Death rates associated and attributable to AMR in G7 countries 2019
Bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become one of the leading public health threats of the 21st century. Worldwide the rate of deaths directly attributable to AMR amounted to 16.4 deaths per 100,000 population in 2019, while the death rate for associated deaths was 64 per 100,000 population. Among G7 countries, the U.S. had the highest death rate associated and attributable to AMR, followed by the UK and Italy. This statistic displays the death rate associated and attributable to bacterial antimicrobial resistance in G7 countries in 2019, by country.