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Heart diseases have been the second leading cause of death in Hong Kong since 1960s. "Heart Diseases" refers to a broad spectrum of diseases such as coronary heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, chronic rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease, and coronary heart disease is the major cause of death among them. In 2009, about 11.9 persons on average died from coronary heart diseases per day. Moreover, more males died from coronary heart diseases (male to female ratio = 1.3:1), but the gender gap narrowed with age increased.
The number of in-patient discharges and deaths due to coronary heart diseases continued to rise steadily in recent years. In 2009, 33 363 in-patient discharges and deaths were related to coronary heart diseases, accounting for 1.9% of all in-patient discharges and deaths.
In general, the number of deaths and death rate due to coronary heart diseases in male were higher in those in female. The number of deaths and death rate for both sexes showed an increasing trend. In 2009, the number of deaths were 4 360, accounting for 11% of all registered deaths. The death rates for male and female were 74.5 and 51.4 per 100 000 population of respective sex.
The age-standardized death rate due to coronary heart diseases remained at a steady level, around 40-50 per 100 000 standard population for male and 20-30 per 100 000 standard population for female between 2001 and 2009.
The age-standardized death rate due to acute myocardial infarction, the major form of coronary heart disease, was found to rise until 1990 and then dropped steadily.
In 2009, the age-specific death rates due to coronary heart diseases increased as age increased.
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