According to the findings of a survey by IPSOS, worldwide people generally underestimate the proportion of deaths from cardiovascular diseases and cancer, two of the leading causes of death worldwide. It was found that on average respondents thought cardiovascular diseases accounted for just 11 percent of deaths worldwide, when in reality cardiovascular diseases account for 32 percent of deaths. This statistic shows the actual vs public estimates for causes of death worldwide as of 2019.
Actual and public estimates of causes of death worldwide as of 2019*
* The main source of ‘actual’ data for causes of death around the world is the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database for 2017. Please see http://perils.ipsos.com/ for full details of all sources.
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Ipsos. (February 12, 2020). Actual and public estimates of causes of death worldwide as of 2019* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108748/cause-of-death-estimate-and-actual-worldwide/
Ipsos. "Actual and public estimates of causes of death worldwide as of 2019*." Chart. February 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108748/cause-of-death-estimate-and-actual-worldwide/
Ipsos. (2020). Actual and public estimates of causes of death worldwide as of 2019*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108748/cause-of-death-estimate-and-actual-worldwide/
Ipsos. "Actual and Public Estimates of Causes of Death Worldwide as of 2019*." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108748/cause-of-death-estimate-and-actual-worldwide/
Ipsos, Actual and public estimates of causes of death worldwide as of 2019* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108748/cause-of-death-estimate-and-actual-worldwide/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Actual and public estimates of causes of death worldwide as of 2019* [Graph], Ipsos, February 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108748/cause-of-death-estimate-and-actual-worldwide/
