Global burden of disease and non-communicable disease. (A) The proportional distribution of global deaths attributable to communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, and injuries for 1990, 2010, and projected for 2030. Graphs generated from previous data.^{3  ,  4} (B) Global World Health Organization status report on non-communicable diseases 2016 estimating the leading causes of death by different categories of non-communicable diseases. The category ‘Others’ comprises neurodegenerative and other neurological disease, musculoskeletal diseases, congenital anomalies, digestive disorders, endocrine/blood/immune disorders, genitourinary diseases, and other categories of orphan disease. CD, communicable disease; NCD, non-communicable disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; RD, respiratory disease. Graphs generated from previous data.⁵