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Indicators of significance to shifting health challenges
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Top Causes of Death -- Global Projections of mortality and causes of death, 2015 and 2030

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(© WHO)

Source: WHO, Projections of mortality and causes of death, 2015 and 2030

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Top 10 causes of death, worldwide, 2015

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(© WHO, 2018)

Source: WHO, Global Health Observatory (GHO) data

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NCD* death rate, age standardized (per 100 000 population), 2000–2015: Both sexes, 2015

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(© WHO, 2017)

Source: WHO, Global Health Observatory (GHO) data (interactive map)

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Hartford Foundation Aging Society Index

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Source: Hartford Foundation Aging Society Index, 2018

This Aging Society Index measures societal adaptation to aging. The countries are ranked according to their level of adaptation for successful aging.

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Health expenditure per capita (current $)

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(© World Bank indicators, with Millennium Project compilation and forecast; 2015-16 State of the Future)

Source: World Bank indicators, with Millennium Project compilation and forecast; 2015-16 State of the Future

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Population exposed to pollution levels above WHO guidelines

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(© OECD)

Source: OECD Green Growth Indicators 2017 (interactive map)

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