What is the deadliest disease in the world today?


What is the deadliest disease in the world today? COVID-19 was the most deadly infectious disease in 2022, followed by tuberculosis, according to a Statista report. The report used World Health Organization data to determine the global deaths for four infectious diseases in 2022.


What are the hardest diseases to cure?

cancer. dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. advanced lung, heart, kidney and liver disease. stroke and other neurological diseases, including motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis.


What disease kills the fastest?

  • The world's fastest killer is ischaemic heart disease, responsible for 16% of the world's total deaths.
  • Cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke are also extremely fatal within minutes of their onset.