It may be estimated that it causes tens of thousands of deaths per year worldwide [1,2].
Hospital-acquired infections from all causes are estimated to cause >90,000 deaths per year in the United States and are the sixth leading cause of death nationally.
As a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis, the pneumococcus is estimated to cause 11% of all-cause mortality in children 1 59 months worldwide [ 1].
Psychological causes such as stress and anxiety are estimated to cause around 10%to20%20% of all erectile dysfunction cases.
Although CRF01_AE remains the dominant circulating strain, CRF15_01B and CRF33_01B have in recent years been estimated to cause thousands of infections in Thailand and Malaysia, respectively [10].
To date it is the second leading cause of cancer death in women (after lung cancer) and is estimated to cause 15% of cancer deaths [1].
It is the world's top cause of cardiovascular disease, which leads to strokes and heart attacks, and is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths a year worldwide.
Smoking-related diseases are estimated to cause 8,400 premature deaths and 51,000 hospital admissions a year in the capital.
Drowsy driving is estimated to cause about 20percentt of accidents, 1.2 million a year, more than drugs and alcohol combined.
Soot pollution that comes from coal and diesel can be lethal, and is estimated to cause 34,000 premature deaths per year just in America.
