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[[Үсештәге ил]]ләрдә үлемнең төп сәбәбе - [[:en:infectious disease|инфекцион хасталыклар (ингл.)]]. [[Югары үсештәге ил]]ләрдә төп үлем сәбәпләре - [[:en:atherosclerosis|атеросклероз (ингл.)]] ([[:en:heart disease|йөрәк хасталыгы (ингл.)]] andһәм [[:en:stroke|приступ (ингл.)инсульт]]), [[:en:cancer|яман шеш (ингл.)]], һәм [[:en:obesity|йомрылык (ингл.)]] һәм [[:en:aging|картаюга (ингл.)]] бәйле башка хасталыклар. <!--By extremely wide margin, the largest unifying cause of death in the developed world is [[Senescence|biological aging]],<ref name="doi10.2202/1941-6008.1011"/> leading to various complications known as [[aging-associated diseases]]. These conditions cause loss of [[homeostasis]], leading to [[cardiac arrest]], causing loss of [[oxygen]] and nutrient supply, causing irreversible deterioration of the [[Human brain|brain]] and other [[tissue (biology)|tissues]]. Of the roughly 150,000 people who die each day across the globe, about two thirds die of age-related causes.<ref name= "doi10.2202/1941-6008.1011"/> In industrialized nations, the proportion is much higher, approaching 90%.<ref name="doi10.2202/1941-6008.1011"/> With improved medical capability, dying has become [[respite care|a condition to be managed]]. Home deaths, once commonplace, are now rare in the developed world.
[[File:Body of John Paul II Daniel Scioli.jpg|thumb|left|The body of Pope [[John Paul II]] lying in state in [[St. Peter's Basilica]], 2005]]
