Major diseases in the UK

The 10 most common diseases/causes of death in 2011 per 100,000 population in the UK were:

Coronary heart disease
Cerebrovascular disease
Malignant neoplasm of trachea²
Pneumonia¹
Diseases of pulmonary circulation⁴
Bronchitis, emphysema and COPD³
Malignant neoplasm of breast⁵
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
Diabetes mellitus
Hypertensive disease

Crude death rates per 100,000 for leading causes of death in the UK, 1970–2011

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2008	2009	2010	2011
All deaths	1,178	1,174	1,118	1,075.87	944.39	942.49	944.39	894.29
From natural causes	1,131	1,131	1,075	1,038.47	910.46	908.88	909.91	860.50
Coronary heart disease	290	314	295	210.68	143.75	133.91	129.40	129.40
Cerebrovascular disease	165	147	133	103.23	86.57	80.39	79.29	79.29
Malignant neoplasm of trachea²	62	71	68	57.35	57.56	56.75	56.12	56.12
Pneumonia¹	84	104	57	103.02	52.59	48.40	45.62	45.62
Diseases of pulmonary circulation⁴	57	69	40	46.67	44.62	43.61	44.05	44.05
Bronchitis, emphysema and COPD³	-	-	-	5.44	46.18	43.44	43.63	43.63
Malignant neoplasm of breast⁵	-	-	-	42.54	38.87	37.42	36.86	36.86
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	3	5	6	9.90	12.60	11.97	12.02	12.02
Diabetes mellitus	10	10	15	11.00	10.52	9.93	9.93	9.93
Hypertensive disease	20	11	6	5.53	8.06	7.94	8.35	8.35
Malignant neoplasm of stomach	26	22	17	11.22	8.45	8.15	7.98	7.98

Source: OHE Guide to UK Health and Health Care Statistics

Notes

Including bronchus and lung
From 2001, and in Scotland from 2000, cause of death information is based on ICD10, the 10th version of the International Statistical Classification of Disease and Health Problems, which affected all data but in particular pneumonia. As a result these figures are not strictly compatible with earlier years.
COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Including other forms of heart disease
Per 100,000 female population

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