Principal Causes of Death
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Total No. of Deaths | 22,054 | 24,292 | 26,891 |
% of Total Deaths | | | |
1. | Cancer [ ICD10: C00-C97 ] | 28.6 | 26.4 | 23.9 |
2. | Pneumonia [ ICD10: J12-J18 ]
| 18.8 | 20.1 | 20.0 |
3. | Ischaemic heart diseases [ ICD10: I20-I25 ] | 20.5 | 18.4 | 19.7 |
4. | Cerebrovascular diseases (including stroke) [ ICD10: I60-I69 ] | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
5. | Hypertensive diseases (including hypertensive heart disease) [ ICD10: I10-I15 ]
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
6. | External causes of morbidity and mortality [ ICD10 : V01-Y89 ]
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
7. | Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome & nephrosis [ ICD10: N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27] | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
8. | Other heart diseases [ ICD10: I00-I09, I26-I51] | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
9. | Urinary tract infection [ ICD10: N39.0] | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
10. | Chronic obstructive lung diseases [ ICD10: E10-E14 ] | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Notes:
1 The Mortality Tabulation List of the International Classification of Diseases - Tenth Revision has replaced the Ninth Revision as the adopted code set for the derivation of causes of death w.e.f Year 2012.
2 For data prior to Year 2012, refer to Downloads
3 Refers to the top 10 principal causes of death only.