Leading causes of mortality Philippines 2019, by disease
In 2019, one of the leading causes of death in the Philippines was ischaemic heart disease impacting approximately 97.48 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 1.16 million in 2019. The other leading diseases affecting communities were hypertension, urinary tract infection, acute lower respiratory tract infection and pneumonia, skin disease, animal bites, bronchitis, and influenza. Among the female population, acute respiratory tract infection affected nearly 1.13 thousand per 100,000 people, while over one 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 15.22 kilograms per capita in 2019. Filipinos favor eating meat and the fairly common choice was pork. In a 2019 survey conducted in the Philippines, about 7.4 percent of females and 7.9 percent of males only consumed plant-based food products. Meanwhile, respectively 16 percent of male and female respondents did 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 1.16 million in 2019. The other leading diseases affecting communities were hypertension, urinary tract infection, acute lower respiratory tract infection and pneumonia, skin disease, animal bites, bronchitis, and influenza. Among the female population, acute respiratory tract infection affected nearly 1.13 thousand per 100,000 people, while over one 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 15.22 kilograms per capita in 2019. Filipinos favor eating meat and the fairly common choice was pork. In a 2019 survey conducted in the Philippines, about 7.4 percent of females and 7.9 percent of males only consumed plant-based food products. Meanwhile, respectively 16 percent of male and female respondents did not consume any plant-based alternatives to animal food products.
