Number of Deaths by Leading Causes of Death by Sex by Age in 2023
List of ranking is based on the number of deaths in 2023.
| Cause of Death@ |
Number of Registered Deaths by Age Group in 2023# |
| All Ages |
0 |
1 - 4 |
5 - 14 |
15 - 44 |
45 - 64 |
65 & above |
Unknown |
| 1 |
Malignant neoplasms (ICD10: C00-C97) |
Male |
8487 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
177 |
1831 |
6470 |
2 |
| Female |
6378 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
194 |
1711 |
4469 |
0 |
| Total |
14865 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
371 |
3542 |
10939 |
2 |
| 2 |
Pneumonia (ICD10: J12-J18) |
Male |
6165 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
43 |
359 |
5760 |
0 |
| Female |
5168 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
20 |
146 |
5001 |
0 |
| Total |
11333 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
63 |
505 |
10761 |
0 |
| 3 |
Diseases of heart (ICD10: I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) |
Male |
4214 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
97 |
964 |
3151 |
0 |
| Female |
3044 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
220 |
2799 |
0 |
| Total |
7258 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
120 |
1184 |
5950 |
0 |
| 4 |
Cerebrovascular diseases (ICD10: I60-I69)
|
Male |
1568 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
50 |
297 |
1216 |
1 |
| Female |
1480 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
31 |
148 |
1299 |
0 |
| Total |
3048 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
81 |
445 |
2515 |
1 |
| 5 |
Coronavirus disease 2019* |
Male |
1456 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
11 |
92 |
1350 |
1 |
| Female |
1138 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
58 |
1067 |
0 |
| Total |
2594 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
22 |
150 |
2417 |
1 |
| 6 |
External causes of morbidity and mortality† (ICD10: V01-Y89)
|
Male |
1556 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
328 |
485 |
725 |
10 |
| Female |
821 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
157 |
206 |
442 |
2 |
| Total |
2377 |
4 |
2 |
16 |
485 |
691 |
1167 |
12 |
| 7 |
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (ICD10: N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) |
Male |
836 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
93 |
736 |
0 |
| Female |
920 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
39 |
874 |
0 |
| Total |
1756 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
132 |
1610 |
0 |
| 8 |
Dementia (ICD10: F01-F03)
|
Male |
554 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
543 |
0 |
| Female |
983 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
980 |
0 |
| Total |
1537 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
1523 |
0 |
| 9 |
Septicaemia (ICD10: A40-A41)
|
Male |
680 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
15 |
92 |
569 |
0 |
| Female |
649 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
56 |
582 |
0 |
| Total |
1329 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
25 |
148 |
1151 |
0 |
| 10 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (ICD10: J40-J47) |
Male |
1014 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
45 |
956 |
0 |
| Female |
254 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
15 |
234 |
0 |
| Total |
1268 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
60 |
1190 |
0 |
| 11 |
Diabetes mellitus (ICD10: E10-E14) |
Male |
297 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
69 |
220 |
0 |
| Female |
273 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
39 |
231 |
0 |
| Total |
570 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
108 |
451 |
0 |
| |
All other causes |
Male |
4594 |
20 |
8 |
8 |
121 |
778 |
3655 |
4 |
| Female |
4245 |
23 |
2 |
7 |
77 |
385 |
3751 |
0 |
| Unknown |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
8841 |
43 |
10 |
15 |
198 |
1163 |
7406 |
6 |
| |
All causes |
Male |
31421 |
25 |
16 |
28 |
867 |
5116 |
25351 |
18 |
| Female |
25353 |
28 |
4 |
26 |
538 |
3026 |
21729 |
2 |
| Unknown |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
56776 |
53 |
20 |
54 |
1405 |
8142 |
47080 |
22 |
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) 10th Revision from 2001 onwards. The disease codes according to the classification are shown in brackets.
† According to the ICD 10th 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.
* The ICD-10 disease code J98.8 has been adopted for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019), which includes certain specific respiratory disorders other than COVID-19. In the table, only registered deaths where COVID-19 was identified as the cause were included in the statistics corresponding to COVID-19.
# Provisional figures.
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