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Elderly (60+ years old) Ischaemic Heart Disease 300,960 ; 20.5% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 255,167 ; 17.4% Lower Respiratory Infections 147,230 ; 10.0% Diabetes Mellitus 92,630 ; 6.3% Trachea, Bronchus and Lung Cancers 52,010 ; 3.5% Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 51,554 ; 3.5% Nephritis and Nephrosis 44,501 ; 3.0% Colon and Rectum Cancers 38,299 ; 2.6% Road Traffic Injuries 24,078 ; 1.6% Liver Ca

Pre-Elderly (50-59 years old) Ischaemic Heart Disease 130,718 ; 21.6% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 78,205 ; 12.9% Diabetes Mellitus 48,965 ; 8.1% Lower Respiratory Infections 32,672 ; 5.4% Road Traffic Injuries 22,657 ; 3.7% Trachea, Bronchus and Lung Cancers 21,471 ; 3.6% Breast Cancer 17,513 ; 2.9% Colon and Rectum Cancers 14,281 ; 2.4% Nephritis and Nephrosis 14,233 ; 2.4% Liver Cancers 12,113 ; 2.0%

Table 3.6: Top ten disease by age group for overall population in 2016.

Older Adult (30-49 years old) Ischaemic Heart Disease 113,927 ; 15.8% Road Traffic Injuries 85,476 ; 11.9% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 67,384 ; 9.4% Lower Respiratory Infections 40,597 ; 5.6% Diabetes Mellitus 39,627 ; 5.5% Breast Cancer 25,592 ; 3.6% Asthma 18,103 ; 2.5% Tuberculosis 16,339 ; 2.3% Nephritis and Nephrosis 13,806 ; 1.9% HIV 13,001 ; 1.8%

Young Adult (15-29 years old) Road Traffic Injuries 173,628 ; 47.1% Lower Respiratory Infections 18,957 ; 5.1% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 11,269 ; 3.1% Ischaemic Heart Disease 9,030 ; 2.5% Leukaemia 8,283 ; 2.2% Diabetes Mellitus 7,378 ; 2.0% Endocrine, Blood and Immune Disorders 6,916 ; 1.9% Self-Inflicted Injuries 6,116 ; 1.7% Asthma 5,587 ; 1.5% Tuberculosis 5,411 ; 1.5%

Children (5-14 years old) Road Traffic Injuries 21,580 ; 25.1% Lower Respiratory Infections 5,582 ; 6.5% Brain and Other CNS Cancers 5,513 ; 6.4% Leukaemia 5,162 ; 6.0% Drowning 3,603 ; 4.2% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 2,992 ; 3.5% Epilepsy 2,534 ; 3.0% Endocrine, Blood and Immune Disorders 2,493 ; 2.9% Asthma 2,375 ; 2.8% Diarrhoeal Diseases 1,844 ; 2.1%

Under 5 (0-4 years old) Low Birth Weight 28,810 ; 9.5% Congenital Heart Diseases 25,519 ; 8.4% Lower Respiratory Infections 21,295 ; 7.0% Birth Trauma and Asphyxia 15,114 ; 5.0% Neonatal Infections 14,406 ; 4.7% Road Traffic Injuries 10,650 ; 3.5% Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 8,477 ; 2.8% Meningitis 5,763 ; 1.9% Diarrhoeal Diseases 5,681 ; 1.9% Anencephaly 5,163 ; 1.7%

Overall Age (0+ years old) Ischaemic Heart Disease 555,313 ; 15.6% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 417,754 ; 11.8% Road Traffic Injuries 338,068 ; 9.5% Lower Respiratory Infections 266,334 ; 7.5% Diabetes Mellitus 191,570 ; 5.4% Trachea, Bronchus and Lung Cancers 87,800 ; 2.5% Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 78,706 ; 2.2% Nephritis and Nephrosis 78,645 ; 2.2% Colon and Rectum Cancers 66,540 ; 1.9% Bre

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