Sentence examples for 4th leading cause from inspiring English sources

Mortality data shows that TB is the 5th leading cause of death in all children under 14 years, the 6th leading cause in the post-neonatal period (age 29 days to 11 months), and the 4th leading cause in children 1-4 years [ 1].

Pancreatic cancer has a dismal prognosis with an overall 5-year survival rate of < 5% making it the 4th leading cause of cancer related mortality in western countries [ 1].

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death world wide with ∼1.1 million deaths per year, while COPD is the 4th leading cause of death, killing 2.75 million people world wide in 2002.

Globally asthma is responsible for 1.8 million YLD (years lived with disability) whereas COPD is the 4th leading cause of death [ 15].

Although mortality rates for asthma are relatively low, representing only 1%% of all deaths [4], it is recognised that in many cases that death could have been avoided with better routine care; COPD, however, is the 4th leading cause of death [3] and is projected to rise to the second most common cause of death worldwide by 2020.

These disorders are the 4th leading cause of total DALYs (3.7% total disability adjusted life years) [3].

Deloitte is working in conjunction with the National Cancer Institute and Vice President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative to bring some of the best and brightest minds together to rid the world of what is the No. 1 leading cause of death globally.

Aside from aging, which of course can't be controlled, high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) is the No. 1 leading cause of stroke.

"They're ahead in all 15 leading causes of death and over half of the male population is obese.

Age-adjusted death rates decreased significantly for 8 of the 15 leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, accidents, diabetes, influenza, high blood pressure and assaults.

Casting doubt on that assertion, he cited six-year-old data from the World Health Organization that listed H.I.V. as 12th among 29 leading causes of death here.