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Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2013

In June, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported the rough number of demographic data in 2013. According to it, top 10 causes of death in 2013 are the below.

2014 version is "http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Causes_of_Death_Japan_2014"

Causes of Rank 1-9 are same as the those of 2012. But this year "Aortic dissection and aortic aneurysm" advanced in rank to the 10th from under 11th. Last year's Rank 10 "Liver disease" dropped down to under 11th.

Rank Cause Cause   Number of deaths
1 悪性新生物 Malignant neoplasm Cancer  364 721
2 心疾患 Cardiac disease Heart disease  196 547
3 肺炎 Pneumonia Lung disease  122 880
4 脳血管疾患 Cerebrovascular disease Brain vessel damage   118 286
5 老衰 Senility Die of old age  69 684
6 不慮の事故 Freak accident Accident  39 435
7 自殺 Suicide Suicide  26 038
8 腎不全 Renal failure Kidney disease  25 074
9 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Cigarette disease  16 408
10 動脈瘤及び大動脈解離 Aortic dissection and aortic aneurysm Damage of Aorta  16 073

f:id:nbakki:20140701125619j:plainSource is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 人口動態調査

www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/geppo/nengai13/index.html

www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/geppo/nengai13/dl/hyou.xls

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