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