High blood pressure, smoking and alcohol abuse are the most dangerous health risks in the world, a major study has shown.
In the space of 20 years, all three have overtaken child hunger to become the leading causes of premature death.
More than nine million people died as a result of high blood pressure in 2010, making it the deadliest single global risk factor. Smoking accounted for 6.3 million deaths and alcohol consumption 4.9 million deaths.
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