Top three causes of death among elderly persons

13 February 2019

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Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar
MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC

Question No. 2559

To ask the Minister for Health for the past five years (a) what are the top three causes of death among elderly persons aged 65 years and above; and (b) what is the number of elderly persons who die annually because of pneumonia or pneumonia-related complications

Answer
From 2013 to 2017, the top three causes of death among Singapore residents aged 65 years and above were cardiovascular diseases, cancer and pneumonia. During this period, between 3000 to 3750 elderly persons died from pneumonia each year. This made up about 25% of the total deaths among elderly persons.