Number of deaths according to specific causes of death and the corresponding percentage divided by all-cause deaths for the cohort of 3544 elderly subjects, Hong Kong, 2001–2014
| Cause | ICD-10 | All subjects n=3544 | Males n=1773 | Females n=1771 |
| All causes | All | 795 (22.4%)* | 515 (29.0%)* | 280 (15.8%)* |
| Neoplasms | C00-D48 | 313 (39.4%) | 202 (39.2%) | 111 (39.6%) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | J00-J99 | 150 (18.9%) | 105 (20.3%) | 45 (16.0%) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | I00-I99 | 182 (22.9%) | 115 (22.3%) | 67 (23.9%) |
| IHD/AMI-caused | I219, 249, 251, 259 | 75 (9.4%) | 46 (8.9%) | 27 (9.6%) |
| Stroke-caused | I64, 609, 613–615, 619, 620, 629, 634, 639 | 49 (6.2%) | 30 (5.8%) | 19 (6.7%) |
*Number of all-cause mortality (mortality ratio), among all subjects, males and females.
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; ICD, International classification of diseases; IHD, ischaemic heart disease.