Top 10 causes of death in Japan, 2012
Here is the top 10 list of the causes of death in Japan in 2012. 2014 version is "http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Causes_of_Death_Japan_2014"
Rank | Cause | Cause | Number of deaths | |
1 | 悪性新生物 | Malignant neoplasm | Cancer | 360790 |
2 | 心疾患 | Cardiac disease | Heart disease | 198622 |
3 | 肺炎 | Pneumonia | Lung disease | 123818 |
4 | 脳血管疾患 | Cerebrovascular disease | Brain vessel damage | 121505 |
5 | 老衰 | Senility | Die of old age | 60669 |
6 | 不慮の事故 | Freak accident | Accident | 40857 |
7 | 自殺 | Suicide | Suicide | 26400 |
8 | 腎不全 | Renal failure | Kidney disease | 25061 |
9 | 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Cigarette disease | 16371 |
10 | 肝疾患 | Liver disease | Liver disease | 15944 |
The list above is the total number of men+women. For women, rank 9 and 10 are different from this list. Rank 9 for women is Aortic aneurysm and dissociation, rank 10 is Diabetes.
It used to that top 3 was "cancer, heart disease, and brain vessel damage" for a long time. In 2012 lung disease has risen to the third place.
Source is statistics of "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare" http://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/geppo/nengai12/dl/gaikyou24.pdf
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