Stroke Statistics

  • On average, someone dies from a stroke every six seconds around the world
  • Mortality rate in the first year after stroke is 20-25%
  • No.4 cause of death in Hong Kong
  • Stroke kills about 3,000 people a year in Hong Kong

Death Rates by Leading Causes of Death 2016

1

Malignant neoplasms

14181

2

Pneumonia

8217

3

Diseases of heart

6174

4

Cerebrovascular diseases

3211

5

External causes of morbidity and mortality†

1372

6

Chronic lower respiratory diseases

1642

7

Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis

1699

8

Dementia

1371

9

Septicaemia

963

10

Diabetes mellitus

491

All other causes

7341

All causes

46662

Last revision date: 2017/04/07
Notes:
The mortality figures in this table are based on number of “registered” deaths.
The disease codes according to the classification are shown in brackets.
† According to the ICD 10th Revision, when the morbid condition is classifiable under Chapter XIX as “injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes”, the codes under Chapter XX for “external causes of morbidity and mortality” should be used as the primary cause of death.
* Revised figures.
# Provisional figures.
http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/data/4/10/27/380.html