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Seven sources of danger you take for granted

According to Our World in Data, around 56 million people died in 2017 globally. Half of them were 70 years or older; 27 per cent were aged between 50 and69 while 14 per cent were of ages 15 to 49 and only 1 per cent was aged 5 to14. Infants comprised 10 per cent.

Here are some of the life-threatening dangers that we take for granted.

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