Death Rate of 10 Major Diseases in Rural Areas (1996)

Rank Cause of death % of total death
  Total 91.35
1 Respiratory disease 25.2
2 Cerebrovascular disease 17.35
3 Malignant tumor 16.36
4 Trauma and toxicosis 11.13
5 Heart trouble 10.8
6 Digestive disease 4.49
7 Newborn baby disease 1.79
8 Urinary disease 1.47
9 Infectious disease (excluding pulmonary tuberculosis) 1.4
10 Pulmonary tuberculosis 1.36
     
  Total of male 92.46
1 Respiratory disease 23.71
2 Malignant tumor 18.81
3 Cerebrovascular disease 16.83
4 Trauma and toxicosis 12.04
5 Heart trouble 9.92
6 Digestive disease 4.79
7 Newborn baby disease 1.79
8 Pulmonary tuberculosis 1.58
9 Infectious disease (excluding pulmonary tuberculosis) 1.52
10 Urinary disease 1.47
     
  Total of female 90.15
1 Respiratory disease 27.04
2 Cerebrovascular disease 18
3 Malignant tumor 13.37
4 Heart trouble 11.89
5 Trauma and toxicosis 10.01
6 Digestive disease 4.12
7 Newborn baby disease 1.79
8 Urinary disease 1.46
9 Infectious disease (excluding pulmonary tuberculosis) 1.25
10 Internal system, nutrition, metabolite and immunity disease 1.22
     


Last Updated on 10/16/98
By China Data Center