| Death Rate of 10 Major Diseases in Rural Areas (2000) | |||||
| No. | Cause of Death | As % of Total Deaths | |||
| Total | 91.46 | ||||
| 1 | Respiratory Disease | 23.11 | |||
| 2 | Malignant Tumour | 18.40 | |||
| 3 | Cerebrovasular Disease | 18.40 | |||
| 4 | Heart Trouble | 12.37 | |||
| 5 | Trauma and Toxicosis | 11.03 | |||
| 6 | Digestive Disease | 3.98 | |||
| 7 | Urinary Disease | 1.51 | |||
| 8 | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1.19 | |||
| 9 | Newborn Baby Disease | 1.14 | |||
| 10 | Internal System, Nutrition, Metabolite and Immunity Disease | 1.11 | |||
| Male Total | 92.57 | ||||
| 1 | Respiratory Disease | 21.46 | |||
| 2 | Malignant Tumour | 20.82 | |||
| 3 | Cerebrovasular Disease | 18.57 | |||
| 4 | Trauma and Toxicosis | 11.77 | |||
| 5 | Heart Trouble | 10.78 | |||
| 6 | Digestive Disease | 4.20 | |||
| 7 | Urinary Disease | 1.55 | |||
| 8 | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1.36 | |||
| 9 | Newborn Baby Disease | 1.05 | |||
| 10 | Infectious Disease (Excluding Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 1.01 | |||
| Female Total | 90.15 | ||||
| 1 | Respiratory Disease | 25.18 | |||
| 2 | Cerebrovasular Disease | 18.93 | |||
| 3 | Malignant Tumour | 15.12 | |||
| 4 | Heart Trouble | 13.39 | |||
| 5 | Trauma and Toxicosis | 9.01 | |||
| 6 | Digestive Disease | 3.48 | |||
| 7 | Urinary Disease | 1.46 | |||
| 8 | Internal System, Nutrition, Metabolite and Immunity Disease | 1.24 | |||
| 9 | Newborn Baby Disease | 1.37 | |||
| 10 | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 0.97 | |||
| a)Statistics in the table cover full or partial areas of 90 counties, including counties in Beijing. | |||||