List of causes of death by rate
By frequency
The table below uses data from 2002 and is out of date. Data is now available for 2010.

List of causes of death by rate

Section Title: By frequency
Table Section Text: The table below uses data from 2002 and is out of date. Data is now available for 2010.

Group	Cause	Percent of deaths	Deaths per 100,000

Subgroup	All	Male	Female

–	All causes	100.0	100.0	916.1	954.7	877.1

A	Cardiovascular diseases	29.34	268.8	259.3	278.4

B	Infectious and parasitic diseases	23.04	211.3	221.7	200.4

A.1	Coronary artery disease	12.64	115.8	121.4	110.1

C	Malignant neoplasms (cancers)	12.49	114.4	126.9	101.7

A.2	Cerebrovascular disease (stroke)	9.66	88.5	85.4	95.6

B.1	Respiratory infections	6.95	63.7	63.5	63.8

B.1.1	Lower respiratory tract infections	6.81	62.4	62.2	62.6

D	Respiratory diseases	6.49	59.5	61.1	57.9

E	Unintentional injuries	6.23	57.0	73.7	40.2

B.2	HIV/AIDS	4.87	44.6	46.2	43.0

D.1	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	4.82	44.1	45.1	43.1

–	Perinatal conditions	4.32	4.32	39.6	43.7	35.4

F	Digestive diseases	3.45	31.6	34.9	28.2

B.3	Diarrhea diseases	3.15	28.9	30.0	27.8

G	Intentional injuries (suicide, violence, war, etc.)	2.84	26.0	37.0	14.9

B.4	Tuberculosis	2.75	25.2	32.9	17.3

B.5	Malaria	2.23	20.4	19.4	21.5

C.1	Lung cancer	2.18	20.0	28.4	11.4

E.1	Road traffic accidents	2.09	19.1	40.8	10.4

B.6	Childhood diseases	1.97	18.1	18.0	18.2

H	Neuropsychiatric disorders	1.95	17.9	18.4	17.3

–	Diabetes mellitus	1.73	1.73	15.9	14.1	17.7

A.3	Hypertensive heart disease	1.60	14.6	13.4	15.9

G.1	Suicide	1.53	14.0	17.4	10.6

C.2	Stomach cancer	1.49	13.7	16.7	10.5

I	Diseases of the genitourinary system	1.49	13.6	14.1	13.1

F.1	Cirrhosis of the liver	1.38	12.6	16.1	9.1

I.1	Nephritis/nephropathy	1.19	10.9	11.0	10.7

C.3	Colorectal cancer	1.09	10.0	10.3	9.7

C.4	Liver cancer	1.08	9.9	13.6	6.2

B.6.1	Measles	1.07	9.8	9.8	9.9

G.2	Violence	0.98	9.0	14.2	3.7

–	Maternal conditions	0.89	0.89	8.2	0.0	16.5

–	Congenital abnormalities	0.86	0.86	7.9	8.1	7.7

J	Nutritional deficiencies	0.85	7.8	6.9	8.7

C.5	Breast cancer	0.84	7.7	0.1	15.3

C.6	Esophageal cancer	0.78	7.2	9.1	5.2

A.4	Inflammatory heart disease	0.71	6.5	6.7	6.2

H.1	Alzheimer's disease and other dementias	0.70	6.4	4.7	8.1

E.2	Falls	0.69	6.3	7.5	5.0

E.3	Drowning	0.67	6.1	8.4	3.9

E.4	Poisoning	0.61	5.6	7.2	4.0

C.7	Lymphomas, multiple myeloma	0.59	5.4	5.4	5.4

A.5	Rheumatic heart disease	0.57	5.3	4.4	6.1

C.8	Oral and oropharynx cancers	0.56	5.1	7.1	3.1

E.5	Fires	0.55	5.0	3.8	6.2

B.6.2	Pertussis	0.52	4.7	4.7	4.8

C.9	Prostate cancer	0.47	4.3	8.6	0.0

C.10	Leukemia	0.46	4.2	4.7	3.8

F.2	Peptic ulcer disease	0.46	4.2	5.0	3.5

J.1	Protein-energy malnutrition	0.46	4.2	4.2	4.2

–	Endocrine/nutritional disorders	0.43	0.43	3.9	3.4	4.4

D.2	Asthma	0.42	3.9	3.9	3.8

C.11	Cervical cancer	0.42	3.8	0.0	7.7

C.12	Pancreatic cancer	0.41	3.7	3.9	3.5

B.6.3	Tetanus	0.38	3.4	3.4	3.5

B.7	Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS	0.32	2.9	2.9	2.9

C.13	Bladder cancer	0.31	2.9	4.0	1.7

B.8	Meningitis	0.30	2.8	2.9	2.7

G.3	War	0.30	2.8	5.0	0.5

B.7.1	Syphilis	0.28	2.5	2.7	2.3

–	Neoplasms other than malignant	0.26	0.26	2.4	2.4	2.4

J.2	Iron deficiency anemia	0.24	2.2	1.5	2.9

C.14	Ovarian cancer	0.24	2.2	0.0	4.4

B.9	Tropical diseases excluding malaria	0.23	2.1	2.5	1.6

H.2	Epilepsy	0.22	2.0	2.2	1.8

–	Musculoskeletal diseases	0.19	0.19	1.7	1.2	2.2

B.10	Hepatitis B	0.18	1.7	2.3	1.0

H.3	Parkinson's disease	0.17	1.6	1.6	1.6

H.4	Alcohol use disorders	0.16	1.5	2.5	0.4

H.5	Drug use disorders	0.15	1.4	2.2	0.5

B.1.2	Upper respiratory infections	0.13	1.2	1.2	1.2

C.15	Uterine cancer	0.12	1.1	0.0	2.3

–	Skin diseases	0.12	0.12	1.1	0.8	1.4

C.16	Melanoma and other skin cancers	0.12	1.1	1.1	1.0

B.11	Hepatitis C	0.09	0.9	1.1	0.6

B.9.1	Leishmaniasis	0.09	0.8	1.0	0.7

B.9.2	Trypanosomiasis	0.08	0.8	1.0	0.5

I.2	Benign prostatic hyperplasia	0.06	0.5	1.0	0.0

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Coronary artery disease is one of the causes of death.

final_sentence: Coronary artery disease is one of the causes of death.