WHO lists top 10 leading causes of death globally

As per a WHO report, ischaemic heart disease and stroke were the leading causes of death globally in 2023. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was third leading cause, while lower respiratory infections ranked fourth. Other causes included Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, diabetes, trachea, bronchus and lung cancers, hypertensive heart disease, kidney diseases and diarrhoeal diseases.