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Cause of death by age group

Data from Jan 2022 to Jan 2022

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:22 SGT

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)

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Causeofdeathbyagegroup.csv (1.1K rows, 124.6 KB)

YEAR Year (YYYY)	ICD MAIN CATEGORY Text	ICD DETAIL CATEGORY Text	GENDER Text (Gender)	DEATH AGE Text	DEATH COUNT Numeric
(Null)0.0% 2022100.0%	(Null)0.0% 1-026-Neplasms(C00-D48)34.6% 1-064-Diseases of the circulatory system(I00-I99)13.6% 1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)9.5% 1-095-External causes of morbidity and mortality(V01-Y89)9.3%	(Null)0.0% 1-061-Remainder of diseases of the nervous system(G04-G25,G31-G98)2.7% 1-046-Remainder of malignant neoplasms2.7% 1-094-Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified(R00-R99)2.7% 1-068-Other heart diseases(I26-I51)2.5%	(Null)0.0% M51.5% F48.4% U0.1%	(Null)0.0% 75 - 799.4% 80 - 849.3% 50 - 599.1% 70 - 749.1%	(Null)0.0% 122.7% 211.7% 35.4% 44.7%
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	F	50 - 59	2
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	F	60 - 64	1
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	F	75 - 79	2
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	F	80 - 84	2
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	F	85 - 89	1
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	F	90 AND OVER	2
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	M	40 - 49	1
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	M	50 - 59	2
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	M	65 - 69	2
2022	1-001-Certain infection and parasitic diseases(A10-B99)	1-003-Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin(A09)	M	70 - 74	1

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
YEAR	YEAR	Year (YYYY)	-	-
ICD MAIN CATEGORY	ICD_MAIN_CATEGORY	Text	-	-
ICD DETAIL CATEGORY	ICD_DETAIL_CATEGORY	Text	-	-
GENDER	GENDER	Text (Gender)	-	-
DEATH AGE	DEATH_AGE	Text	-	-
DEATH COUNT	DEATH_COUNT	Numeric	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_716c31ea00d7c05d43d4109d8b0db3bb"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Immigration and Checkpoints Authority. (2016). Cause of death by age group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 6, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_716c31ea00d7c05d43d4109d8b0db3bb/view

About this dataset

Contact

ICA_Data_Management@ica.gov.sg

Created on

23 Feb 2016

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)