7 of top 10 killers pre-COVID-19 were non-communicable diseases: WHO
Non-communicable diseases accounted for seven of the top 10 causes of death before the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO), citing data from 2000 to 2019, said. Heart disease has been world's biggest cause of death for the last 20 years, it added. In 2019, people were living for over six years longer than in 2000, it further said.