Disease ranking

Malaria 300-500 million annually
Childhood pneumonia 150million annually
Dengue fever 50mn cases annually
Cancer new cases 10mn annually
Diabetes 8.5mn annually
New AIDS victim 2.7mn annually



AIDS
People living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 33 million
New AIDS victim 2.7mn
More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981

Diabetes
170mn diabetic patients globally
3.2mn dies every year

Cancer
New cases 10mn
6mn deaths
100mn culmulative death from tobacco related cancer

Malaria
300-500 million people contract malaria annually

One million people die each year from malaria

Childhood pneumonia
Pneumonia kills an estimated 1.8 million children every year
Accounting for 20% of all deaths of children under five years old worldwide