| Death Rate of 10 Major Diseases in Urban Areas (2002) | ||
| No. | Cause of Death | As Percentage of Total Deaths |
| Total | 89.34 | |
| 1 | Malignant Tumour | 23.53 |
| 2 | Cerebrovasular Disease | 17.49 |
| 3 | Respiratory Disease | 15.63 |
| 4 | Heart Trouble | 14.62 |
| 5 | Trauma and Toxicosis | 8.77 |
| 6 | Digestive Disease | 3.41 |
| 7 | Internal System, Nutrition, Metabolite and Immunity Disease | 2.45 |
| 8 | Urinary Disease | 1.68 |
| 9 | Neuropathy | 0.91 |
| 10 | Disease Originating in the Perinatal Period | 0.85 |
| Male Total | 90.22 | |
| 1 | Malignant Tumour | 26.38 |
| 2 | Cerebrovasular Disease | 17.11 |
| 3 | Respiratory Disease | 14.94 |
| 4 | Heart Trouble | 13.33 |
| 5 | Trauma and Toxicosis | 9.67 |
| 6 | Digestive Disease | 3.68 |
| 7 | Internal System, Nutrition, Metabolite and Immunity Disease | 1.82 |
| 8 | Urinary Disease | 1.62 |
| 9 | Neuropathy | 0.85 |
| 10 | Disease Originating in the Perinatal Period | 0.82 |
| Female Total | 88.13 | |
| 1 | Malignant Tumour | 19.66 |
| 2 | Cerebrovasular Disease | 18.01 |
| 3 | Respiratory Disease | 16.56 |
| 4 | Heart Trouble | 16.39 |
| 5 | Trauma and Toxicosis | 7.54 |
| 6 | Internal System, Nutrition, Metabolite and Immunity Disease | 3.31 |
| 7 | Digestive Disease | 3.03 |
| 8 | Urinary Disease | 1.77 |
| 9 | Neuropathy | 0.98 |
| 10 | Disease Originating in the Perinatal Period | 0.88 |
| a) Statistics in the table cover full or partial areas of 36 cities including Beijing. | ||