Top Five Deadlist Diseases of the world

1 Lower respiratory infections

The deadliest disease in the modern world are a host of lower respiratory infections.

What are they?: Lower respiratory infections include pneumonia and other sickness of the lungs, bronchial tubes or windpipe. It’s hard to believe but it’s true—lower respiratory infections far outnumber the death toll for AIDS and malaria worldwide. Surprised?

Death rate: More than 4 million deaths every year.

In all, these diseases account for nearly half or more than half of fatalities worldwide every year. Scientists are working very hard to research the illnesses and develop new vaccines. Until cures are found for all, prevention is the best way to go. Diseases like this can change your life forever.

2. HIV/AIDS

The 2nd deadliest disease in the modern world is HIV/AIDS.


Infection rate: Roughly 39.4 million people are living with AIDS.

What is it?: This disease needs no introduction. The HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, does nothing more than erode a person’s immune system, rendering the patient susceptible to other infections. AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, usually follows through within 8 to 15 years unless the patient receives treatment. Oftentimes, the patient dies of TB or pneumonia following the AIDS infection.

Death rate: Some 3 million deaths in 2004

3. Malaria

The 3rd deadliest disease in the world is the infamous malaria.

Infection rate: 300 to 515 million people diagnosed cases every year, a huge portion of whom are in Africa.


What is it?: Malaria is transmitted by the deadliest animal in the world known to man: the female anopheles mosquito. In fact, malaria isn’t even transferable through physical contact, but still it accounts for millions of deaths worldwide every year. If that isn’t deadly enough for you, I don’t know what is. Statistics reveal that every 30 seconds an African child dies from malaria. Damn mosquitoes!

Death rate: 1 to 5 million deaths every year.

4. Diarrhea

The 4th deadliest disease in the modern world is diarrhea.

Infection rate: 4 billion diagnosed cases every year.

What is it?: What is diarrhea? Have you ever had acute stomach pains accompanied
with the urge to use the toilet more often than usual? Then you have experienced diarrhea. Often diarrhea is caused by cholera, dysentery, and a host of other bacterial infections like microscopic worms. Diarrhea is easily cured if treated early. Most diarrhea-related deaths, particularly in children, are associated with extreme dehydration.

Death rate: Roughly 2.2 million deaths every year

5. Tuberculosis

The 5th deadliest disease in the modern world is tuberculosis.

Infection rate: 2 billion people are diagnosed with TB every year.

What is it?: Fact: TB kills millions of people every year. Fact: 1/3 of the world’s population is infected. But even with all these facts, new TB cases are still being diagnoses year after year. It’s as if people don’t really care anymore about
contracting the disease. Symptoms of TB include chills, fever, chronic cough, weakness, and weight loss. It is highly contagious, and can be spread through sneezing and coughing. It is no doubt one of the deadliest diseases in the world in terms of death rate.

Death rate: 2 million deaths every year.

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