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This map shows the disease most likely to kill you

A country-by-country comparison

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Using data from the World Health Organization, we labeled every country in the world with the disease that caused the most deaths within the nation.

Click on the map to below to see an enlarged version of the full map.

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Africa

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Middle East & Asia

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Europe

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Central America & the Caribbean

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South America

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This article, by Simran Khosla, originally appeared at GlobalPost.

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