More than 65 out of every 100 Taipei residents that died last year were killed by chronic diseases, which constituted seven of the capital’s 10 leading causes of death in the same period, statistics released by the Taipei City Government’s Department of Health showed yesterday.
The data showed that a total of 16,953 people died in the city last year, an increase of 853 from 2013. The average age of death was 75, which was 3.2 years older than the national average in the same period.
The leading cause of death among Taipei residents was malignant tumors, claiming the lives of 28.9 percent of all recorded deaths in the city last year, the data showed, followed by heart disease at 14.7 percent, cerebrovascular diseases at 7.1 percent, pneumonia at 6.3 percent and diabetes at 5 percent.
Rounding out the top 10 leading causes of death were chronic lower respiratory illnesses (3.9 percent); nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (3.3 percent); health problems related to high blood pressure (2.7 percent); accidents (2.7 percent) and sepsis (2.6 percent).
Compared with the 2013 statistics, an increase was observed in the age-standardized fatality rates for six of the diseases: pneumonia with a 17.9 percent increase; heart disease (16.1 percent); nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (8.8 percent); accidents (6.7 percent); chronic lower respiratory illnesses (6.2 percent); and cerebrovascular diseases (0.4 percent).
Meanwhile, four of the illnesses saw a dip in their age-standardized death rates, with high blood pressure-related illnesses leading the declines with 13.8 percent, followed by sepsis (7.3 percent), diabetes (3.6 percent) and cancer (3.1 percent), the data indicated.
The top three causes of death for both men and women in the city were cancer, heart disease and cerebrovascular illnesses, the statistics showed.
The department advised the public to consume a balanced diet and, exercising for at least 150 minutes per week, refraining from smoking and having regular health check-ups.
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