If you’ve come to this website for a little light relief from the stresses of modern life, then you’ve navigated to the wrong page.
I’m not saying you won’t find something suitable on this website – but this page specifically won’t be what you’re looking for.
With that disclaimer out of the way, allow me to introduce this infographic on death in the 20th Century…
The Infographic, laid out somewhat like a spider diagram, breaks major causes of death down into five categories which then branch off into more specific sub-categories.
Even without cancer, which has a category all to itself, non-communicable diseases hold the dubious honour of ending the most lives between 1900 and the new millennium, with an estimated total of 1,970 million deaths. Cancer on its own is thought to be responsible for the loss of 530 million lives.
Perhaps surprisingly, humanity is only the third most lethal category with 980 million fatalities. Alarmingly, 177 million people fall under the murder category, overlapping with 131 million deaths caused by war.
Although not the most joyous, the Infographic does comprise some morbidly fascinating stats. Which do you think killed more people in the space of 100 years, alcohol or tobacco? Fires or falls? Chlamydia or crocodiles? The answers to these questions and more can be found below.
You’re still in the wrong place for a laugh, though.
