Table 5.
Leading causes of death, all ages, Vietnam, 2006-07
| Males | Females | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause | N | % | Cause | N | % | ||
| 1 | Cerebrovascular diseases | 628 | 15.4 | 1 | Cerebrovascular diseases | 517 | 19.0 |
| 2 | Transport accidents | 328 | 8.0 | 2 | Hypertensive diseases | 140 | 5.1 |
| 3 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 209 | 5.1 | 3 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 127 | 4.7 |
| 4 | Liver cancer | 179 | 4.4 | 4 | Pneumonia | 102 | 3.7 |
| 5 | Lung cancer | 166 | 4.1 | 5 | Transport accidents | 86 | 3.2 |
| 6 | Hypertensive diseases | 156 | 3.8 | 6 | Liver cancer | 75 | 2.8 |
| 7 | Tuberculosis | 141 | 3.5 | 7 | Ischaemic heart diseases | 74 | 2.7 |
| 8 | Diseases of the liver | 136 | 3.3 | 8 | Other heart diseases | 72 | 2.6 |
| 9 | Ischaemic heart diseases | 129 | 3.2 | 9 | Remainder of diseases of digestive system | 71 | 2.6 |
| 10 | All other external | 125 | 3.1 | 10 | Remainder of diseases of nervous system | 64 | 2.3 |
| Ill-defined | 382 | 9.4 | Ill-defined | 412 | 15.1 | ||
| All other causes | 1499 | 36.8 | All other causes | 987 | 36.2 | ||
| Total | 4078 | Total | 2727 | ||||