Circulatory system diseases remain leading cause of deaths in 2023: Report

Key Highlights

• However, the figure was four percentage points lower than data reported in 2022, when over 40% of certified deaths were because of these diseases.
• The report looks at causes of deaths that have been medically certified out of the total registered deaths across the country.
• For 2023, the report noted that 22% of all deaths registered in the Civil Registration System had been medically certified, which was 0.3 percentage points below that of the previous year (2022).
• According to the report, diseases of the circulatory system were the leading cause of death in medically certified cases, with diseases of pulmonary circulation or other heart diseases causing more than half of the deaths.
• A breakdown by age showed that deaths due to circulatory system diseases were highest for people aged above 70 years, with the diseases accounting for more than one-third of the deaths.