Table 4.
Rankings of 10 leading causes of death based on three ranking lists in Taiwan, 1998, 2008, and 2018
| 1998 (N = 121,946) | 2008 (N = 142,283) | 2018 (N = 172,859) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Cause | % | Rate | Cause | % | Rate | Cause | % | Rate |
| Government list | |||||||||
| 1 | Cancer | 24.0 | 134.0 | Cancer | 27.3 | 133.7 | Cancer | 28.2 | 121.8 |
| 2 | Stroke | 10.4 | 58.2 | Heart Dis | 11.1 | 51.7 | Heart Dis | 12.5 | 48.8 |
| 3 | Heart Dis | 9.0 | 50.5 | Stroke | 7.5 | 35.0 | Pneumonia | 7.8 | 27.4 |
| 4 | Accidents | 9.0 | 50.3 | Pneumonia | 6.1 | 27.5 | Stroke | 6.7 | 26.1 |
| 5 | Diabetes | 6.2 | 34.5 | Accidents | 5.0 | 27.0 | Diabetes | 5.4 | 21.5 |
| 6 | Cirrhosis | 4.1 | 22.6 | Diabetes | 5.6 | 26.9 | Accidents | 4.0 | 21.1 |
| 7 | Pneumonia | 3.6 | 20.4 | Cirrhosis | 3.5 | 17.1 | Hypertension | 3.5 | 12.8 |
| 8 | Kidney Dis | 2.8 | 15.7 | CLRD | 3.8 | 16.9 | CLRD | 3.6 | 12.7 |
| 9 | Hypertension | 1.9 | 10.4 | Suicide | 2.9 | 15.2 | Suicide | 2.2 | 12.5 |
| 10 | Suicide | 1.8 | 10.0 | Kidney Dis | 2.8 | 13.2 | Kidney Dis | 3.2 | 12.3 |
| World Health Organization list | |||||||||
| 1 | Stroke | 10.4 | 61.5 | Stroke | 7.5 | 34.8 | Influ & Pneu | 7.9 | 31.7 |
| 2 | Diabetes | 6.2 | 36.2 | Influ & Pneu | 6.1 | 27.3 | Stroke | 6.7 | 27.9 |
| 3 | Liver ca | 4.8 | 27.8 | Diabetes | 5.6 | 26.6 | IHD | 5.9 | 24.7 |
| 4 | Lung ca | 4.7 | 27.4 | Liver ca | 5.4 | 26.3 | Lung ca | 5.4 | 23.6 |
| 5 | Transport Inj | 4.9 | 27.0 | Lung ca | 5.5 | 26.0 | Diabetes | 5.4 | 22.7 |
| 6 | IHD | 4.5 | 26.8 | IHD | 5.5 | 25.7 | Liver ca | 4.8 | 20.9 |
| 7 | Cirrhosis | 4.6 | 26.0 | Urinary Dis | 4.3 | 19.9 | Urinary Dis | 5.1 | 20.7 |
| 8 | CLRD | 4.1 | 24.3 | Cirrhosis | 3.9 | 19.3 | Heart failure | 4.7 | 19.9 |
| 9 | Influ & Pneu | 3.6 | 21.9 | Suicide | 3.3 | 17.1 | Colon ca | 3.4 | 14.6 |
| 10 | Urinary Dis | 3.6 | 21.6 | CLRD | 3.8 | 16.9 | Hypertension | 3.5 | 14.1 |
| Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation list | |||||||||
| 1 | Stroke | 12.3 | 82.8 | IHD | 9.2 | 49.0 | IHD | 9.1 | 41.8 |
| 2 | IHD | 8.9 | 64.6 | Stroke | 9.0 | 47.1 | Stroke | 8.0 | 37.5 |
| 3 | Diabetes | 7.3 | 46.3 | Diabetes | 6.5 | 33.7 | Influ & Pneu | 7.1 | 32.8 |
| 4 | Cirrhosis | 5.8 | 34.4 | Influ & Pneu | 6.0 | 33.0 | Lung Ca | 6.5 | 30.4 |
| 5 | Lung Ca | 5.3 | 32.1 | Lung Ca | 6.4 | 32.7 | Diabetes | 6.0 | 28.1 |
| 6 | COPD | 3.9 | 29.8 | Colon Ca | 4.7 | 24.4 | Colon Ca | 5.6 | 26.2 |
| 7 | Influ & Pneu | 3.9 | 29.3 | Cirrhosis | 4.8 | 23.8 | COPD | 4.6 | 20.9 |
| 8 | Transport Inj | 5.3 | 28.6 | COPD | 4.2 | 23.1 | Demen & AD | 4.7 | 20.9 |
| 9 | Kidney Dis | 3.2 | 22.3 | Demen & AD | 3.7 | 21.0 | Kidney Dis | 4.4 | 20.4 |
| 10 | Colon Ca | 3.3 | 20.9 | Kidney Dis | 3.8 | 20.2 | Cirrhosis | 3.9 | 19.2 |
Ca Cancer; Cirrhosis: Liver cirrhosis, CLRD Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease, Demen & AD Dementia & Alzheimer Disease, Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus, Dis Disease, IHD Ischemic Heart Disease, Influ & Pneu Influenza & Pneumonia, Inj Injuries
The rate was age-standardized using WHO 2000 age structure as standard