Table 3.

Age-adjusted mortality rate (per 100,000 population) according to the main cause of death and the position (ranking) among 47 prefectures in 2015.

	Males		Females
	Aomori Prefecture	Nagano Prefecture	Aomori Prefecture	Nagano Prefecture
All causes	585.6 (47th)	434.1 (1st)	288.4 (47th)	227.7 (1st)
Malignancy	201.6 (47th)	132.4 (1st)	103.0 (47th)	76.6 (2nd)
Heart disease	76.8 (42nd)	60.8 (13th)	36.6 (32nd)	28.3 (3rd)
Cerebral stroke	52.8 (47th)	41.0 (32nd)	28.2 (45th)	22.2 (30th)
Pneumonia	49.1 (47th)	26.5 (1st)	19.6 (44th)	10.7 (1st)