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Ten Leading Causes of Mortality Philippines, 2003

---------------------------------------Male-----Female-----Total--Rate^--Percent*
1. Heart Diseases----------------38,677---29,019-----67,696--83.5--17.1
2. Vascular System Diseases--29,054---22,814-----51,868--64.0--13.1
3. Malignant Neoplasm----------20,634---18,664-----39,298--48.5--9.9
4. Accidents-----------------------27,720---6,246------33,966--41.9--8.6
5. Pneumonia---------------------15,831---16,224-----32,055--39.5--8.1
6. Tuberculosis, all forms-------18,367---8,404----- 26,771--33.0--6.8
7. Symptoms, signs and abnormal
clinical, laboratory findings,
NEC---------------------------------10,740---10,623-----21,363--26.3--5.4
8. Chronic lower resp. dis. -----12,998---5,907------18,905--23.3--4.8
9. Diabetes Mellitus--------------6,823----7,373------14,196--17.5--3.6
10. Certain conditions
originating in the
perinatal period-------------------8,397----5,725------14,122--17.4--3.6

Source: The 2003 Philippine Health Statistics
* Percent share from total deaths, all causes, Philippines
^ Rate per 100,000 population
Last Update: January 11, 2007

US Mortality 2005
-----------------------------------------Number of Deaths-------------% of all deaths
Heart Disease--------------------------652,091------------------------------26.6
Cancer----------------------------------559,312------------------------------22.8
Cerebrovascular Disease------------143,579-------------------------------5.9
Chronic Lower Resp. Dis. -----------130,933-------------------------------5.3
Accidents (unintentional) ------------117,809-----------------------------4.8
Diabetes mellitus-----------------------75,119------------------------------3.1
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