Heart disease causes highest death in Malaysia in 2022
Ischaemic heart diseases have become the key cause of death for Malaysians in 2022, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported on October 30.
Hanoi (VNA) - Ischaemic heartdiseases have become the key cause of death for Malaysians in 2022, theDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported on October 30.
Last year,16.1% of 205,525 deaths in Malaysia were caused by ischemic heart disease, itsaid.
DOSM notedthe disease has been the leading cause of death over the past two decades inMalaysia, except for 2021, when COVID-19 topped the list.
Pneumoniawas the second-highest cause of death with 13.3%. This was followed bycerebrovascular diseases, COVID-19 infection and transport accidents.
Theprincipal causes of death for the population aged 41-59 years and 60 years andover were Ischaemic heart diseases at 20% and 16.7%, respectively. Transport accidents were the leading causes of death for the population aged15-40 years (19.2%) while pneumonia was the major cause of death for thepopulation aged 0-14 years (4%).
According tothe DOSM, unhealthy lifestyle practices and diet are among the contributors todeath due to Ischaemic heart diseases nowadays.
ꦯ Some other non-communicable diseases, such as cerebrovascular diseases,hypertensive diseases and diabetes mellitus, were also caused by unhealthylifestyle practices and diet, it added./.
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