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Number of Deaths by Leading Causes of Death by Sex by Age in 2021

Number of Deaths by Leading Causes of Death by Sex by Age in 2021

List of ranking is based on the number of deaths in 2021.
Cause of Death* Number of Registered Deaths by Age Group in 2021
All Ages   0   1 - 4 5 - 14 15 - 44 45 - 64 65 & above Unknown
1 Malignant neoplasms (ICD10: C00-C97) Male 8754 0 4 8 147 2095 6500 0
Female 6354 0 5 4 197 1816 4332 0
Total 15108 0 9 12 344 3911 10832 0
2 Pneumonia (ICD10: J12-J18) Male 5446 0 1 2 32 269 5142 0
Female 4386 0 0 2 15 133 4236 0
Total 9832 0 1 4 47 402 9378 0
3 Diseases of heart (ICD10: I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) Male 3676 0 0 1 75 776 2823 1
Female 2919 2 0 1 26 193 2697 0
Total 6595 2 0 2 101 969 5520 1
4 Cerebrovascular diseases (ICD10: I60-I69) Male 1646 1 0 0 27 277 1341 0
Female 1480 0 0 0 24 134 1322 0
Total 3126 1 0 0 51 411 2663 0
5

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

 Male 1278 0 4 12 299 360 598 5
Female 705 4 2 6 128 169 394 2
Total 1983 4 6 18 427 529 992 7
6

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

 Male 844 0 0 0 7 108 729 0
Female 937 0 0 0 5 65 867 0
Total 1781 0 0 0 12 173 1596 0
7 Dementia (ICD10: F01-F03) Male 540 0 0 0 0 5 535 0
Female 958 0 0 0 0 6 952 0
Total 1498 0 0 0 0 11 1487 0
8

Septicaemia (ICD10: A40-A41)

 Male 619 0 0 0 10 98 511 0
Female 630 0 1 1 11 31 586 0
Total 1249 0 1 1 21 129 1097 0
9

Chronic lower respiratory diseases (ICD10: J40-J47)

 Male 813 0 0 0 8 48 757 0
Female 246 0 0 0 4 16 226 0
Total 1059 0 0 0 12 64 983 0
10 Diabetes mellitus (ICD10: E10-E14) Male 306 0 0 0 8 75 223 0
Female 242 0 0 0 2 17 223 0
Total 548 0 0 0 10 92 446 0
  All other causes Male 4443 34 8 8 128 708 3547 10
Female 4314 24 6 8 79 332 3865 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 8757 58 14 16 207 1040 7412 10
  All causes Male 28365 35 17 31 741 4819 22706 16
Female 23171 30 14 22 491 2912 19700 2
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 51536 65 31 53 1232 7731 42406 18

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.