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Table 2 Years of life lost (YLL) by sex and cause categories among older adults, Malaysia, 2019

From: The burden of premature mortality among older adults: a population-based study in Malaysia

Cause category

Total

Males

Females

Rank

YLL

%

Rate/

1000

Rank

YLL

%

Rate/

1000

Rank

YLL

%

Rate/

1000

Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases

1

556,779

41.0

165.6

1

300,664

42.0

183.0

1

256,116

39.8

149.0

Malignant neoplasms

2

241,409

17.8

71.8

2

129,187

18.0

78.6

2

112,222

17.5

65.3

Respiratory infections

3

158,394

11.7

47.1

3

76,647

10.7

46.7

3

81,747

12.7

47.6

Respiratory diseases

4

83,544

6.1

24.9

4

46,859

6.5

28.5

5

36,685

5.7

21.4

Diabetes mellitus

5

80,490

5.9

23.9

5

36,932

5.2

22.5

4

43,558

6.8

25.4

Genitourinary Diseases

6

52,455

3.9

15.6

7

22,710

3.2

13.8

6

29,745

4.6

17.3

Digestive diseases

7

45,832

3.4

13.6

8

26,555

3.7

16.2

7

19,277

3.0

11.2

Unintentional injuries

8

38,006

2.8

11.3

6

25,377

3.5

15.4

10

12,629

2.0

7.4

Infectious diseases

9

27,824

2.0

8.3

9

17,479

2.4

10.6

8

10,345

1.6

6.0

Skin diseases

10

21,470

1.6

6.4

11

8707

1.2

5.3

11

12,763

2.0

7.4

Endocrine, blood, and immune disorders

11

20,884

1.5

6.2

10

9022

1.3

5.5

9

11,862

1.8

6.9

Neurological conditions

12

14,059

1.0

4.2

12

6770

1.0

4.1

12

7289

1.1

4.2

Musculoskeletal diseases

13

10,506

0.8

3.1

13

5456

0.8

3.3

13

5050

0.8

2.9

Benign Neoplasms

14

7200

0.5

2.1

14

3553

0.5

2.2

14

3647

0.6

2.1

Intentional injuries

15

389

0.0

0.1

15

205

0.0

0.1

15

184

0.0

0.1

Mental and behavioural disorders

16

167

0.0

0.1

18

60

0.0

0.0

16

107

0.0

0.1

Oral conditions

17

133

0.0

0.0

16

31

0.0

0.0

17

102

0.0

0.1

Nutritional deficiency

18

131

0.0

0.0

17

65

0.0

0.0

18

66

0.0

0.0

Sense organ diseases

19

71

0.0

0.0

19

21

0.0

0.0

19

50

0.0

0.0

Congenital anomalies

20

65

0.0

0.0

20

15

0.0

0.0

20

50

0.0

0.0

Maternal conditions

21

0

0.0

0.0

21

0

0.0

0.0

21

0

0.0

0.0

Neonatal conditions

22

0

0.0

0.0

22

0

0.0

0.0

22

0

0.0

0.0

Total

 

1,359,809

100

404.5

 

716,315

100

436.0

 

643,494

100

374.5