Table 1 Levels of deaths from major chronic diseases in China’s elderly population by gender, 2019.
Diseases | Male | Female | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Age group mortality rate | Total | Age group mortality rate | |||||||||||
Mortality rate | Standardized mortality rate | 60–64 | 65–69 | 70–74 | 75–79 | ≥ 80 | Mortality rate | Standardized mortality rate | 60–64 | 65–69 | 70–74 | 75–79 | ≥ 80 | |
Cardiovascular disease | 1750.0 | 1941.1 | 471.2 | 809.0 | 1591.9 | 2875.2 | 7759.4 | 1408.3 | 1318.3 | 252.2 | 485.1 | 1014.1 | 1909.7 | 5739.7 |
Stroke | 876.6 | 964.9 | 243.5 | 432.4 | 862.2 | 1522.0 | 3554.8 | 634.6 | 599.7 | 129.2 | 249.8 | 516.1 | 938.3 | 2348.2 |
Ischemic heart disease | 692.8 | 773.0 | 188.5 | 305.5 | 580.8 | 1065.7 | 3293.7 | 591.0 | 548.9 | 95.0 | 181.2 | 380.9 | 741.3 | 2585.2 |
Malignant tumor | 1046.8 | 1096.6 | 536.2 | 795.3 | 1215.2 | 1626.2 | 2466.4 | 532.0 | 520.2 | 268.2 | 391.0 | 584.0 | 779.9 | 1083.1 |
Liver cancer | 61.1 | 62.4 | 44.1 | 55.3 | 66.4 | 79.3 | 102.1 | 26.8 | 26.3 | 14.6 | 21.6 | 30.6 | 38.2 | 48.1 |
Lung cancer | 338.3 | 353.3 | 168.8 | 262.2 | 408.1 | 538.6 | 751.1 | 140.3 | 137.1 | 65.8 | 101.3 | 155.2 | 213.8 | 291.1 |
Gastric cancer | 184.7 | 192.8 | 94.4 | 141.8 | 223.6 | 288.3 | 411.3 | 74.0 | 72.0 | 30.5 | 49.1 | 80.9 | 113.7 | 171.6 |
Esophageal cancer | 124.3 | 129.2 | 67.7 | 98.7 | 148.7 | 187.9 | 264.1 | 40.2 | 39.0 | 13.5 | 25.4 | 45.9 | 65.2 | 96.4 |
Colorectal cancer | 97.3 | 103.3 | 45.2 | 67.2 | 106.0 | 157.6 | 270.4 | 57.1 | 55.5 | 24.1 | 36.1 | 59.9 | 86.9 | 138.4 |
Chronic respiratory diseases | 480.5 | 544.8 | 73.4 | 158.4 | 410.2 | 853.1 | 2482.1 | 329.5 | 306.4 | 35.7 | 81.7 | 215.7 | 462.8 | 1468.6 |
Diabetes mellitus | 56.1 | 60.6 | 19.7 | 33.4 | 61.1 | 95.0 | 188.6 | 57.7 | 56.0 | 19.3 | 36.0 | 64.3 | 94.4 | 141.2 |
Nervous system diseases | 122.8 | 140.9 | 18.6 | 37.1 | 83.6 | 186.9 | 724.9 | 181.7 | 165.3 | 18.8 | 38.0 | 81.7 | 182.2 | 937.1 |
Alzheimer disease | 82.6 | 95.4 | 12.0 | 24.4 | 49.4 | 110.3 | 522.8 | 157.2 | 142.1 | 14.5 | 29.9 | 61.8 | 142.0 | 845.2 |
Parkinson disease | 36.4 | 41.7 | 3.7 | 9.5 | 30.4 | 71.7 | 194.5 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 17.4 | 37.2 | 87.4 |
Total (total chronic diseases) | 3641.2 | 3983.8 | 1198.1 | 1945.3 | 3540.0 | 5924.7 | 14,263.4 | 2646.7 | 2497.5 | 637.7 | 1102.9 | 2080.0 | 3626.4 | 9806.7 |
