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PSA: Heart diseases still top cause of death in PH; COVID-19 in 10th place

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<p>MANILA — Heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and cancer are still the chief causes of death in the country in the first 7 months this year, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.</p><p>From January to July 2022, the country recorded 311,921 deaths, which is 31 percent lower than the 452,228 fatalities tallied last year.</p><p>During the 7-month period, ischemic heart diseases were the leading cause of death with 57,899 cases, according to the <a href="https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/crd/pressrelease/Press%20Release_0.pdf">PSA report released Wednesday</a>. This represents 18.6 percent of the total deaths in the country.</p><p>Cerebrovascular diseases, which includes stroke and aneurysms, came in second with 32,354 deaths (10.4 percent).</p><p>Neoplasms, commonly known as cancer, accounted for 31,487 recorded cases (10.1 percent).</p><p>&quot;Incidentally, these were also the leading causes of death in the same period in 2021,&quot; the PSA said.</p><p>Deaths due to diabetes mellitus logged 20,107 cases (6.4 percent), making it the fourth leading cause of death. Ranking fifth is hypertensive diseases, which recorded 17,999 cases (5.8 percent).</p><div><strong>COVID-19</strong></div><p>Meanwhile, registered deaths due to COVID-19 accounted for a total of 12,083 deaths (3.9 percent), the PSA said.</p><p>COVID-19 with virus identified was the 10th leading cause of death in the country with 8,586 cases (2.8 percent). Meanwhile, registered deaths due to COVID-19 with virus not identified accounted for 3,497 or (1.1 percent).</p><p>The agency explained that COVID-19-virus identified is used when COVID-19 is confirmed by a laboratory test. COVID-19-virus not identified is used for suspected or probable cases, as well as clinically-epidemiologically diagnosed COVID-19 cases where testing was not completed or inconclusive.</p><p>The PSA said its figures may differ from the Department of Health because it used death certificates. The figures released by the DOH were obtained through a surveillance system, it added.</p><p>Nationwide, Metro Manila logged the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 with 2,986 (24.7 percent). It is followed by Calabarzon with 1,856 deaths (15.4 percent) and Central Luzon with 1,573 deaths (13 percent).</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1730059" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div> </div>

Heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and cancer are still the chief causes of death in the country in the first 7 months this year.