Editing Death rates in the 20th century (section)

==Cause of death==
Throughout the 20th century in the developed world, the leading causes of death transitioned from infectious diseases such as [[influenza]], to degenerative diseases such as [[cancer]] or [[diabetes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortality and Morbidity: Mortality in the 20th century |date=6 June 2001 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/2f762f95845417aeca25706c00834efa/45feea54e2403635ca2570ec000c46e1!OpenDocument|publisher=Australian Social Trends|access-date=12 October 2012}}</ref>  In 1900, the leading cause of death in the United States was influenza with 202.2 deaths per 100,000 people followed by [[tuberculosis]] with 194.4, which is a curable illness today. In the middle of 20th century America, the leading cause of death was [[heart disease]] with 355.5 deaths per 100,000 followed by cancer at 139.8 deaths per 100,000. Although death rates dropped significantly in the latter part of the 20th century, the leading killers are still constant. The United States saw 192.9 people per 100,000 die from heart disease in 2010 followed by cancer with 185.9 people per 100,000.

An estimated 70 to 120 million people died from [[Famine#20th century|famine in the 20th century]], of whom over half died in China.  [[Malnutrition]] and [[hunger]] was also a leading cause of the global [[infant mortality]] and [[child mortality]].

The world population in the [[20th century]] experienced a large amount of death due to two major world wars. [[World War II]] was responsible for the most war related deaths in the 1900s with a death toll between 40,000,000 and 85,000,000 deaths. Other predominate wars in the 1900s include [[World War I]] with up to 22,000,000 deaths, the [[Russian Civil War]] with up to 9,000,000 deaths, the [[War in Afghanistan (1978–present)|Afghan Civil War]] with up to 2,000,000 deaths, and the [[Mexican Revolution]] with up to 2,000,000 deaths. Several other major wars took place in the 20th century, such as the [[Iran–Iraq War]], the [[Soviet–Afghan War]], the [[second Sudanese Civil War]], the [[Korean War]] and the [[Vietnam War]].

It is estimated that [[traffic collision]]s caused the death of around 60 million people during the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visualnews.com/2013/03/19/visualizing-major-causes-of-death-in-the-20th-century/|title=Visualizing Major Causes of Death in the 20th Century|work=Visual News|access-date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520222249/http://www.visualnews.com/2013/03/19/visualizing-major-causes-of-death-in-the-20th-century/|archive-date=20 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>