Top Ten causes of death in Mexico
Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu August 8th, 2006 in Fast Facts, Medlinks Tags: cancer, causes of death, complications of diabetes mellitus, copd, heart disease, influenza, kidney failure, liver disease, mortality statistics, pneumonia, statistics, traumatic injuries.Several times, some people have asked me what causes death to mexicans.
On the last mortality statistics (2004) of general population, the main causes of death were [independently of sex]:
- Heart disease - 16.4%
- Complications of Diabetes Mellitus - 13.1%
- Cancer - 12.9%
- Traumatic injuries - 7.4%
- Liver disease (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) - 6.2%
- Stroke - 5.7%
- Perinatal complications - 3.5%
- COPD - 3.0%
- Pneumonia & influenza - 2.6%
- Kidney failure - 2.0%
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Hi I’m curious on how you collected the data to obtain the percentage? Did you send a survey to the health centers?
I am interested in obtaining the top 10, but for the country Philippines.
Thanks,
Lex
Hello Lex, thank you for your kind comment.
I just obtained this data from the Statistics, Geography and Informatics National Institute (INEGI) here in Mexico.
I didn’t collected the data, just read it in the INEGI site
what is the leading cause of death in mexico right now?
the top ten causes of mortality in the Philippine in year 2006