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Table 1 Age-standardized mortality rates for main causes of death in Shanghai, China (1973, 1999, and 2018)

From: Non-communicable diseases are key to further narrow gender gap in life expectancy in Shanghai, China

Cause of Death

Male

Female

1973

1999

2018

1973

1999

2018

Mortality

%

Mortality

%

Mortality

%

Mortality

%

Mortality

%

Mortality

%

All causes

1010.95

100

709.32

100

380.08

100

536.32

100

466.85

100

234.32

100

Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases

85.57

9.26

31.60

4.04

6.76

1.45

26.49

5.08

22.50

3.60

3.72

1.27

1. Communicable diseases

83.73

9.02

27.96

3.92

5.45

1.37

24.05

0.00

15.68

3.34

2.52

1.15

2. Neonatal disorders

1.84

0.25

3.42

0.10

1.07

0.07

2.41

0.33

6.30

0.20

1.28

0.07

Non-communicable diseases

611.88

62.94

609.11

86.96

343.4

92.05

324.19

62.44

388.27

84.98

208.50

90.06

1. Neoplasms

184.11

21.19

220.69

34.58

138.04

36.01

80.96

15.84

103.65

21.95

73.17

25.22

I. Tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer

36.01

4.32

67.73

10.87

43.23

11.55

9.67

1.91

18.75

4.10

14.04

5.04

II. Stomach cancer

43.96

4.82

33.29

5.29

16.30

4.32

19.03

3.83

13.49

2.99

7.20

2.44

III. Liver cancer

38.12

4.20

33.01

5.34

14.65

3.60

14.70

2.90

10.05

2.12

5.34

1.95

IV. Esophageal cancer

34.71

3.77

17.11

2.56

5.85

1.56

8.41

1.65

5.33

1.19

1.11

0.51

V. Other neoplasms

29.73

3.83

69.57

10.51

58.01

14.98

29.16

5.54

56.03

11.55

45.48

15.28

2. Cardiovascular diseases

201.44

19.89

218.07

29.99

126.62

34.98

141.56

27.13

174.34

39.21

87.24

44.38

I. Ischemic heart disease

107.44

10.75

62.89

8.36

59.92

16.89

80.47

15.25

49.22

11.08

44.71

24.04

II. Stroke

85.34

8.09

145.88

20.29

59.27

16.23

53.67

10.43

113.91

25.70

38.22

18.60

3. Chronic respiratory diseases

128.64

11.37

109.96

14.24

32.55

9.48

44.41

8.51

49.63

11.16

11.47

5.89

4. Digestive diseases

65.58

6.73

19.01

2.77

9.81

2.53

30.01

5.68

15.62

3.42

7.83

3.54

5. Diabetes, endocrine, blood, and immune disorders

1.32

1.17

13.86

3.06

16.40

6.40

3.04

1.85

17.79

5.12

12.89

1.27

6. Kidney diseases

7.86

0.99

7.04

0.93

7.77

2.07

6.33

1.19

5.13

1.08

5.14

2.05

Injuries

29.64

3.77

43.84

6.17

23.38

4.74

15.98

3.17

32.51

6.24

16.56

5.50

  1. Note: Age-standardized death rate per 100 000 people and its corresponding percentage of total mortality