In 2012,____ times more people died violently than died of all the diseases combined.

A) two
B) almost three
C) six
D) ten

According to the WHO Global Health Observatory Data Repository, in 2012, approximately 1.5 million people died from violence (including war, homicide, and suicide), while around 8.2 million people died from communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, and injuries combined. Therefore, the number of people who died violently is almost three times higher than the number of people who died from all diseases combined.