ocr: THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST SCOURGES Infectious disease Cause Annual deaths Acute Respiratory Infections Bacterial or Viral 4,300,000 (mostly Pneumonia) Diarrheal Diseases Bacterial or Viral 3,200,000 Tuberculosis Bacterial 3,000,000 Hepatitis B Viral 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 Malaria Protozoan 1,000,000 Measles Viral 880,000 Neonatal Tetanus Bacterial 600,000 AIDS Viral 550,000 Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Bacterial 360,000 Source: World Health Organization; Harvard School of Public Health, 1990 figures TIME 9/12/94
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