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drug resistance: the year you were born, and now

drug resistance · deaths a year directly attributable

born 1950 ? → 1 200 000 deaths a year no ledger. nobody was counting when you were born.

method GRAM estimates 1990–2021; forecast to 2050 from Naghavi et al. 2024.

born 1970 ? → 1 200 000 deaths a year no ledger. nobody was counting when you were born.

the first global estimate is for 1990. by 2050 the forecast is about 1.9 million a year, nearly double.

born 1990 1 000 000 → 1 200 000 deaths a year by 2050, about 1.9 million a year. nearly double.

most of the world’s antibiotics by volume go to animals. the farm share of these deaths is unquantified, not zero.

born 2010 1 096 551 → 1 200 000 deaths a year by 2050, about 1.9 million a year. nearly double.

most of the world’s antibiotics by volume go to animals. the farm share of these deaths is unquantified, not zero.

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how this number is built

method
GRAM estimates 1990–2021; forecast to 2050 from Naghavi et al. 2024.
range
as above
confidence
estimate
weakness
no data before 1990, shown as a dash.
dispute
dispute LGR-070 · corrections are credited
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