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Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2015

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported the number of demographic data in 2015. According to it, top 10 causes of death in 2015 are the below.

Rank Cause Cause Cause Number of deaths
1 悪性新生物 Malignant neoplasm Cancer 370,346
2 心疾患 Cardiac disease Heart disease 196,113
3 肺炎 Pneumonia Lung disease 120,953
4 脳血管疾患 Cerebrovascular disease Brain vessel damage 111,973
5 老衰 Senility Die of old age 84,810
6 不慮の事故 Freak accident Accident 38,306
7 腎不全 Renal failure Kidney disease 24,560
8 自殺 Suicide Suicide 23,152
9 動脈瘤及び大動脈解離 Aortic dissection and aortic aneurysm Damage of Aorta 16,887
10 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Cigarette disease 15,756
         

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Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 人口動態調査

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/kakutei15/index.html

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/kakutei15/xls/hyo.xls

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