Overall

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Main Causes of Death

Cause of death Frequency
Diseases of heart 5,645
Malignant neoplasms 5,242
Other Causes 5,142
Diabetes mellitus 3,263
Alzheimers disease 2,348
Cerebrovascular diseases 1,218
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 1,184
Accidents 1,022
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis 902
Septicemia 838
Influenza and pneumonia 825
Homicide 699
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease 573
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 297
Suicide 256
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids 235
Anemias 220
Parkinsons disease 188
Human immunodeficiency virus disease 186
In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior 157
Complications of medical and surgical care 119
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period 99
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 92
Nutritional deficiencies 91
Viral hepatitis 73
Aortic aneurysm and dissection 53
Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder 40
Peptic ulcer 23
Hernia 22
Atherosclerosis 15
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium 12
Infections of kidney 11
Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis 9
Hyperplasia of prostate 8
Diseases of appendix 6
Tuberculosis 6
Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs 3
Syphilis 3
Meningitis 2

About the data

Data from the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics https://datos.estadisticas.pr/dataset/defunciones-registradas-hasta-la-semana-pasada

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Deaths by Age and Sex

Death by Month and Sex

Causes of Death

Causes of Death by Age