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Table 26

Appendices ❘ 475

(Chapter 8: Health)

Number of Registered Deaths and Death Rate by Leading Cause of Death

2007#

Cause

Malignant neoplasms

Diseases of heart

Pneumonia

Cerebrovascular diseases

External causes of morbidity

and mortality(2)

2006

Number

Rate(1)

Number

Rate(1)

12 093

176.4

12 630

182.4

5 619

81.9

6 100

88.1

4 201

61.3

4 754

68.6

3 302

48.2

3 477

50.2

1 961

28.6

2 059

29.7

Notes: Ranking of causes of death is in accordance with the number of registered deaths in the year of 2006.

(1) Death rate per 100 000 population.

(2) According to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 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.

Source: Department of Health.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 8569)