Around 80% of deaths around the world occur as a result of these ten causes. Here are the top ten most common health reasons for early death.

Heart Disease

A report in 2009 by the National Institute of Heart Health suggests that heart disease is the leading cause of early death. A considerable percentage of heart-disease related deaths are women. The most common cause of this disease is overweight, lack of exercises, and high blood pressure.

Stroke

Stroke is the fifth leading cause of early death in the world. A stroke occurs when blood that flows through the brain ceases because a clot blocked the passage of blood to the brain. Stroke causes the death of brain cells because of the absence of oxygen and nutrients it needs to carry out its normal functions.

Stroke is common in middle-aged adults. Its symptoms include sudden weakness in the arm, face, sudden severe headache, and inability to speak and understand speech.

Alzheimer’s Disease

When you think of Alzheimer’s disease, you might think of it only as a loss of memory, but did you know that it is also one of the causes of early death. Alzheimer’s disease destroys memory and interrupts with regular functions. When a person has this disease, it affects their thinking, reasoning, and behavior.

Lung Disease

Lung disease occurs when the lung can no longer perform the normal functions of getting oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide. Common lung diseases are acute bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and it is often caused by prolonged exposure to chemicals, heavy smoking, infections, dust, and fumes. COPD is the leading death by disease in the United States.

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is a severe health condition that causes early death in babies, adults, or anyone with weak immune systems. People that are at high risk of this disease are children below five years old and older people 65 years old and above.

Pneumonia is an infection that causes the alveoli to get inflamed in the lungs. It is caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi and can be treated with antibiotics and antiviral drugs. It can also be prevented with a pneumonia vaccine.

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a lung condition caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is treatable, but some strains are resistant to conventional treatment. TB is the top cause of early death, particularly in people who have HIV. Around 35% of deaths are due to Tuberculosis.

Liver Disease

Liver disease causes early death because it doesn’t show any severe symptoms until it’s too late. Most patients who had liver disease didn’t know they had one until it developed liver failure.

The causes of liver disease are usually excessive alcohol consumption and drug abuse. But it can also be caused by other diseases such as viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hemochromatosis.

Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis is long-term scarring and damage to the liver. The damage can be the result of kidney disease or other conditions like alcoholism and hepatitis. The liver filters toixic substances from your blood and sends it back to the body. As the substance damages the liver, scar tissue is formed. The more scar tissues are formed, the harder the liver has to work to function correctly until it stops working.

Diabetes

Diabetes is a type of metabolic disease that causes your body to develop high levels of blood glucose. A 2017 National Diabetes Statistics study has shown that around 30.3 million Americans have this condition. In 2016, it was estimated that 1.6 million deaths were due to this condition.

Cancer

Cancer is responsible for 4 per cent of untimely deaths around the world. It is the result of uncontrolled cell growth in the body. That uncontrolled rate of the cell is what causes cancer. Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent this condition, and even children can have cancer.

Congenital Disease

Congenital disease such as maternally-transmitted HIV accounts for 1% of untimely deaths all around the world.