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Health Indicators
Top Ten Causes of Mortality - 2009
| No. |
Diseases |
Total |
% |
| 1 |
Diseases of the circulatory system |
2595 |
40.52 |
| 2 |
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases |
1153 |
18.00 |
| 3 |
Neoplasms |
652 |
10.18 |
| 4 |
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases |
397 |
6.20 |
| 5 |
Diseases of the respiratory system |
357 |
5.57 |
| 6 |
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified |
312 |
4.87 |
| 7 |
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes |
310 |
4.84 |
| 8 |
Diseases of the digestive system |
156 |
2.44 |
| 9 |
Diseases of the genitourinary system |
152 |
2.37 |
| 10 |
Certain conditions oroginating in the perinatal period |
150 |
2.34 |
Source: Ministry of Health, Annual Report
Note:
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