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MAJOR CAUSES OF DEATH - NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES BY SEX, 2001
Source: New Zealand HIS provisional mortality data for 2001
| CAUSES OF DISEASE
| Male
| Female
| ||
| No | % | No | % | |
| Ischaemic heart disease
| 3387
| 23.9
| 2981
| 21.3 |
| Hypertensive disease
| 99
| 0.7
| 133
| 1.0
|
| Other forms of heart disease
| 550
| 3.9
| 700
| 5.0
|
| Cerebrovascular disease
| 1035
| 7.3
| 1745
| 12.5
|
| Cancer
| 4165
| 29.4
| 3645
| 26.1
|
| Colorectal cancer
| (607)
| (4.3)
| (571)
| (4.1)
|
| Cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung
| (841)
| (5.9)
| (593)
| (4.2)
|
| Prostate cancer
| (592)
| (4.2)
| -
| -
|
| Breast cancer
| (2)
| (0.0)
| (615)
| (4.4)
|
| Stomach cancer
| (195)
| (1.4)
| (108)
| (0.8)
|
| Pneumonia and influenza
| 148
| 1.0
| 264
| 1.9
|
| Diabetes mellitus
| 405
| 2.9
| 377
| 2.7
|
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
| 861
| 6.1
| 765
| 5.5
|
| Transport accidents
| 377
| 2.7
| 158
| 1.1
|
| Falls
| 129
| 0.9
| 161
| 1.2
|
| Intentional self-harm
| 382
| 2.7
| 117
| 0.8
|
| Assault
| 32
| 0.2
| 18
| 0.1
|
| All causes of death
| 14,160
| 100.0
| 13,968
| 100.0
|
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