Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2017
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported the number of demographic data in 2017. According to it, top 10 causes of death in 2017 are the below.
Rank | Cause | Cause | Cause | Number of deaths |
1 | 悪性新生物 | Malignant neoplasm | Cancer | 373,334 |
2 | 心疾患 | Cardiac disease | Heart disease | 204,837 |
3 | 脳血管疾患 | Cerebrovascular disease | Brain vessel damage | 109,880 |
4 | 老衰 | Senility | Die of old age | 101,396 |
5 | 肺炎 | Pneumonia | Lung disease | 96,841 |
6 | 不慮の事故 | Freak accident | Accident | 40,329 |
7 | 誤嚥性肺炎 | Aspiration pneumonitis | Aspiration | 35,788 |
8 | 腎不全 | Renal failure | Kidney disease | 25,134 |
9 | 自殺 | Suicide | Suicide | 20,465 |
10 | 血管性等の認知症 | Vascular dementia | Dementia (vessel type) | 19,546 |
Others | 312,847 |
Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 人口動態調査
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