Table 3 Number and proportion of deaths by selected underlying cause of death (UCD) by locations of death in Hong Kong and Shanghai
UCD | Hong Kong | Shanghai | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At hospital | At other locationsa | At hospital | At other locationsa | |||||
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Septicemia (A40-A41) | 2,904 | 2.0 | 7 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 46,949 | 32.1 | 2,226 | 20.0 | 58,274 | 36.5 | 32,074 | 22.5 |
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 2,104 | 1.4 | 63 | 0.6 | 6,785 | 4.3 | 5,226 | 3.7 |
Ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 15,536 | 10.6 | 1,214 | 10.9 | 19,736 | 12.4 | 13,239 | 9.3 |
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 13,555 | 9.3 | 385 | 3.5 | 29,450 | 18.5 | 30,826 | 21.7 |
Pneumonia (J12-J18) | 18,653 | 12.7 | 303 | 2.7 | 987 | 0.6 | 526 | 0.4 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) | 7,857 | 5.4 | 527 | 4.7 | 15,286 | 9.6 | 16,794 | 11.8 |
Renal failure (N17-N19) | 5,100 | 3.5 | 58 | 0.5 | 598 | 0.4 | 346 | 0.2 |
External causes (V01-Y89) | 4,037 | 2.8 | 3,694 | 33.2 | 6,152 | 3.9 | 11,470 | 8.1 |
All causes | 146,466 | 100.0 | 11,125 | 100.0 | 159,530 | 100.0 | 142,360 | 100.0 |