Men's Facts - Death Rates

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Age-specific mortality rates for males are higher than females in all age groups.

Death rate by gender and age group, Hong Kong SAR, 2020
(number of registered deaths per 100 000 population of respective sex and age group)

Age group	Male	Female
14 and below	20.4	20.7
15-24	23.1	16.4
25-34	48.8	22.2
35-44	96.5	47.7
45-54	268.2	136.1
55-64	624.5	294.6
65-74	1476.9	706.7
75 and above	6411.0	5101.2

Sources: Census and Statistics Department, Department of Health

The age-standardised death rates for the eight leading causes of death are higher for males than females.

Age-standardised death rates of eight leading causes of death by
gender, Hong Kong SAR, 2020
(Number of registered deaths per 100 000 standard population*)
(Ranking according to year 2020's number of deaths)

Cause of death	Male	Female	Male to female ratio#
Malignant neoplasms	116.2	70.6	1.6:1
Pneumonia	54.9	28.7	1.9:1
Diseases of heart	46.3	23.4	2.0:1
Cerebrovascular diseases	20.8	12.9	1.6:1
External causes of morbidity and mortality †	25.3	11.3	2.2:1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	10.7	6.8	1.6:1
Dementia	5.5	5.1	1.1:1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	10.7	2.0	5.4:1

Notes:

* Based on the world standard population specified in GPE Discussion Paper Series: No.31, EIP/GPE/EBD, World Health Organization, 2001.

# Male to female ratio are derived from unrounded figures.

† According to the ICD 10th Revision, when the morbid condition is classifiable under Chapter XIX as "Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external
causes", the codes under Chapter XX for "External causes of morbidity and mortality" should be used as the primary cause of death.

Sources: Census and Statistics Department, Department of Health