Pneumonia tops cause of death in Southern Leyte – NSO

By Erna S. Gorne

Monday 2nd of July 2012

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, July 2 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) reported that for the first quarter of 2012, there were 672 deaths in Southern Leyte with pneumonia topping the leading cause.

According to the NSO June 2012 special release, of the 672 deaths, 331 were caused by the top 10 leading causes of death and the remaining 341 were due to other causes.

The release added that all other causes contributed less than two percent of the total deaths in Southern Leyte for the first quarter of 2012.

The top leading causes of death were pneumonia (11.0 percent), essential primary hypertension (6.1 percent), pneumonia hypostatic (5.1 percent), stroke (4.9 percent), cardiac arrest (4.6 percent), other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (3.7 percent), heart failure congestive (3.7 percent), acute myocardial infarction (3.6 percent), respiratory tuberculosis (3.4 percent), and hypertensive heart disease without congestive heart failure (3.1 percent), it further said.

The data on vital statistics presented by the NSO June 2012 special press release were obtained from the copies of the certificates submitted by the 19 City, and Municipal Civil Registrar’s of Southern Leyte.

These include events that occurred in Southern Leyte from January to March 2012 and have been reported at the National Statistics Office, NSO added. (EOT/ESG-PIA8)