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WHO study foresees tobacco and cancer as top global killers
The World Health Organization projects noncommunicable diseases will surpass infectious diseases as the leading causes of death and disability by 2020. Tobacco-related illnesses will kill about 8.4 million annually. heart disease tops in both rich and developing nations, with AIDS potentially responsible for up to 1.7 million deaths annually by 2020.
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World Health Organization
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Christopher Murray
Harvard University
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sub-Saharan Africa
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Dean Jamison
University of California, Los Angeles