Leading causes of mortality Philippines 2018, by disease
In 2018, one of the leading causes of death in the Philippines was ischemic heart disease impacting around 88.4 thousand people. The other four leading causes of death were malignant neoplasms, cerebrovascular disease, pneumonia, and diabetes mellitus.
Diseases
In the Philippines, several diseases are prevalent throughout the country. The number of deaths due to acute upper respiratory disease among Filipinos amounted to approximately 2.4 million in 2017. The other leading diseases affecting communities were hypertension, acute lower respiratory tract infection and pneumonia, urinary tract infection, bronchitis, influenza, acute watery diarrhoea, asthma, TB respiratory, and acute febrile illness. Among the female population, acute upper respiratory disease affected 3.2 thousand per 100,000 people, while 2.1 thousand males have been infected.
Eating habits
A high consumption of meat can be linked to a high rate of heart disease. The pork consumption in the Philippines was around 15.6 kilograms per capita in 2018. Filipinos favor eating meat and the fairly common choice was pork. In a recent survey conducted in the Philippines, only 7.4 percent of females and 7.9 percent of males consumed plant-based food products. Moreover, 16 percent have stated to not consume any plant-based alternatives to animal food products.
Diseases
In the Philippines, several diseases are prevalent throughout the country. The number of deaths due to acute upper respiratory disease among Filipinos amounted to approximately 2.4 million in 2017. The other leading diseases affecting communities were hypertension, acute lower respiratory tract infection and pneumonia, urinary tract infection, bronchitis, influenza, acute watery diarrhoea, asthma, TB respiratory, and acute febrile illness. Among the female population, acute upper respiratory disease affected 3.2 thousand per 100,000 people, while 2.1 thousand males have been infected.
Eating habits
A high consumption of meat can be linked to a high rate of heart disease. The pork consumption in the Philippines was around 15.6 kilograms per capita in 2018. Filipinos favor eating meat and the fairly common choice was pork. In a recent survey conducted in the Philippines, only 7.4 percent of females and 7.9 percent of males consumed plant-based food products. Moreover, 16 percent have stated to not consume any plant-based alternatives to animal food products.
