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Medical and Health Departmental Reports 醫務衛生署年報 All

TABLE 15

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH 1956, 1966 & 1975 (RANKING ACCORDING TO 1956)

Causes of Death

1956

Number of Deathe

1966

Percent of Deaths from

Rate per 100,000

1975

1956

all Causes

1966

population

1975

1956

1966

1975

All Causea

Pneumonia, all forms

19.295 18,700 21.191 100.0

100.0

100.0

738.0

515.2

485.3

2. Tuberculosis, all forms

3.862# 2,026# 2,188 2,629 1,515

20.0

10.8

10.3

147.7

55.8 50.1

646

13.6

8.1

3.1

100.6

41.7

14.8

3. Gastritis, duodenitis,

enteritis & colitis (except diarrhoea of new born

2,364

167

12.3

0.9

90.4

4.6

4.

Heart disease, including hypertensive disease

5. Malignant neoplasms All other causes

1,354

1,328 3,249 5,105

7.758 9,941

2.591 3,311 7.0

13.8

15.6

51,8

71.4

75.8

6.9

17.4

24.1

50.8

89.5

116.9

9,152

40.2

49.0

46.9

296.7

252.2

227.7

4 years

All Causes

2,820

968

248 100.0

100.0

100.0

768.7

229.1

77.6

1. Pneumonia, all forEE

1,112

288

48

39.5

29.8

19.4

303.2

68,2

15.0

Gastritis, duodenitis, enteritis & colitis (except diarrhoea of new born)

731

35

25.9

3.6

199.3

8.3

3. Tuberculosis, all forms

All accidents

470

76

104

23

30

7 16.7

3.1

2.8

128.2

7.1

2.2

71

2.7

10.7

28.6

20.7

24.6

22.2

All Ages

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TABLE 15 (Cont'd)

Causes of Death

Number of Deathe

Percent of Deaths from

Rate per 100,000

all Causes

population

1956

1966 1975

1956

1966

1975

1956

1966

1975

5. Measles

66

293

2.3

30.3

18.0

69.3

All other causes

365

218

122

12.9

22.5

49.2

99.3

51.6

38.2

5.

14 years

All Causea

679

489

325

100.0

100.0

100.0 138.0

50.5

33.5

1.

Tuberculosis, all forma

153

12

4

22.5

2.5

1.2

31.1

1.2

0.4

2. Preumonia, all forms

152

58

28

22,4

11.9

8.6

30.9

6.0

2.9

3.

All accidenta

98

177

121

14.4

36.2

37.2

19.9

18.3

12.5

4.

Gastritis, duodenitis, enteritis & colitis (except diarrhoea of new born)

5. Nephritis & nephrosis

54

8.0

0.8

11.0

0.4

28

12

3

4.1

2.4

2.5

5.7

1.2

0.8

194

226

164

28.6

46.2 50.5 39.4

23.4

16.9

All other causes

44 years

All Causes

3,275

2.573 2,221

100.0

1.

Tuberculosis, all forma

865

335

85

26.4

100.0

13.0

100.0 258.7 178.6

112.7

3.8 68.3

23.3

4.3

2. Malignant neoplasma

360

618

661

11.0

24.0 29.8

28.4

42.9

33.5

3. Heart disease. including

287

261

176

8.8

10.2

7.9

22.7

18.1

8.9

hypertensive disease

4.

All accidents

260

340

248

7.9

13.2

11.2

20.5

23.6

12.6

5.

Pneumonia, all forms

197

110

112

6.0

4.3

5.0

15.6

7.6

5.7

All other causes

-1.306

000

939

39.9

35.3

42.3 103.2

63.1

47.7

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