# The animals that kill the most humans each year

The ranking of animals responsible for the most human deaths each year, based on the estimates published by Bill Gates (Gates Notes): the most dangerous is not the shark but the mosquito.

- 10 votes · 15 items
- Jul 6, 2018 · Amandine Durand
- https://even.best/en/l/1589/the-animals-that-kill-the-most-humans-each-year

## Top 15

1. **Mosquito** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — About 725,000 deaths a year, mainly from the malaria, dengue and yellow fever it carries.
2. **Snake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — About 50,000 deaths a year from venomous bites.
3. **Dog** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — About 25,000 deaths a year, almost all from rabies.
4. **Tsetse fly** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — About 10,000 deaths a year: it spreads sleeping sickness.
5. **Assassin bug** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — About 10,000 deaths a year: it spreads Chagas disease.
6. **Ascaris roundworm** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — About 2,500 deaths a year: an intestinal roundworm.
7. **Hippopotamus** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — About 500 deaths a year: the most dangerous of Africa's large mammals.
8. **Wolf** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — About 10 deaths a year.
9. **Freshwater snail** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 10,000 deaths a year: it hosts the worms that cause schistosomiasis.
10. **Tapeworm** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 2,000 deaths a year.
11. **Elephant** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 100 deaths a year.
12. **Lion** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 100 deaths a year.
13. **Shark** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 10 deaths a year: far fewer than its reputation suggests.
14. **Human** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — About 475,000 deaths a year through homicide.
15. **Crocodile** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — About 1,000 deaths a year.

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