What is the number one disability worldwide?
What is the number one disability worldwide? Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, the United Nations health agency today reported, estimating that it affects more than 300 million people worldwide – the majority of them women, young people and the elderly.
What was the worst disease in history?
1. The Black Death: Bubonic Plague. The Black Death ravaged most of Europe and the Mediterranean from 1346 until 1353. Over 50 million people died, more than 60% of Europe's entire population at the time.
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.
Which mental illness has a shorter life expectancy?
People with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a substantially reduced life expectancy compared with the general population.
What mental illness gets worse with age?
Personality disorders that are susceptible to worsening with age include paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, obsessive compulsive, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, avoidant, and dependent, Dr. Rosowsky said at a conference sponsored by the American Society on Aging.