| Death Rate of 10 Major Diseases in Urban Areas (2003) | ||
| No. | Cause of Death | As Percentage of Total Deaths |
| Total | 89.09 | |
| 1 | Malignant Tumor | 25.47 |
| 2 | Cerebrovasular Disease | 19.95 |
| 3 | Respiratory Disease | 14.63 |
| 4 | Heart Trouble | 14.43 |
| 5 | Trauma and Toxicosis | 6.16 |
| 6 | Digestive Disease | 3.66 |
| 7 | Internal System, Nutrition, Metabolite and Immunity Disease | 2.66 |
| 8 | Urinary Disease | 1.34 |
| 9 | Neuropathy | 0.91 |
| 10 | Disease Originating in the Perinatal Period | 0.89 |
| Male Total | 90.14 | |
| 1 | Malignant Tumor | 28.78 |
| 2 | Cerebrovasular Disease | 19.23 |
| 3 | Respiratory Disease | 15.04 |
| 4 | Heart Trouble | 13.22 |
| 5 | Trauma and Toxicosis | 6.67 |
| 6 | Digestive Disease | 2.75 |
| 7 | Internal System, Nutrition, Metabolite and Immunity Disease | 2.73 |
| 8 | Urinary Disease | 1.28 |
| 9 | Neuropathy | 0.87 |
| 10 | Disease Originating in the Perinatal Period | 0.68 |
| Female Total | 87.87 | |
| 1 | Malignant Tumor | 21.62 |
| 2 | Cerebrovasular Disease | 20.79 |
| 3 | Respiratory Disease | 16.26 |
| 4 | Heart Trouble | 13.71 |
| 5 | Trauma and Toxicosis | 5.57 |
| 6 | Internal System, Nutrition, Metabolite and Immunity Disease | 4.71 |
| 7 | Digestive Disease | 2.58 |
| 8 | Urinary Disease | 1.41 |
| 9 | Neuropathy | 0.81 |
| 10 | Disease Originating in the Perinatal Period | 0.41 |
| a) Statistics in the table cover full or partial areas of 36 cities including Beijing. | ||