Number of Deaths by Leading Causes of Death, 2001 - 2018

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 groups for the purpose of ranking causes of death have also been redefined based on the ICD 10th Revision, and new disease groups have been added. Figures from 2001 onwards may not be comparable with figures for previous years which were compiled based on the ICD 9th Revision. Therefore, figures before 2001 have been put down in a separate table.

Number of deaths by leading causes of death (based on ICD 10th Revision) : 2001 - 2018
List of ranking is based on the number of deaths in 2018.

Cause of Death	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
1. Malignant neoplasms (ICD10: C00-C97)	11406	11658	11510	11791	12310	12093	12316	12456	12839	13076	13241	13336	13589	13803	14316	14209	14354	14594
2. Pneumonia (ICD10: J12-J18)	3026	3194	3877	3676	4291	4201	4978	5486	5312	5814	6211	6960	6830	7502	8004	8292	8032	8437
3. Diseases of heart (ICD10: I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51)	4703	4969	5311	5866	5868	5619	6372	6777	6414	6636	6334	6283	5834	6405	6190	6201	6138	6088
4. Cerebrovascular diseases (ICD10: I60-I69)	3130	3218	3462	3416	3434	3302	3513	3691	3443	3423	3339	3276	3252	3336	3259	3224	3124	3016
5. External causes of morbidity and mortality^† (ICD10: V01-Y89)	1844	2068	2044	2243	2150	1961	1854	1766	1938	1864	1567	1655	1860	1834	1993	1813	1697	1871
6. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (ICD10: N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27)	1053	1055	1184	1182	1261	1287	1347	1419	1448	1493	1545	1629	1589	1684	1655	1706	1659	1622
7. Dementia (ICD10: F01-F03)	252	289	256	276	283	288	317	495	638	767	753	904	999	1112	1145	1371	1455	1456
8. Chronic lower respiratory diseases (ICD10: J40-J47)	2114	2075	2102	2123	2261	1924	2096	2103	1912	2093	1965	1981	1743	1742	1660	1639	1505	1379
9. Septicaemia (ICD10: A40-A41)	424	467	572	615	701	676	737	797	736	826	767	837	852	884	891	970	971	985
10. Diabetes mellitus (ICD10: E10-E14)	676	574	783	728	602	511	506	548	492	522	457	398	360	390	492	498	400	477
All other causes	4677	4749	5322	5405	5522	5553	5927	5992	5875	6185	6009	6413	6491	7018	7152	6739	6548	7553
All causes	33305	34316	36423	37321	38683	37415	39963	41530	41047	42699	42188	43672	43399	45710	46757	46662	45883	47478

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