random 28 Nov 2006 09:59 am
WHO predicts death and disease in 2030
WHO predicts death and disease in 2030 - health - 28 November 2006 - New Scientist
Over the next 25 years, annual AIDS deaths will more than double, and smoking will account for one-tenth of all deaths worldwide. But the good news is the world’s poor will become wealthier, live longer and stop dying of infectious diseases.
Scientists at the World Health Organization have come up with the most comprehensive analysis yet of what people will suffer and die from in the year 2030. Globally, the risk of dying before the age of five could be halved by then.
Cigarettes will kill about 50% more people by 2030 than it currently does, and depression will be second only to AIDS as a cause of debilitating illness.