State Statistics Committee: Circulatory diseases caused more death any other disease in January-June

According to the State Statistics Committee, the number of deaths decreased by 0.1 ppm compared to the corresponding period of 2019 (for January-June 2019 – 4.5 ppm).

Of the total number of registered deaths in January-June 2020, 59.3% patients died from circulatory diseases, 9.5% – from neoplasms, 4.9% – from digestive diseases, 4.8% – from accidents, poisoning and injuries, 4.7% – from respiratory diseases, 1.3% – from infectious and parasitic diseases and 15.5% – from other diseases.

In addition, the number of registered death cases among children under the age of 1 year amounted to 4.1 thousand, of which 52.7% died from conditions arising in the perinatal period, 22.3% – from respiratory diseases, 10.7% – from congenital anomalies, 3.6% – from infectious and parasitic diseases, 1.9% – from accidents, poisoning and injuries, 0.6% – from diseases of the digestive system, 8.2% – from other diseases.