Updated at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 3: Revised to include the death of Kamau, a male lion, this summer. Firearms were the leading cause of homicide, representing 67.7% of all homicides. Across Sub-Saharan Africa the rates are much higher. Instructions World Health Organization total death counts by for world by cause. There were 213,175 firearm homicides between 1999 and 2016. Overview table. The death of 2-year-old Marius in 2014 sparked global outrage. Final Deaths: 2018. Across Europe the death rate is less than one per 100,000. Note: P Deaths reported to the Michigan Vital Records office may be delayed by 7 days. 15-24-year-olds were most often the victims of gun homicides with 75,151 deaths between 1999 and 2016, with the most deaths (4,827) occurring in 2006. Age standardized death rate, per 100,000, by cause, in 2017, and percentage change 2007–2017. They continue to update the data on their website as they collect it. An estimated 161,250 preventable deaths occur each year in U.S. hospitals, a decline from three years ago, according to a new analysis from the Leapfrog Group. By Hilary Hanson A baby giraffe has been born at a zoo that faced international outrage after workers killed a “surplus” young giraffe … Verifying the cause of death, and processing the records from adminstrative records may further delay the reports of deaths for statistical purposes.The deaths shown in the deaths columns will be lower than the actual year-to-date total. Ciska P. J. Scheijen, a conservationist at Rockwood Conservation, a nature park in South Africa, is wondering if giraffes are at greater risk of being struck by lightning due to their great height. Therefore, numbers from the last two flu seasons are not considered final just yet. Final Deaths: 2018. To remove all countries click clear. Cuts or piercing (such as with a knife) were the second most frequent cause with 34,086 deaths. Most countries in the South of the region had rates greater than 100 per 100,000. The Center for Biological Diversity averages: "Although extinction is a natural phenomenon, it occurs at a natural “background” rate of about one to five species per year… Click to add and remove. Each flu season, the CDC estimates deaths from the flu based on in-hospital deaths and death certificate data. The leading cause is cardiovascular disease at 31.59% of all deaths. Most countries have a rate of less than 10 deaths per 100,000 – often much lower, below 5 per 100,000. This first table gives a convenient overview of the general categories and broad causes. The death rate per 100 million passenger miles for light duty vehicles declined for the second consecutive year, decreasing 4% to 0.47 in 2018 following a 2% decline in 2017. Conversely, each death due to COVID-19 is being recorded. 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