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| | National Statistics Online - Product - Deaths, 2001 registrations: Death by age, sex and underlying cause |
 | | A total of 532,498 deaths were registered in 2001, compared with 537,877 registered in 2000, a decline of 1.0 per cent. |
 | | In 2001 the main causes of death were cancer, accounting for 26 per cent of all deaths, ischaemic heart disease (IHD), 20 per cent, respiratory diseases, 13 per cent, and cerebrovascular diseases (stroke and related conditions), 11 per cent. |
 | | However, the proportions dying of respiratory diseases were similar (12 per cent of males and 13 per cent of females). |
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