Healthy living and quality is the hope of every human living on earth. But in reality, people are always faced with various illnesses in the course of their lives, ranging from mild illness to chronic diseases that kill. So what is a Disease? In the Indonesian dictionary, Disease is a health disorder caused by bacteria, viruses, or abnormalities of physiological or tissue systems in organs (in living things).

Of the thousands of types of diseases known to humans today, there are 10 types of the most deadly diseases in the world. The most deadly disease in the world according to the WHO (World Health Organization) record is Ischemic Heart Disease or often referred to as Coronary Artery Disease. According to Estimates, Ischemic Heart Disease has caused the death of 7.4 million people in 2012 around the world. While the order of number 2 is occupied by a stroke that caused the death of 6.7 million in 2012.

List of 10 Most Deadly Diseases in the World

The following is a complete list of the 10 Most Deadly Diseases in the world and the mortality rate it causes.

1. Ischemic Heart Disease

English term: Ischemic Heart Disease
Mortality Rate in 2012: 7.4 Million inhabitants (13.2%)
Affected organs: Heart
The main causes: High blood pressure, obesity, stress.

2. Stroke

English term: Stroke
Mortality Rate in 2012: 6.7 million people (11.9%)
Affected organs: Brain
The main cause: High blood pressure

3. Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

English term: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Mortality Rate in 2012: 3.1 million people (5.6%)
Affected organs: Lung
Main Causes: Smoking, Pollution

4. Lower respiratory infection

Term in English: Lower Respiratory Infections
Mortality Rate in 2012: 3.1 million people (5.5%)
Affected organs: Lungs, Respiratory Tract

5. Cancer of Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung

Term in English: Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung Cancers
Mortality Rate in 2012: 1.6 million people (2.9%)
Affected organs: Lung
Main Causes: Smoking, Pollution, Toxic Environment

6. HIV / AIDS

Term in English: HIV / AIDS
Mortality Rate in 2012: 1.5 million people (2.7%)
Affected organs: Blood, immune system
The main cause: HIV virus

7. Diarrhea Disease

English term: Diarrheal Diseases
Mortality Rate in 2012: 1.5 million people (2.7%)
Affected organs: Intestines, Digestive Tract
The main causes: Viruses, food poisoning

8. Diabetes Mellitus (Diabetes)

English term: Diabetes Mellitus
Mortality Rate in 2012: 1.5 million people (2.7%)
Affected organs: Blood
Main causes: obesity, deficiency of insulin hormone secretion, deficiency of glucose transporter read more at mcfol.org.

9. Tuberculosis

Term in English: Tuberculosis (TB)
Mortality Rate in 2012: 900 thousand inhabitants
Affected organs: Lung
The main cause: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

10. Malaria

English term: Malaria
Mortality Rate in 2012: 627 thousand inhabitants
Affected organs: Blood
The main cause: Mosquito bites