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1. What is Global Medical Research.org? We are a group of medical researchers and computer scientists from around the world.  We have joined together to help one another find resources, and share important information for critical medical research. Â
2. What areas do you contentrate on? Using statistical data from the World Health Organization we focus our attention on reporting information related to the most critical diseases and conditions facing humanity. FUTURE TRENDS IN GLOBAL MORTALITY FOR 2032. PUBLISHED BY WHO (2008) | | No. | Cause or Injury | Percent of all deaths | | 1 | Ischaemic heart disease | 14.2 | | 2 | Cerebrovascular disease | 12.1 | | 3 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 8.6 | | 4 | Lower respiratory infections | 3.8 | | 5 | Road traffic accidents (n/a) | 3.6 | | 6 | Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 3.4 | | 7 | Diabetes mellitus | 3.3 | | 8 | Hypertensive heart disease | 2.1 | | 9 | Stomach cancer | 1.9 | | 10 | HIV/AIDS | 1.8 | | 11 | Nephritis and nephrosis | 1.6 | | 12 | Self-inflicted injuries (n/a) | 1.5 | | 13 | Liver cancer | 1.4 | | 14 | Colon and recum cancers | 1.4 | | 15 | Oesophagus cancer | 1.3 | | 16 | Violence (n/a) | 1.2 | | 17 | Alzheimer and other dementias | 1.2 | | 18 | Cirrhosis of the liver | 1.2 | | 19 | Breast cancer | 1.1 | | 20 | Tuberculosis | 1.0 | | 21 | Neonatal infections and other | 1.0 | | 22 | Prematurity and low birth weight | 0.9 | | 23 | Diarrhoeal diseases | 0.9 |
References:
World Health Organization. (2005). What is the deadliest disease in the world? Retrieved August 1, 2008, from http://www.who.int/features/qa/18/en/ World Health Organization. (2005). Chronic disease and their common risk factors. Retrieved August 1, 2008, from http://www.who.int/chp/chronic_disease_report/media/Factsheet1.pdf
World Health Organization. (2008). World Health Statistics 2008. (Page 29). Retrieved August 1, 2008, from http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Full.pdf.
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