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Number of Deaths by Leading Causes of Death by Sex by Age in 2018

Number of Deaths by Leading Causes of Death by Sex by Age in 2018

Cause of Death* Age Group
All Ages   0   1 - 4 5 - 14 15 - 44 45 - 64 65 & above Unknown
1 Malignant neoplasms (ICD10: C00-C97) Male 8526 0 1 7 186 2217 6114 1
Female 6068 0 3 5 252 1820 3985 3
Total 14594 0 4 12 438 4037 10099 4
2 Pneumonia (ICD10: J12-J18) Male 4597 0 3 1 33 271 4287 2
Female 3840 0 3 1 22 120 3692 2
Total 8437 0 6 2 55 391 7979 4
3 Diseases of heart (ICD10: I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) Male 3332 1 1 1 86 709 2512 22
Female 2756 5 0 1 27 191 2528 4
Total 6088 6 1 2 113 900 5040 26
4 Cerebrovascular diseases (ICD10: I60-I69) Male 1613 0 1 1 38 253 1319 1
Female 1403 1 0 0 24 121 1257 0
Total 3016 1 1 1 62 374 2576 1
5

External causes of morbidity and mortality† (ICD10: V01-Y89)

 Male 1162 0 1 4 339 337 470 11
Female 709 3 3 7 137 175 379 5
Total 1871 3 4 11 476 512 849 16
6

Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (ICD10: N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27)

 Male 785 0 1 0 6 92 686 0
Female 837 0 0 0 3 55 779 0
Total 1622 0 1 0 9 147 1465 0
7 Dementia (ICD10: F01-F03) Male 502 0 0 0 0 5 497 0
Female 954 0 0 0 0 4 950 0
Total 1456 0 0 0 0 9 1447 0
8

Chronic lower respiratory diseases (ICD10: J40-J47)

 Male 1073 0 0 0 10 78 985 0
Female 306 0 0 0 3 14 289 0
Total 1379 0 0 0 13 92 1274 0
9

Septicaemia (ICD10: A40-A41)

 Male 503 1 2 0 3 74 423 0
Female 482 1 1 0 13 28 439 0
Total 985 2 3 0 16 102 862 0
10 Diabetes mellitus (ICD10: E10-E14) Male 272 0 0 0 15 59 198 0
Female 205 0 0 0 2 30 173 0
Total 477 0 0 0 17 89 371 0
  All other causes Male 4024 42 4 10 138 689 3125 16
Female 3528 29 7 10 80 271 3128 3
Unknown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 7553 71 11 20 218 960 6253 20
  All causes Male 26389 44 14 24 854 4784 20616 53
Female 21088 39 17 24 563 2829 17599 17
Unknown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 47478 83 31 48 1417 7613 38215 71

Notes:
The mortality figures in this table are based on number of "registered" deaths.

* Classification of diseases and causes of death is based on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 10th Revision from 2001 onwards. The disease codes according to the classification are shown in brackets.

† 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.