More human beings died in abortions than any other cause of death in recent years. This is a heartbreaking reminder about the prevalence of abortion.

In January 2024, Worldometer, a live statistics website, reported that 44 million elective abortions were performed in the year 2022, thereby making abortion the leading cause of human death.

According to Worldometer, the second leading cause of death in 2022 was communicable diseases, causing almost 13 million victims. Deaths attributed to infectious diseases and cancer accounted for more than 8 million deaths, while smoking caused approximately 5 million deaths. Alcohol contributed to 2.5 million deaths, and AIDS resulted in around 2 million deaths. All these combined still fall short of the number of lives lost due to abortion in 2022.

An important observation is that not only is abortion the primary cause of human death, but its number is also nearly four times that of the second leading cause, which is communicable diseases. Considering that abortion has been the primary cause of human death for four consecutive years, it is imperative to address the problem.

Two considerations arise here: first, we must question the legitimacy or impartiality of this figure, as it is known that abortion statistics have been subject to manipulation on more than one occasion. Second, we must ask ourselves what actions will be taken in response to this trend.

Editor’s Note: These statistics were updated on 4/22/25