CVD Remains the Leading Cause of Mortality in Region I in 2010

 

Cardio-Vascular Diseases (CVD) remained to be the leading cause of mortality in Region I in the year 2010 based on the data of the Department of Health Regional Office I.

 

For the past nine years, CVD was ranked number 1 in the list of leading causes of mortality in Region I, except in 2002 and 2008 where pneumonia outnumbered CVD by 2.3 and 2.4 percent, respectively. The highest number of deaths due to CVD since 2002 was recorded in 2010, with 6,830 deaths.  This was 12.9 percent higher than the 6,047 deaths due to CVD in 2009.

Following CVD in the list of leading causes of mortality in Region I in 2010 were: pneumonia (2,744 deaths), cancer (2,023 deaths), diabetes mellitus (821 deaths), accidents (667 deaths) and tuberculosis (661 deaths).  The number of deaths due to these diseases, however, were lower than those recorded in 2009 except diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis which recorded higher deaths in 2010. The number of deaths due to pneumonia, cancer and accidents decreased in 2010 by 13.1,

8.5 and 8.4 percent respectively compared in 2009.  On the other hand, number of deaths caused by diabetes mellitus increased by 15.3 percent in 2010 compared to 712 in 2009, elevating its rank from 5 to 4 in 2010, while deaths caused by tuberculosis increased by 25.7 percent in 2010 from 526 deaths in 2009.

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September 29, 2011