Statistics

Number of registered deaths by leading cause of death by sex by age group, 2024

(Ranking according to the number of registered deaths in 2024)

Cause of death^@			Number of registered deaths by age group in 2024^#
Cause of death^@			All ages	0	1 - 4	5 - 14	15 - 44	45 - 64	65 & above	Unknown
1	Malignant neoplasms (ICD-10: C00-C97)	Male	8602	3	1	4	140	1814	6639	1
		Female	6465	0	2	2	196	1692	4573	0
		Total	15067	3	3	6	336	3506	11212	1
2	Pneumonia (ICD-10: J12-J18)	Male	6114	1	1	0	32	359	5720	1
		Female	5285	1	0	2	31	178	5073	0
		Total	11399	2	1	2	63	537	10793	1
3	Diseases of heart (ICD-10: I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51)	Male	3729	1	0	0	101	815	2812	0
		Female	2862	2	1	3	29	202	2625	0
		Total	6591	3	1	3	130	1017	5437	0
4	Cerebrovascular diseases (ICD-10: I60-I69)	Male	1520	1	1	0	41	257	1220	0
		Female	1391	0	0	1	27	142	1221	0
		Total	2911	1	1	1	68	399	2441	0
5	External causes of morbidity and mortality† (ICD-10: V01-Y89)	Male	1411	0	0	7	365	434	604	1
		Female	736	1	2	9	159	195	369	1
		Total	2147	1	2	16	524	629	973	2
6	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (ICD-10: N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27)	Male	872	0	0	0	7	108	757	0
		Female	872	0	0	0	5	62	805	0
		Total	1744	0	0	0	12	170	1562	0
7	Dementia (ICD-10: F01-F03)	Male	512	0	0	0	0	2	510	0
		Female	852	0	0	0	0	4	848	0
		Total	1364	0	0	0	0	6	1358	0
8	Septicaemia (ICD-10: A40-A41)	Male	601	0	0	1	14	70	516	0
		Female	552	0	0	1	14	37	500	0
		Total	1153	0	0	2	28	107	1016	0
9	Chronic lower respiratory diseases (ICD-10: J40-J47)	Male	874	0	1	0	4	51	818	0
		Female	218	0	0	1	4	21	192	0
		Total	1092	0	1	1	8	72	1010	0
10	Coronavirus disease 2019^*	Male	395	0	1	0	3	21	370	0
		Female	325	0	0	0	0	15	310	0
		Total	720	0	1	0	3	36	680	0
11	Diabetes mellitus (ICD-10: E10-E14)	Male	225	0	0	0	6	59	160	0
		Female	217	0	0	0	2	30	185	0
		Total	442	0	0	0	8	89	345	0
	Other causes	Male	4071	35	5	8	99	616	3303	5
		Female	3662	18	4	5	66	346	3221	2
		Unknown	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
		Total	7736	53	9	13	165	962	6524	10
	All causes	Male	28926	41	10	20	812	4606	23429	8
		Female	23437	22	9	24	533	2924	19922	3
		Unknown	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
		Total	52366	63	19	44	1345	7530	43351	14

Notes:
The figures are based on deaths registered under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap. 174, Laws of Hong Kong) during the specified period.

@ Classification of diseases and causes of death is based on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 10^th Revision from 2001 onwards. The corresponding disease codes are shown in brackets.

† According to the ICD 10^th Revision, when the morbid condition is classifiable under Chapter XIX as "Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes", the codes under Chapter XX for "External causes of morbidity and mortality" should be used as the primary cause of death.

* For mortality statistics of 2023 and earlier, deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were coded under the ICD-10 disease code J98.8 ("Other specified respiratory disorders"), which includes certain respiratory disorders other than COVID-19. For statistics from 2024 onwards, specific codes U07.1 ("COVID-19, virus identified") and U07.2 ("COVID-19, virus not identified") were adopted for deaths due to COVID-19, in line with WHO recommendations. The table only includes registered deaths where COVID-19 was identified as the underlying cause of death, irrespective of the coding practice.

# Provisional figures.

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