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Crude mortality rate refers to the number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is usually expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year. The list is based on CIA World Factbook 2023 estimates, unless indicated otherwise.
18 September – A ten-year old student of a Japanese school dies in a knife attack in Shenzhen. The suspect is arrested. [81] 25 September – China carries out its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile since 1980, launching a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean [82] that lands near the Marquesas Islands. [83]
The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of deaths. Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2023.
[21] [22] According to the World Health Organization, approximately 10 million new TB infections occur every year, and 1.5 million people die from it each year – making it the world's top infectious killer (before COVID-19 pandemic). [21] However, there is a lack of sources which describe major TB epidemics with definite time spans and death ...
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[8] [9]: 138 Following the death of Mao, subsequent leaders have allowed Chinese religious organisations to have more autonomy. Chinese folk religion, the country's most widespread system of beliefs and practices, has evolved and adapted since at least the second millennium BCE, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
All three predicted Jesus would return in this year, with one of the predictions being based on the dimensions of Noah's Ark. [19] [20] 6 Apr 793 Beatus of Liébana: This Spanish monk prophesied the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the world on that day in front of a large crowd of people. [19] 800 Sextus Julius Africanus
Surveys on religion in China conducted in the years 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011 by the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) of the Renmin University found that people self-identifying as Christians were, respectively for each year, 2.1%, 2.2%, 2.1% and 2.6% of the total population.