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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH 1961, 1975 AND 1985 (Ranking According to 1985 Data)

Number of Deaths

Cause of Death

Percentage of Deaths from all causes

Rate per 100 000 population

1961*

1975#

1985

1961* 1975#

1985

1961*

1975#

1985

TABLE 16

All causes

18 738

1,

Malignant neoplasms

2 280

21 191

$ 105

25 325

7 $35

100.0

12.2

100.0

100.0

24.1

29.8

591.5

72.0

482.1 467.0

116.1 138.9

2.

Heart diseases, including

1 866

3 312

4 201

9.9

15.6

16.6

56.9

75.3

77.7

hypertensive heart disease

3.

Cerebrovascular disease

1 401

2 336

2 959

7.5

11.0

11.7

44.2

53.2

54.6

4.

Pneumonia, all forms

2 665

2 188

1 634

14.2

10.3

6.5

84.1

49.8

30.1

5.

Injury and poisoning

1 100

1 420

1 603

5.9

6.7

6.3

34.7

32.3

29.6

All other causes

9 425

6 830

7 183

50.3

32.3

29.1

297.6

155.4

136.1

All ages

All causes

1.

Congenital anomalies

2.

Hypoxia, birth asphyxia & other

4 098

1 173

580

100.0

157

324

203

3.8

100.0

27.6

142

141

138

3.4

12.0

100.0

35.0

23.8

3 840.7

147.1

1 434.0

740.7

396.1

259.3

133.1

172.4

176.2

respiratory conditions

3.

Haemolytic disease of fetus or

newborn, perinatal jaundice & other causes of perinatal morbidity

204

134

70

5.0

11.4

12.1

191.2

163.8

89.4

4.

Immaturity

1 142

214

66

27.9

18.3

11.4

1 070.3

261.6

84.3

5.

Pneumonia,

all forms

1 166

156

34

28.5

13.3

5.8

1 092.8

190.7

43.4

All other causes

1 287

204

69

31.4

17.4

11.9

1 206.2

249.4

08.1

◊ years

TABLE 16 (Cont'd)

Number of Deaths

Cause of Death

Percentage of Deaths from all causes

Rate per 100 000 population

1961*

1975#

1985

1961*

1975*

1985

1961*

1975# 1985

1-4 years

All causes

1

Injury and poisoning

2.

Diseases of nervous systèm

3

Congenital anomalies

4.

Pneumonia, all forms

5

Malignant neoplasms

All other causes

1 805

249

133

107

72

43

100.0

5.9

100.0 100.0

427.5

77.5

38.6

29.0

32.3

25.3

22.5

12.5

18

15

21

1.0

6.0

15.8

4.3

4.7

6.1

14

35

18

0.8

14.1

13.5

3.3

10.9

5.2

603

48

15

33.4

19.4

11.3

142.8

15.0

4.3

13

23

12

1.0

1 045

55

24

57.9

9.3

22.2

9.0

19.1

4.3

7.2

3.5

247.5

17.2

7.0

5-14 years

All causes

587

325

177

100.0

100.0

100.0

77.7

33.1

21.2

1.

Injury and poisoning

177

127

58

30.2

39.1

32.8

23.4

12.9

7.0

2.

Malignant neoplasms

40

60

42

6.8

18.5

23.7

5.3

6.1

5.0

3.

Diseases of nervous system

29

13

22

4.3

4.0

12.4

3.8

1.3

2.6

4.

Heart disease, including

33

14

11

5.6

4.3

6.2

0.5

1.4

1.3

hypertensive heart disease

Preumonia, all forMS

83

28

9

14.1

8.6

5.1

11.0

2.9

1.1

All other causes

225

83

35

38.4

25.5

19.8

33.6

8.5

4.2

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