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, 2023
(number of registered deaths per 100 000 population of respective sex and age group)

Age group	Male	Female
14 and below	17.1	15.4
15-24	33.6	16.6
25-34	57.2	28.5
35-44	110.5	49.1
45-54	292.4	137.6
55-64	653.5	313.3
65-74	1455.2	681.7
75 and above	6349.6	5070.9

Sources: Census and Statistics Department, Department of Health

Among the eight leading causes of death, the age-standardised death rates are higher for males than females in most causes.

Age-standardised death rates of eight leading causes of death by gender, Hong Kong SAR, 2023
(Number of registered deaths per 100 000 standard population* )
(Ranking according to year 2023's number of deaths)

Cause of death	Male	Female	Male to female ratio^#
Malignant neoplasms	102.7	65.5	1.6
Pneumonia	59.7	32.0	1.9
Diseases of heart	49.9	22.3	2.2
Cerebrovascular diseases	18.9	11.6	1.6
Coronavirus disease 2019⁺	14.4	7.7	1.9
External causes of morbidity and mortality^†	28.9	12.4	2.3
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	8.7	6.8	1.3
Dementia	4.8	5.2	0.9

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.

⁺ In Hong Kong, deaths due to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was coded under the ICD-10 disease code J98.8, which includes certain specific respiratory disorders other than COVID-19. In the table, only registered deaths where COVID-19 was identified as the cause of death were included in the statistics corresponding to COVID-19.

^† 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