Heart disease topped the list of causes of death in the country in 2022, the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has revealed.
Based on the<a href="https://psa.gov.ph/content/2022-causes-deaths-philippines-preliminary-31-january-2023"> data released</a> on Wednesday, 103,628, or 18.4 percent of Filipinos died due to ischaemic heart disease from January to November 2022.&nbsp;
This was followed by Cerebrovascular disease with 57,411 deaths or 10.2 percent and Neoplasms with 57,354 or 10.2 percent.
Other diseases that cause an individual's death are:&nbsp;
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Diabetes mellitus - 35,712 or 6.3 percent&nbsp;
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Hypertensive diseases - 32,339 or 5.7 percent&nbsp;
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Diabetes mellitus - 35,712 or 6.3 percent
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Pneumonia - 27,261 or 4.8 percent
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Chronic lower respiratory diseases - 18,514 or 3.3 percent
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Other heart diseases - 18,489 or 3.3 percent
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The remainder of diseases of the genitourinary system - 15,806 or 2.8 percent
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The COVID-19 disease ranked 11th as the leading cause of death in the country with 16,080 cases.
"This shows a decline of -85.6 percent from the 111,599 deaths due to COVID-19 that were registered in the same period in 2021," it noted.&nbsp;
According to PSA, the National Capital Region (NCR) had the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 with 3,916, followed by Calabarzon with 2,667, Central Luzon with 2,221, and Western Visayas with 1,112.
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Photo courtesy: PSA website

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PSA: Heart disease top cause of deaths in PH in 2022