What we die of

These gures show the primary cause of death recorded on death certicates in 2011
Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries

Other heart diseases

21,485

Acute myocardial infarction heart attack

Vascular disorders of intestine

2,543

Gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas

3,007
Digestive diseases

23,704

8,986

Cerebrovascular diseases brain haemorrhage

Hernia

Gastric and duodenal ulcer

997

24,582
(-4%)

2,331

Accidents
Other accidental threats to breathing Accidental poisoning

35,977

High blood pressure hypertensive

4,605

139,706
(-11.63%)

Circulatory diseases

Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum

544

1,993

Hanging/ strangulation

2,164
Exposure to smoke, re and ames

3,275
Chronic ischaemic heart disease Liver diseases

17,590
(+2%)

7,731

Intentional self-harm

40,211

242

3,644
Accidents

Diseases of the nervous system

Motor neuron disease

Parkinsons disease

Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes

3,134

3,710

Chronic rheumatic heart diseases Alzheimers disease

1,933

1,065

Blood diseases and immune systems 999

(-2%)

Pregnancy and childbirth 44

(+26%)
Car occupant in transport accident

Transport accidents

11,390

Falls

3,885

1,815

Fall from, out of or through a building/ structure

7,505
(+0.35%)

679

96
Fall on and from stairs and steps

18,548

(-11%)

Skin diseases 1,659

Sudden infant death syndrome Malaise and fatigue

Motorcyclist in transport Pedestrian in collision with accident car or van

Multiple sclerosis

317

693

1,062

121

Epilepsy

141

937

Muscular dystrophy

C-dicile

100

851

10,193
(+3%)

Unknown causes

Schizophrenia

1,213

40

Mood aective disorders

Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis

Infections 5,937 (+7%)

830

(+0.36%)

Musculoskeletal system 4,180 1,499

Septicaemia

2,023

484,367
(-2% from 2010 to 2011)
Congenital diseases 1,100
(-7%)

Total deaths in 2011 (all causes, all ages)

Other causes

113 8,598
Senility without psychosis

Mental & behavioural 31,048

(+56%**)
Due to drug use

Arthropathies Osteopathies and chondropathies 1,555

558
Dementias**

30,257

Other rheumatoid arthritis

Muscle disorders

723

162
Bone density disorders

Respiratory and cardiovascular

Opiates, ie heroin

Alcohol

60

Arthritis

Spinal disorders

884

344 959

Digestive system disorders

80

1,255

Osteoporosis with pathological fracture

Infections specic (-13%) to the perinatal period

Babies dying before, during or after birth 195

30

455

22
Swine u

316

Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth Inuenza and Pneumonia

Cancer of pancreas

Genitourinary diseases
Renal failure

4,755

2,162

Other disorders of urinary system

Asthma

10

7,434

Rectal cancer (rectosigmoid)

1,041

5,419
Colon cancer

26,121

Kidney and renal tubulo-interstitial diseases

9,500
(-23%)

Pneumonitis due to food and vomit

1,831

2,737

67,690
(+1%)
Bronchitis, emphysema & other chronic lung disease

Respiratory diseases

8,587
Skin cancer

Stomach cancer Stomach and digestive organs

2,486
Chronic lower respiratory infections

4,199

39,502

Other disorders of kidney and ureter

Urolithiasis

94

158 219

26,748

Diseases of the male genital organs Lung diseases due to external agents

Diabetes

4,893

143,181
Prostate

Cancers and neoplasms

(+1%)

Liver cancer

3,606

3,120

24,527

9,671

Cystic brosis

97

6,497
(-10%)

Amyloidosis

10,395

Breast

244

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

30,148
SOURCE: ONS. ** RESULT OF RECLASSIFICATION OF VASCULAR DEMENTIA

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