Deaths from non-communicable diseases rose by ~ 8 million between 1990 and 2010 - every three deaths worldwide.

8 million people died from cancer in 2010, 38% more than two decades ago.

Ischaemic heart disease and stroke collectively killed ~13 million people in 2010 - one in four deaths worldwide, compared with one in five in 1990.

1.3 Million deaths were due to diabetes, twice as many as in 1990.