Causes Of Death In Malaysia

Disease and injury country estimates.

Causes of death in malaysia. Similarly the number of tuberculosis deaths decreased during the same period but is still among the top 10 causes with a death toll of 1 3 million. Department of statistics malaysia press release statistics on causes of death malaysia 2018 i. Country summary of statistics. Kuala lumpur oct 30 transport accidents was the principal cause of death for malaysians aged 15 to 40 in 2018 according to the department of statistics even as heart disease remains the main cause of death for the general population.

Diabetes mellitus was the fifth causes of death as compared to tenth place in 2017. The death rate from diarrhoeal diseases decreased by almost 1 million between 2000 and 2016 but still caused 1 4 million deaths in 2016. Health statistics summarized for major health topics. Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases 1990 2017.

In 2018 diseases with the circulatory system was the most common cause. Pneumonia remained as the principal causes of death for females at 12 8 per cent followed by ischaemic heart diseases 12 2 cerebrovascular diseases 8 7 and malignant neoplasm of breast 4 2 and diabetes mellitus 3 2. View selected causes of death and population dynamics for malaysia including life expectancy by age and history age adjusted death rates and world rankings for the top 50 causes and total deaths by cause. Country data and statistics.

A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2017. From ischaemic heart disease to alzheimer s to diabetes here is the list of the ten most causes of death among malaysians. More data ghdx. Top 10 causes of death.