Major causes of death in 20th century

I’m very fascinated with this image representation of the major causes of death in 20th century

Did you know that more people had die because of diseases than anything else in the last century?

Here’s a brief overview of the death

1.97 billion due to Non-communicable diseases (the biggest cause of death here are all the cardiovascular diseases about 1.25 billion)

1.68 billion due to Infectious diseases (diarrhea: 226 million, smallpox: 400 million, respiratory: 485 million, malaria: 194 million)

530 million due to Cancer (Lung: 93 million, Stomach: 64 million, Liver: 46 million)

278 million due to Health complications (Perinatal conditions: 155 million, Maternal Conditions: 64 million, Nutritional Deficiencies: 59 million)

980 million due to humanity (Murder: 177 million, ideology: 142 million, Air pollution: 116 million, Drugs: 115 million)

Reference
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/20th-century-death/