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Hong Kong's Top 10 killers in 2011

Malignant Neoplasms/Cancer  
 
36.6% (*13,241)
Diseases of the Heart  
 
17.5% (*6,334)
Pneumonia  
 
17.2% (*6,211)
Cerebrovascular Diseases/Stroke  
 
9.2% (*3,339)
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease  
 
5.4% (*1,965)
External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality  
 
4.3% (*1,567)
Nephritis, Nephritic Syndrome and Nephrosis  
 
4.3% (*1,545)
Septicaemia  
 
2.1% (*767)
Dementia  
 
2.1% (*753)
Diabetes Mellitus  
 
1.3% (*457)

＊Number of Registered Deaths

Source: Department of Health, Vital Statistics in 2011

For every 10 Hong Kong people who passed away in 2011, over 5 were due to Cancer or Diseases of the Heart.

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