Table 3. Leading causes of death, all ages, Viet Nam, 2009.
| Ranking of causes | Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause (ICD-10 code) | No. | %a | Cause (ICD-10 code) | No. | %a | ||
| 1 | Cerebrovascular disease (I60–169) | 951 | 16.6 | Cerebrovascular disease (I60–169) | 760 | 18.0 | |
| 2 | Transport accident (V00–V99) | 433 | 7.6 | Pneumonia (J12–J18) | 169 | 4.0 | |
| 3 | Liver cancer (C22) | 369 | 6.4 | Hypertensive disease (I10–I14) | 147 | 3.5 | |
| 4 | Lung cancer (C33–C34) | 270 | 4.7 | Ischaemic heart disease (I20–I25) | 147 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | Pneumonia (J12–J18) | 211 | 3.7 | Other heart diseases (I26–I51) | 126 | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Ischaemic heart disease (I20–I25) | 209 | 3.7 | Liver cancer (C22) | 125 | 3.0 | |
| 7 | HIV disease (B20–B24) | 206 | 3.6 | Chronic respiratory disease (J40–47) | 122 | 2.9 | |
| 8 | Non-malignant liver disease (K70–76) | 197 | 3.4 | Diabetes mellitus (E10–E14) | 119 | 2.8 | |
| 9 | Chronic respiratory disease (J40–J47) | 193 | 3.4 | Transport accident (V00–V99) | 102 | 2.4 | |
| 10 | Respiratory tuberculosis (A15–A19) | 187 | 3.3 | Lung cancer (C33–C34) | 92 | 2.2 | |
| Ill-defined condition (R00–R99) | 656 | 11.5 | Ill-defined condition (R00–R99) | 1048 | 24.9 | ||
| All other causes | 1822 | 31.9 | All other causes | 1259 | 29.9 | ||
| Total | 5704 | 99.8b | Total | 4215 | 100.1b | ||
ICD-10, International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, tenth revision.
a Percentage of all deaths.
b These totals deviate from 100% due to rounding.