Now it's cardiovascular disease; road traffic accidents are a top five killer and cancers are in the top 10.
In China, lung cancer is the fifth leading cause of death, following stroke, ischemic heart disease, road injuries, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [ 1, 2].
In its Health Policy document for the period 2012 2020, The Gambia government identified the main causes of death in the country, albeit without strong supporting evidence, as malaria, pneumonia, anaemia, diarrhoeal diseases, road traffic accidents, pregnancy complications and cardiovascular diseases (20).
There are no specific recommendations or counseling during pre-travel consultations about the risks linked to the consumption of alcohol and drugs during a trip, whereas prevention against infectious diseases, road hazards or sun exposure is common [ 2].
Limited studies on population-based prevalence of mental illness, chronic respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and road traffic accidents were found.
The most reported conditions include common tropical infectious diseases, chronic diseases (hypertension and heart diseases) and road traffic accidents.
The most reported conditions include common tropical infectious diseases, chronic diseases (notably hypertension and heart diseases) and road traffic accidents.
That's more than will be killed by cancer, diarrhoeal disease or road traffic accidents.
Not cancer, not heart disease, not road accidents and certainly not terrorism.
At the other end of the spectrum, past meningitis and diarrheal disease, lies road safety which has been largely neglected on the global stage.
Take the so-called "availability bias", which describes our tendency to be more scared of threats we can vividly bring to mind (like terrorist attacks) than those we can't (like heart disease, or road accidents).
