Heart disease accounted for an estimated 19 million deaths worldwide in 2020, making it the leading cause of death globally.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by AHA's Global Burden of Disease-based statistics (19.1 million deaths in 2020) and consistently corroborated by WHO fact sheets identifying cardiovascular disease as the leading global cause of death across adjacent years. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- 5 Health Benefits of Fasting, Backed by Science - Healthline (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://www.heart.org/-/media/PHD-Files-2/Science-News/2/2022-Heart-and-Stroke-Stat-Update/2022-Stat-Update-factsheet-GIobal-Burden-of-Disease.pdf (corroboration)
- https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cardiovascular-diseases-(cvds) (corroboration)
- https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death (corroboration)