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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH 1961, 1970 AND 1980 (RANKING ACCORDING TO 1961)

Number of Deatha

Percentage of Deaths from all Causes

Causes of Death

Rate per 100,000 population

1961

1970

1990

1961

1970

1980

1961

1970

1980

All causes

18,738

20,763 25,987

100.0

100.0

100.0

591.5

524.5

515.8

1.

Pneumonia, all forms

2,665

1,985 2,277

14.2

9.6

8.8

84.1

50.1

45.2

2. Malignant neoplasmZ

2,290

3,964

6,430

12.2

19.1

24.7

72.0

100.1

127.6

3. Tuberculosis, all forme

1,907

1,436

551

10.2

6.9

2.1

60.2

36.3

10.9

4. Heart diseases, including hypertensive diseases

1,866

3,121

3.972

9.9

15.0

15.3

58.9

78.8

78.8

A

5. Cerebrovascular dissÁN 49

1,401

1,806

3,421

7.5

8.7

13.2

44.2

45.6

67.9

All other causes

8,619

8,451

9,336

46.0

40.7

35.9

272.1

213.5

185.3

TABLE 15

All ages

TABLE 15 (Cont'd)

Number of Deaths

Percentage ďa Deaths

from all Causes

Causes of Death

Rate per 100,000 population

1961

1970

1980

1961

1970

1980

1961

1970

1980

✪ years

All causes

4,098

1,521

1,008

100.0

100.0

100.0

1. Pneumonia, all formS

1, 166

326

110

28.4

21.4

10.9

3,840.7 1,985.6 1,092.8 425.6

1,205.7

131.6

2. Inmaturity, unqualified

1,142

398

50

27.9

26.2

5.0

1,070.3 519.6

59.8

3. Gastroenteritis, colitis and

627

42

14

15.3

2.8

1.4

587.6

54.8

16.7

other diarrhoeal diseAS EÐ

4. Congenital anomalies

157

239

249

3.8

15.7

24.7

147.1

312.0

297.8

5. Andric and hypmic conditione

142

121

343

3.5

8.0

34.0

133.1

158.0

410.3

not elsewhere olassified

All other OBUBER

864

395

242

21.1

25.9

24.0

809.8

515.7

289.5

1 – 4 years

All cause

1,805

407

224

100.0

100.0

100.0

427.5

118.0

69.1

1. Pneumonía, all forms

603

106

36

33.4

26.0

16.1

142.8

30.7

11.1

2. Kesalea

342

7

3

19.0

1.7

1.3

81.0

2.0

0.5

3. Gastroenteritis, colities andį

201

11

3

11.1

2.7

1.3

47.6

3.2

0.9

other diarrhoeal dis eas es

4. Tuberculosis, all forms

169

9

3

9.4

2.2

1.3

40.0

2.6

0.9

5. Injury and Foisoning

107

113

75

5.9

27.8

33.5

25.3

32.8

23.1

All other causes

383

161

104

21.2

39.6

46.5

90.7

46.7

32.1

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