Table 3

Death rates of six main diseases in the second (1990–1992) and the third survey of the causes of death (2004–2005) in China

Rank	1990–1992				2004–2005
Rank	Disease	Death rate	Age-standardised* rate	Percentage in all deaths	Disease	Death rate	Age-standardised* rate	Percentage in all deaths
1	Diseases of the respiratory system	137.52	115.47	22.79	Cerebrovascular disease	136.64	81.19	22.45
2	Malignant neoplasms	108.26	94.22	17.94	Malignant neoplasms	135.88	91.24	22.32
3	Cerebrovascular disease	101.93	84.54	16.89	Diseases of the respiratory system	96.28	56.27	15.81
4	Injury and poisoning	66.16	61.44	10.97	Heart disease	90.23	52.2	14.82
5	Heart disease	52.70	43.84	8.73	Injury and poisoning	61.51	49.48	10.10
6	Diseases of the digestive system	30.37	26.5	5.03	Diseases of the digestive system	16.78	11.14	2.76