Table 2.

Number of observed deaths from major diseases during the first quarter of 2019 and 2020 in central and suburban districts of Wuhan city

Causes of death	Central districts (n=6)				Suburban districts (n=7)				All Wuhan city (n=13)
	2020	2019	Ratio		2020	2019	Ratio		2020	2019	Ratio
All causes	13 767	9181	1.50		10 415	9047	1.15		24 182	18 228	1.33
Infectious diseases*	4197	781	5.37		1490	387	3.85		5687	1168	4.87
Pneumonia:	4022	539	7.46		1302	212	6.14		5324	751	7.09
Unspecified viral	500	6	83.33		191	15	12.73		691	21	32.90
Other	797	533	1.50		183	197	0.93		980	730	1.34
Covid-19	2725	0	–		928	0	–		3653	0	–
Other	175	242	0.72		188	175	1.07		363	417	0.87
Non-communicable diseases	8553	7623	1.12		8106	7924	1.02		16 659	15 547	1.07
Cancer	2010	2124	0.95		2223	2046	1.09		4233	4170	1.02
Cardiovascular disease:	4628	3886	1.19		4500	4379	1.03		9128	8265	1.10
Myocardial infarction	1668	1426	1.17		1313	1411	0.93		2981	2837	1.05
Ischaemic stroke	1142	938	1.22		928	867	1.07		2070	1805	1.15
Haemorrhagic stroke	512	529	0.97		978	972	1.01		1490	1501	0.99
Hypertensive heart disease	681	376	1.81		404	309	1.31		1085	685	1.58
Chronic respiratory disease:	582	618	0.94		515	715	0.72		1097	1333	0.82
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	479	499	0.96		361	550	0.66		840	1049	0.80
Diabetes	544	287	1.90		236	230	1.03		780	517	1.51
Chronic kidney disease	91	59	1.54		96	82	1.17		187	141	1.33
Other	698	649	1.08		536	472	1.14		1234	1121	1.10
Injury	527	476	1.11		571	589	0.97		1098	1065	1.03
Road traffic incident	29	97	0.30		61	153	0.40		90	250	0.36
Suicide	118	69	1.71		113	60	1.88		231	129	1.79
Fall	281	183	1.54		252	217	1.16		533	400	1.33
Other	99	127	0.78		145	159	0.91		244	286	0.85
All other diseases	490	301	1.63		248	147	1.69		738	448	1.65

^*Includes a small number of deaths from maternal, perinatal, and nutritional diseases.