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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH 1961, 1972, 1982 (RANKING ACCORDING TO 1982)

Number of Deaths

Causes of Death

Percentage of Deaths from all causes

Rate per 100,000 population

1961*

1972# 1982

1961* 1972#

1982

1961*

1972# 1982

TABLE 15

All causes

18,738

1.

Malignant neoplasms

2,280

Heart diseases, including hypertensive heart disease

1,866

21,145 25,460 4,370 6,810 12.2 3,038 4,104 9.9

100.0

100.0

100.0

591.5

513.8 486.5

20.7

26.7

72.0

106.2 130.1

14.4

16.1

58.9

73.8

78.4

3. Cerebrovascular disease

1,401

4.

Pneumonia, all forms

5. Injury and poisoning

1,892 2,665 2,359 2,006 1,100 1,765 1,849

3,193

7.5

8.9

12.5

44.2

46.0

61.0

14.2

11.2

7.9

84.1

57.3

38.3

5.9

8.3

7.3

34.7

42.9

35.3

All other causes

9,426

7,721

7,498

50.3

36.5

29.5

297.6

187.6

143.3

All ages

0 year

All causes

4,098

1,380

853

100.0

100.0

100.0 3,840.7

1,751.3

964.9

1. Hypoxia, birth asphyxia & other

142

107

273

3.4

7.7

32.0

133.1

135.8

308.8

respiratory conditions

2. Congenital anomalies

157

284

240

3.8

20.6

28.1

147.1

360.4

271.5

3.

Haemolytic disease of fetus or

newborn, perinatal jaundice & other

204

56

127

5.0

6.2

14.9

191,2

109.1

143.7

causes of perinatal morbidity

Immaturity

1,142

349

3

61 27.9

25.3

5.

Pneumonia, all forms

1,166

299

53

28.5

21.7

All other causes

1,287

255

99

31.4

18.5

7.2 1,070.3 6.2 1,092.8

11.6 1,206.2

442.9 69.0

379.4

323.6 112.0

60.0

TABLE 15 (Cont'd)

Number of Deaths

Percentage of Deaths from all causes

Rate per 100,000 population

Causes of Death

1961* 19724

1982 1961*

1972#

1982

1961* 1972# 1982

1-4 years

All causes

1,805

302

177

100.0

100.0 100.0

427.5

94.9

53.0

1.

Injury and poisoning

107

104

56

5.9

34.4

31.6

25.3

32.7

16.8

2.

Pneumonia, all foras

603

90

3. Diseases of nervous system

18

15

4. Congenital anomalies

14

32

5. Malignant neoplasms

18

22

All other causes

1,045

39

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27 33.4

29.8

15.3

142.8

28.3

8.1

26

1.0

5.0

14.7

4.3

4.7

7.8

20

0.8

10.6

11.3

3.3

10.1

6.0

18

1.0

7.3

10.2

4.3

6.9

5.4

30

57.9

12.9

16.9

247.5

12.2

9.0

5-14 years

All causes

587

410

211 100.0

100.0

100.0

77.7

39.6

24.9

1.

Injury and poisoning

177

172

74 30.2

42.0

35.1

23.4

16.6

8.7

2. Malignant neoplasms

40

53

45

6.8

12.9

21.3

5.3

5.1

5.3

3. Diseases of nervous system

29

16

28

4.9

3.9

13.3

3.8

1.5

3.3

4. Pneumonia, all forms

83

52

14.1

12.7

7.6

11.0

5.0

1.9

5. Congenital anomalies

7

19

5

1.2

4.6

2.3

0.9

1.8

0.6

All other causes

251

98

43

42.8

23.9

20.4

33.2

9.5

5.1

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