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Economy

Deaths By Broad Groups Of Causes, Annual

Data from Jan 1969 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 09 Jul 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: REGISTRY OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS

Data Last Updated: 07/05/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Deaths prior to 1979 are classified according to the eighth (1965) revision of the International Classification of Diseases. Deaths from 1979 to 2011 are classified according to the ninth (1975) revision. From 2012, deaths are classified according to the tenth revision.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810131

Data explorer

DeathsByBroadGroupsOfCausesAnnual.csv (23 rows, 9 KB)

Data Series Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Text	2004 Text	2003 Text	2002 Text	2001 Text	2000 Text	1999 Text	1998 Text	1997 Text	1996 Text	1995 Text	1994 Text	1993 Text	1992 Text	1991 Text	1990 Text	1989 Text	1988 Text	1987 Text	1986 Text	1985 Text	1984 Text	1983 Text	1982 Text	1981 Text	1980 Text	1979 Text	1978 Text	1977 Text	1976 Text	1975 Text	1974 Text	1973 Text	1972 Text	1971 Text	1970 Text	1969 Text
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Total Deaths By Causes	26442	26888	26891	24292	22054	21446	21282	20905	20017	19862	19393	18938	18481	18027	17610	17101	17222	17140	16393	16215	15860	16036	15820	15367	15693	15516	15657	15305	15590	15569	14946	14461	14337	13876	13891	14069	13690	13173	12821	13348	13162	13321	12896	12863	12505	12468	12065	11955	11648	11447	11674	11920	11522	11329	10717	10224
Infective And Parasitic Diseases	310	519	1402	982	216	239	199	189	174	194	217	211	233	244	269	279	285	307	257	373	296	250	289	296	276	311	361	318	358	369	366	398	342	321	347	439	430	432	402	375	390	432	393	432	425	503	502	523	554	630	714	775	752	702	727	708
Tuberculosis	23	25	22	11	21	20	28	32	41	41	60	51	65	68	77	75	83	85	66	67	79	79	92	104	101	107	128	115	132	118	101	115	101	104	113	132	168	186	177	177	163	224	207	221	240	331	318	340	358	420	472	450	489	439	458	419
Neoplasms	7173	6781	6702	6605	6480	6253	6243	6237	5993	5986	5790	5849	5651	5461	5078	5063	5081	4803	4722	4331	4353	4187	4465	4384	4278	4168	4091	4178	4034	3921	3785	3560	3497	3405	3314	3321	3233	3169	2921	2939	2817	2903	2729	2672	2623	2542	2415	2326	2278	2123	2002	1912	1821	1728	1633	1577
Malignant Neoplasms	6995	6623	6430	6412	6306	6097	6132	6077	5925	5903	5701	5775	5565	5411	5025	5010	5038	4745	4677	4289	4303	4146	4425	4339	4238	4134	4050	4128	3985	3898	3756	3531	3456	3361	3269	3283	3194	3131	2887	2893	2776	2858	2668	2616	2561	2488	2386	2286	2245	2083	1955	1863	1773	1688	1596	1533
Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases	287	295	270	301	286	270	296	340	363	270	296	253	279	356	272	378	551	722	620	593	545	473	530	629	458	444	401	366	403	327	374	309	269	359	388	461	525	521	508	492	512	423	397	404	359	403	403	429	408	375	377	342	271	308	250	331
Diabetes	259	280	254	274	274	263	281	321	343	250	277	247	268	299	182	290	463	609	536	510	474	373	425	512	355	350	308	282	320	271	334	264	238	320	332	419	501	492	479	464	469	373	361	368	319	347	334	377	334	259	257	247	207	212	134	184
Diseases Of The Blood And Blood-Forming Organs	15	15	16	14	12	14	25	17	14	10	23	14	20	41	41	30	46	31	36	40	33	39	44	52	54	50	35	44	37	37	24	34	33	40	50	48	35	35	30	29	28	33	33	42	31	41	45	50	32	52	60	61	50	60	51	71
Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs	163	196	197	209	156	183	215	185	226	210	144	137	166	117	92	68	75	64	62	68	81	67	94	122	107	105	110	95	89	89	71	93	127	117	143	111	133	102	87	87	97	92	121	114	131	122	114	110	129	133	149	169	171	166	173	221
Diseases Of The Circulatory System	8443	8705	8833	8126	7296	6556	6457	6541	6107	6101	5987	5765	5747	5720	5807	5611	5794	5835	5441	5397	5423	5727	5401	5588	5749	5810	5711	5680	5896	5560	5460	5315	5270	5070	5152	5082	4847	4675	4482	4651	4637	4436	4430	4413	4305	4233	3983	3889	3798	3369	3295	3169	2999	3120	2899	2733

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ecefa3e30b4243c2757678a5f453b24b"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Deaths By Broad Groups Of Causes, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 20, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ecefa3e30b4243c2757678a5f453b24b/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)