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(60+ years old) 76,495 ; 11.5% Diabetes Mellitus and Lung Cancers Asthma
Elderly Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 127,672 ; 19.2% Ischaemic Heart Disease 125,573 ; 18.9% Lower Respiratory Infections 47,060 ; 7.1% Nephritis and Nephrosis 21,613 ; 3.3% Breast Cancer 18,541 ; 2.8% Colon and Rectum Cancers 15,628 ; 2.4% Trachea, Bronchus 14,083 ; 2.1% 10,641 ; 1.6% Endocrine, Blood and Immune Disorders 10,401 ; 1.5%

Pre-Elderly (50-59 years old) Ischaemic Heart Disease 32,895 ; 14.5% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 30,000 ; 13.2% Diabetes Mellitus 24,605 ; 10.9% Breast Cancer 17,513 ; 7.7% Lower Respiratory Infections 13,225 ; 5.8% Colon and Rectum Cancers 6,329 ; 2.8% Nephritis and Nephrosis 6,212 ; 2.7% Trachea, Bronchus and Lung Cancers 6,092 ; 2.7% Road Traffic Injuries 4,816 ; 2.1% Cervix Cancer 4,575 ; 2.0%

Table 3.8: Top ten disease by age group for female population in 2016.

Older Adult (30-49 years old) Breast Cancer 25,592 ; 10.7% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 24,040 ; 10.0% Ischaemic Heart Disease 23,224 ; 9.7% Diabetes Mellitus 20,426 ; 8.5% Road Traffic Injuries 13,061 ; 5.4% Lower Respiratory Infections 12,492 ; 5.2% Asthma 7,612 ; 3.2% Colon and Rectum Cancers 5,613 ; 2.3% Cervix Cancer 5,425 ; 2.3% Nephritis and Nephrosis 5,026 ; 2.1%

Young Adult (15-29 years old) Road Traffic Injuries 21,501 ; 22.8% Lower Respiratory Infections 6,255 ; 6.6% Diabetes Mellitus 4,471 ; 4.7% Endocrine, Blood and Immune Disorders 4,147 ; 4.4% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 3,407 ; 4.6% Brain and Other CNS Cancers 3,184 ; 3.4% Leukaemia 2,596 ; 2.8% Tuberculosis 2,527 ; 2.7% Asthma 2,104 ; 2.2% Falls 2,041 ; 2.2%

Children (5-14 years old) Road Traffic Injuries 5,992 ; 18.0% Brain and Other CNS Cancers 3,961 ; 11.9% Lower Respiratory Infections 1,856 ; 5.6% Drowning 1,622 ; 4.9% Diarrhoeal Diseases 1,578 ; 4.7% Endocrine, Blood and Immune Disorders 1,330 ; 4.0% Epilepsy 1,203 ; 3.6% Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 1,188 ; 3.6% Leukaemia 1,072 ; 3.2% Benign Neoplasms 1,009 ; 3.0%

Under 5 (0-4 years old) Low Birth Weight 13,180 ; 9.3% Congenital Heart Diseases 12,394 ; 8.7% Lower Respiratory Infections 10,379 ; 7.3% Neonatal Infections 7,288 ; 5.1% Birth Trauma and Asphyxia 6,823 ; 4.8% Road Traffic Injuries 5,247 ; 3.7% Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 3,717 ; 2.6% Meningitis 2,245 ; 1.6% Anencephaly 1,861 ; 1.3% Diabetes Mellitus 1,628 ; 1.1%

Overall Age (0+ years old) Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 186,771 ; 13.3% Ischaemic Heart Disease 182,684 ;13.1% Lower Respiratory Infections 120,703 ; 8.6% Diabetes Mellitus 98,872 ; 7.1% Breast Cancer 62,452 ; 4.5% Road Traffic Injuries 54,743 ; 3.9% Nephritis and Nephrosis 35,426 ; 2.5% Colon and Rectum Cancers 28,333 ; 2.0% Asthma 26,221 ; 1.9% Endocrine, Blood and Immune Disorders 24,342 ; 1.7%

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