Incidence and Mortality of Most Common Diseases for Women

Number of Deaths by Leading Causes of Death by Sex in 2019
Rank	Cause of Death^*	Number of Deaths
Rank	Cause of Death^*	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
1	Malignant neoplasms	8 645	6 226	0	14 871
2	Pneumonia	5 026	4 245	0	9 271
3	Diseases of heart	3 409	2 687	0	6 096
4	Cerebrovascular diseases	1 543	1 427	0	2 970
5	External causes of morbidity and mortality⁺	1 219	629	0	1 848
6	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	810	857	0	1 667
7	Dementia	545	945	0	1 490
8	Chronic lower respiratory diseases	1 042	331	0	1 373
9	Septicaemia	598	467	0	1065
10	Diabetes mellitus	249	244	0	493
	Other causes	4 010	3 550	2	7 562
	All causes	27 096	21 608	2	48 706

Notes:
The mortality figures in this table are based on number of "registered" deaths.
^* Classification of diseases and causes of death is based on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 10th Revision.
⁺ According to the ICD 10th Revision, when the morbid condition is classifiable under Chapter XIX as "injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes", the codes under Chapter XX for "external causes of morbidity and mortality" should be used as the primary cause of death.

Source: Department of Health

10 Most Common Cancers in 2018 – Female
Rank	Site	No.	Rel. Freq.	Crude rate^*
1	Breast	4 618	27.2%	114.3
2	Colorectum	2 375	14.0%	58.8
3	Lung	2 007	11.8%	49.7
4	Corpus uteri	1 165	6.9%	28.8
5	Thyroid	806	4.7%	19.9
6	Ovary and peritoneum	664	3.9%	16.4
7	Cervix	582	3.4%	14.4
8	Stomach	538	3.2%	13.3
9	Non-melanoma skin	531	3.1%	13.1
10	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	441	2.6%	10.9

10 Major Causes of Cancer Deaths in 2018 – Female
Rank	Site	No.	Rel.freq.	Crude Rate^*
1	Lung	1 328	21.9%	32.9
2	Colorectum	1 005	16.6%	24.9
3	Breast	753	12.4%	18.6
4	Liver	398	6.6%	9.8
5	Pancreas	318	5.2%	7.9
6	Stomach	273	4.5%	6.8
7	Ovary and peritoneum	265	4.4%	6.6
8	Cervix	163	2.7%	4.0
9	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	152	2.5%	3.8
10	Leukaemia	139	2.3%	3.4

Note:
^* Expressed per 100 000 population
Source: Hong Kong Cancer Registry, Hospital Authority