Table 5.

Leading causes of death at ages 75 years and over, Thailand, 2005.

Males		Females
Cause of death	% of deaths	Cause of death	% of deaths
Stroke	15.1	Stroke	19.4
COPD	12.5	Ischaemic heart disease	12.1
Ischaemic heart disease	8.8	Diabetes mellitus	7.3
Lower respiratory infections	5.4	Lower respiratory infections	7.2
Lung cancer	3.8	Nephritis and nephrosis	4.3
Diabetes mellitus	3.7	Hypertensive disease	4.1
Nephritis and nephrosis	3.6	COPD	3.5
Hypertensive disease	3.3	Diarrhoeal diseases	2.6
Cirrhosis of the liver	3.2	Falls	2.6
Tuberculosis	2.8	Liver cancer	1.8
Other causes	37.8	Other causes	35.3
Total (N)	60,146	Total (N)	74,429
Ill-defined*	9.4	Ill-defined*	15.2

* Redistributed across specific causes