 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchieFiona Spooner
]]> There are huge differences in death rates from road injuries, even across high-income countries https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/there-are-huge-differences-in-death-rates-from-road-injuries-even-across-high-income-countries 2025-11-11T04:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Does the news reflect what we die from? https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from 2025-10-06T04:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchieTuna AcisuEdouard Mathieu
]]> How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads https://ourworldindata.org/britain-safest-roads-history 2025-09-08T04:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Smoking increases the risk of death from many causes https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/smoking-increases-the-risk-of-death-from-many-causes 2025-07-02T04:00:00.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> Portugal's roads have become much safer over the last thirty years https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/portugals-roads-have-become-much-safer-over-the-last-thirty-years 2025-06-09T04:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Road deaths in the United Kingdom have fallen by three-quarters since 1970 https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/road-deaths-in-the-united-kingdom-have-fallen-by-three-quarters-since-1970 2024-10-09T05:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchieTuna Acisu
]]> Stomach cancer mortality rates have declined in many countries https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/stomach-cancer-mortality-rates-have-declined-in-many-countries 2024-09-24T05:00:00.000Z Fiona SpoonerSaloni Dattani
]]> COVID-19 was the third largest cause of death in 2021 https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/covid-19-was-the-third-largest-cause-of-death-in-2021 2024-06-24T04:00:00.000Z Fiona Spooner
]]> What’s the leading cause of death in each country? https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/whats-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-each-country 2024-04-09T07:26:51.000Z Saloni DattaniFiona Spooner
]]> Cancer mortality has declined in many countries https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/cancer-mortality-has-declined-in-many-countries 2024-04-02T07:10:48.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> Causes of Death https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death 2023-09-05T11:19:00.000Z Saloni DattaniFiona SpoonerHannah RitchieMax Roser
]]> How do researchers estimate the death toll caused by each risk factor, whether it’s smoking, obesity, or air pollution? https://ourworldindata.org/estimate-deaths-by-risk-factor 2023-08-09T13:45:00.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> How are causes of death registered around the world? https://ourworldindata.org/how-are-causes-of-death-registered-around-the-world 2023-08-09T13:40:03.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> Risk ratios, odds ratios, risk differences: How do researchers calculate the risk from a risk factor? https://ourworldindata.org/risk-ratios-odds-ratios-risk-differences-how-do-researchers-calculate-the-risk-from-a-risk-factor 2023-08-09T13:28:47.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> Why isn’t it possible to sum up the death toll from different risk factors? https://ourworldindata.org/why-isnt-it-possible-to-sum-up-the-deaths-from-different-risk-factors 2023-08-09T13:02:08.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> Malaria: One of the leading causes of child deaths, but progress is possible and you can contribute to it https://ourworldindata.org/malaria-introduction 2022-03-22T11:30:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Smoking: How large of a global problem is it? And how can we make progress against it? https://ourworldindata.org/smoking-big-problem-in-brief 2021-07-14T10:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Our history is a battle against the microbes: we lost terribly before science, public health, and vaccines allowed us to protect ourselves https://ourworldindata.org/microbes-battle-science-vaccines 2020-07-20T15:27:00.000Z Max Roser
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