Main Causes Of Death In Malaysia

Ischaemic heart diseases remained as the principal causes of death for bumiputera.

Main causes of death in malaysia. Despite many campaigns on road safety every year it is sad to see it rank so high at number five as among the top causes of death in malaysia. View selected causes of death and population dynamics for malaysia including life expectancy by age and history age adjusted death rates and world rankings for the top 50 causes and total deaths by cause. Ages 41 to 59 19 2 per cent and ages 60 and above 16 6 per cent. Kuala lumpur oct 30 transport accidents was the principal cause of death for malaysians aged 15 to 40 in 2018 according to the department of statistics even as heart disease remains the main cause of death for the general population.

Ischaemic heart diseases remained as the principal causes of death for bumiputera at 15 2 per cent followed by pneumonia 11 9 cerebrovascular diseases 8 3 transport accidents 4 0 and chronic lower respiratory diseases 3 0. Department of statistics malaysia press release statistics on causes of death malaysia 2019 i five principal causes of death ischaemic heart diseases remained as the principal causes of death ischaemic heart diseases remained as the principal causes of death 15 6 per cent followed by pneumonia 11 8. On average 50 malaysians die of heart disease every day.