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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

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

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