According to a study, sodas and other sugary drinks could lead to nearly 184,000 deaths a year throughout the world. The study has been published in the journal Circulation. It examined the risks of death as a result of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancers associated with the consumption of sugary drinks.

It has been estimated in the study that approximately 133,000 people died as a result of diabetes attributable to the consumption of "sugar-sweetened beverages". According to the study, nearly 45,000 people throughout the world died from cardiovascular diseases caused by consumption of sugary drinks and 6,450 people died as a result of cancers associated with the beverages.

According to study author Dariush Mozaffarian from Tufts University in Boston, "Many countries in the world have a significant number of deaths occurring from a single dietary factor, sugar-sweetened beverages. It should be a global priority to substantially reduce or eliminate sugar-sweetened beverages from the diet".

The report revealed that Mexico was having the highest death rate as a result of sugary beverages. The rate was 450 deaths per million adults in the country. According to researchers, a nation’s frequency of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer was associated with the general quantity of sugar available in the country.

It was also found in the report that 76% of deaths were linked to soda and other sugary drink consumption in low- to middle-income countries.