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A water temperature of 10 °C (50 °F) can lead to death in as little as one hour, and water temperatures near freezing can cause death in as little as 15 minutes. [37] During the sinking of the Titanic , most people who entered the −2 °C (28 °F) water died in 15–30 minutes.
The under-five mortality rate (U5MR) is the number of deaths of infants and children under five years old per 1000 live births. The under-five mortality rate for the world is 39 deaths according to the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). 5.3 million children under age five died in 2018, 14,722 every day. [1] [2] [3]
Dissemination can cause other symptoms, depending on which organs are infected. If the fungus infects the heart or pericardium, it can cause heart failure and death. [71] In cats, symptoms may include skin lesions, fever, and loss of appetite, with skin lesions being the most common. [72]
A national record high temperature of 51.0 °C (123.8 °F) was set in the town of Phalodi, in the state of Rajasthan. Over 160 people died with 330 million affected to some degree. There were also water shortages with drought worsening the impact of the heat wave. In India, the month of May is typically one of the hottest and driest.
Cholera affects an estimated 2.8 million people worldwide, and causes approximately 95,000 deaths a year (uncertainty range: 21,000–143,000) as of 2015. [84] [85] This occurs mainly in the developing world. [86] In the early 1980s, death rates are believed to have still been higher than three million a year. [17]
Maternal deaths: The annual number of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes) during pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, expressed per 100,000 live births, for a ...
Globally it causes moderate or severe disability in 19.4 million people as of 2004 (16 million of which are in low and middle income countries). [277] Of asthma diagnosed during childhood, half of cases will no longer carry the diagnosis after a decade. [ 76 ]
[25] [26] On 28 July 2010, Oymyakon recorded a record high temperature of 34.6 °C (94.3 °F), [27] yielding a temperature range of 102.3 °C (184.1 °F). Verkhoyansk , Yakutsk , Delyankir , Tegyulte , and Fort Vermilion , Canada are the only other known places in the world that have a temperature amplitude higher than 100 °C (180 °F).