Number of registered deaths by leading cause of death by sex and age group, 2025
(Ranking according to the number of registered deaths in 2025)
| Cause of death@ |
Number of registered deaths by sex and age group in 2025# |
| Sex |
All ages |
0 |
1 - 4 |
5 - 14 |
15 - 44 |
45 - 64 |
65 & above |
Unknown |
| 1 |
Malignant neoplasms (ICD-10: C00-C97) |
Male |
8784 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
137 |
1728 |
6911 |
0 |
| Female |
6584 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
173 |
1650 |
4758 |
0 |
| Total |
15368 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
310 |
3378 |
11669 |
0 |
| 2 |
Pneumonia (ICD-10: J12-J18) |
Male |
6214 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
36 |
342 |
5830 |
1 |
| Female |
5046 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
22 |
145 |
4875 |
0 |
| Total |
11260 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
58 |
487 |
10705 |
1 |
| 3 |
Diseases of heart (ICD-10: I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) |
Male |
3792 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
85 |
766 |
2938 |
0 |
| Female |
2801 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
21 |
207 |
2567 |
0 |
| Total |
6593 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
106 |
973 |
5505 |
0 |
| 4 |
Cerebrovascular diseases (ICD-10: I60-I69)
|
Male |
1440 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
277 |
1122 |
0 |
| Female |
1346 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
28 |
149 |
1168 |
0 |
| Total |
2786 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
69 |
426 |
2290 |
0 |
| 5 |
External causes of morbidity and mortality† (ICD-10: V01-Y89)
|
Male |
1360 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
325 |
392 |
621 |
4 |
| Female |
746 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
162 |
183 |
394 |
0 |
| Total |
2106 |
2 |
5 |
18 |
487 |
575 |
1015 |
4 |
| 6 |
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (ICD-10: N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) |
Male |
893 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
112 |
771 |
0 |
| Female |
870 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
37 |
828 |
0 |
| Total |
1763 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
149 |
1599 |
0 |
| 7 |
Dementia (ICD-10: F01-F03)
|
Male |
532 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
529 |
0 |
| Female |
902 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
900 |
0 |
| Total |
1434 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1429 |
0 |
| 8 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (ICD-10: J40-J47)
|
Male |
842 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
51 |
788 |
0 |
| Female |
192 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
173 |
0 |
| Total |
1034 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
64 |
961 |
0 |
| 9 |
Septicaemia (ICD-10: A40-A41) |
Male |
548 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
73 |
464 |
0 |
| Female |
482 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
43 |
432 |
0 |
| Total |
1030 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
116 |
896 |
0 |
| 10 |
Diabetes mellitus (ICD-10: E10-E14) |
Male |
232 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
61 |
162 |
0 |
| Female |
198 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
26 |
170 |
0 |
| Total |
430 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
87 |
332 |
0 |
| |
Other causes |
Male |
4245 |
21 |
4 |
7 |
118 |
652 |
3436 |
7 |
| Female |
3701 |
26 |
5 |
6 |
70 |
323 |
3269 |
2 |
| Unknown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
7946 |
47 |
9 |
13 |
188 |
975 |
6705 |
9 |
| |
All causes |
Male |
28882 |
27 |
16 |
27 |
771 |
4457 |
23572 |
12 |
| Female |
22868 |
29 |
11 |
19 |
495 |
2778 |
19534 |
2 |
| Unknown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
51750 |
56 |
27 |
46 |
1266 |
7235 |
43106 |
14 |
Notes:
The figures are based on deaths registered under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap. 174, Laws of Hong Kong) during the specified period.
@ 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 corresponding disease codes 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.
# Provisional figures.
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