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Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2010

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	1,073	978	2,051	223.3
2. Diarrheas and gastoenteritis of presumed infectious origin	482	334	816	9.3
3. Congenital anomalies	409	388	797	9.1
4. Septicemia	251	231	482	5.5
5. Other diseases of the nervous system	246	212	458	5.2
6. Accidental drowning and submersion	296	159	455	5.2
7. Dengue Fever and Dengue- hemorrhagic fever	195	223	418	4.7
8. Chronic lower respiratory diseases	213	202	415	4.7
9. Meningitis	179	154	333	3.8
10. Leukemia	148	91	239	2.7

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	334	282	616	5.9
2. Dengue Fever and Dengue-hemorrhagic fever	211	328	539	5.2
3. Accidental drowning and submersion	299	159	458	4.4
4. Other diseases of nervous system	177	155	332	3.2
5. Transport accidents	198	107	305	2.9
6. Congenital anomalies	159	126	285	2.7
7. Leukemia	137	111	248	2.4
8. Meningitis	123	80	203	2.0
9. Septicemia	90	80	170	1.6
10. Diarrhoeas and gastroenteritis of presumed origin	87	77	164	1.6

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	233	195	428	4.4
2. Accidental drowning and submersion	212	140	352	3.6
3. Other diseases of nervous system	150	116	266	2.7
4. Transport accidents	172	77	249	2.5
5. Congetial anomalies	130	114	244	2.5
6. Dengue Fever and Dengue-hemorrhagic fever	111	102	213	2.2
7. Chronic rheumatic heart disease	86	106	192	2.0
8. Leukemia	94	82	176	1.8
9. Septicemia	92	78	170	1.7
10. Nephritis nephrotic syndrome and neph	95	67	162	1.7

Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2009

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	1,139	979	2,118	23.43
2. Accidents	693	469	1,162	12.86
2. Diarrheas and gastoenteritis of presumed infectious origin	625	467	1,092	12.08
3.Congenital anomalies	421	384	805	8.91
4. Septicemia	277	233	510	5.64
5. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	293	184	477	5.28
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	246	191	437	4.83
7. Chronic lower respiratory diseases	200	230	430	4.76
8. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever	142	199	341	3.77
9. Meningitis	192	147	339	3.75
10. Malignant neoplasms	156	124	280	3.10

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	776	435	1,211	11.39
2. Pneumonia	354	281	635	5.97
3. Malignant Neoplasms	165	218	383	3.60
4. Dengue fever and dengue hemmorhagic fever	210	154	364	3.42
5. Congenital anomalies	177	165	342	3.22
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	196	122	318	2.99
7. Diarrheas and Gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin	114	95	209	1.97
8. Meningitis	108	84	192	1.81
9. Septicemia	119	71	190	1.79
10. Diseases of the heart	103	71	174	1.64

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	797	353	1,150	11.02
2. Pneumonia	249	181	430	4.12
3. Malignant neoplasms	231	180	411	3.94
4. Diseases of the heart	191	180	371	3.56
5. Other diseases of the nervous system	152	112	264	2.53
6. Congenital anomalies	126	119	245	2.35
7. Tuberculosis,all forms	113	89	202	1.94
8. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever	89	75	164	1.57
9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	85	72	157	1.50
10. Septicemia	83	70	153	1.47

Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2008

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	1,031	938	1,969	22.21
2. Accidents	642	436	1,078	12.16
3. Diarrheas and gastoenteritis of presumed infectious origin	531	419	950	10.72
4. Congenital anomalies	431	380	811	9.15
5. Other diseases of the nervous system	222	188	410	4.62
6. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	216	187	403	4.55
7. Septicemia	219	173	392	4.42
8. Chronic lower respiratory diseases	199	193	392	4.42
9. Malignant neoplasms	225	141	366	4.13
10. Meningitis	178	130	308	3.47

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	742	424	1,166	11.18
2. Pneumonia	272	279	551	5.28
3. Dengue fever and dengue hemmorhagic fever	162	185	347	3.33
4. Malignant neoplasms	194	134	328	3.14
5. Congenital anomalies	142	160	302	2.90
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	146	123	269	2.58
7. Diarrheas and Gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin	114	95	209	2.00
8. Septicemia	90	94	184	1.76
9. Meningitis	101	77	178	1.71
10. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	91	80	171	1.64

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	771	420	1,191	11.64
2. Diseases of the heart	192	191	383	3.74
3. Pneumonia	198	180	378	3.69
4. Malignant neoplasms	211	152	363	3.55
5. Congenital anomalies	136	118	254	2.48
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	147	100	247	2.41
7. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	110	60	170	1.66
8. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever	85	79	164	1.60
9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	88	73	161	1.57
10. Septicemia	90	69	159	1.55

Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2007

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	991	843	1,834	21.57
2. Accidents	627	400	1,027	12.08
3. Diarrheas and gastoenteritis of presumed infectious origin	503	392	895	10.52
4. Congenital anomalies	366	349	715	8.41
5. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	247	216	463	5.44
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	233	182	415	4.88
7. Malignant neoplasms	231	165	396	4.66
8. Chronic lower respiratory diseases	172	192	364	4.28
9. Septicemia	182	180	362	4.26
10. Dengue fever and dengue-hemorrhagic fever	108	174	282	3.32

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	739	409	1,148	10.81
2. Pneumonia	280	205	485	4.57
3. Dengue fever and dengue hemmorhagic fever	206	244	450	4.24
4. Malignant neoplasms	192	129	321	3.02
5. Other diseases of the nervous system	167	129	296	2.79
6. Congenital anomalies	159	109	268	2.52
7. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	133	92	225	2.12
8. Diarrheas and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin	102	104	206	1.94
9. Meningitis	98	87	185	1.74
10. Diseases of the heart	102	74	176	1.66

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	718	318	1,036	10.16
2. Diseases of the heart	198	180	378	3.71
3. Malignant neoplasms	181	167	348	3.41
4. Pneumonia	194	141	335	3.28
5. Other diseases of the nervous system	145	117	262	2.57
6. Congenital anomalies	152	108	260	2.55
7. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic feve	103	85	188	1.84
8. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	110	74	184	1.80
9. TB all forms	99	67	166	1.63
10. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	80	75	155	1.52

Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2006

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	1,046	930	1,976	23.18
2. Accidents	752	514	1,266	14,85
3. Diarrheas and gastoenteritis of presumed infectious origin	592	446	1,038	12.18
4. Congenital anomalies	379	364	743	8.72
5. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	324	260	584	6.85
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	236	179	415	4.87
7. Chronic lower respiratory diseases	185	226	411	4.82
8. Malignant neoplasms	223	175	398	4.67
9. Septicemia	200	164	364	4.27
10. Meningitis	166	143	309	3.63

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	967	574	1,541	15.37
2. Pneumonia	287	244	531	5.30
3. Malignant Neoplasms	218	141	359	3.58
4. Dengue fever and dengue hemmorhagic fever	153	196	349	3.48
5. Congenital anomalies	159	148	307	3.06
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	156	143	299	2.98
7. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	163	107	270	2.69
8. Diarrheas and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin	141	97	238	2.37
9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	87	81	168	1.68
10. Meningitis	92	67	159	1.59

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	884	511	1,395	14.18
2. Malignant neoplasm	203	172	375	3.81
3. Pneumonia	202	162	364	3.70
4. Diseases of the heart	149	160	309	3.14
5. Other diseases of the nervous system	140	112	252	2.56
6. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	148	104	2.52	2.56
7. Congenital anomalies	120	96	216	2.19
8. TB all forms	120	74	194	1.97
9. Diseases of the muscoskeletal system and connective tissue	88	63	151	1.53
10. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever	70	61	131	1.33

Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2005

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	1,019	928	1,947	23.3
2. Accidents	639	370	1,009	12.08
3. Diarrheas and gastoenteritis of presumed infectious origin	541	464	1,005	12.03
4. Congenital anomalies	426	387	813	9.73
5. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	256	214	470	5.62
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	215	165	380	4.55
7. Meningitis	176	153	329	3.94
8. Chronic lower respiratory diseases	144	174	318	3.81
9. Other protein-calorie malnutrition	168	125	293	3.51
10. Septicemia	175	114	289	3.46

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	754	416	1,170	11.9
2. Pneumonia	315	249	564	5.74
3. Malignant Neoplasm	202	159	361	3.67
4. Dengue fever and dengue hemmorhagic fever	127	193	320	3.26
5. Congenital anomalies	168	150	318	3.23
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	156	106	262	2.67
7. Gastroentiritis of presumed infectious origin	134	114	248	2.52
8. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	139	97	230	2.34
9. Meningitis	117	87	204	2.08
10. Septicemia	73	66	139	1.41

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	760	370	1,130	11.71
2. Malignant neoplasm	208	168	376	3.9
3. Diseases of the heart	188	156	344	3.57
4. Pneumonia	148	137	285	2.95
5. Congenital Anomalies	136	112	248	2.57
6. Tuberculosis, All Forms	128	107	235	2.44
7. Other diseases of the nervous system	120	97	217	2.25
8. Meningitis	82	67	149	1.54
9. Nephritis, nephritic syndrome and nephrosis	78	68	146	1.51
10. Septicemia	83	53	136	1.41

Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2004

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	922	816	1,738	20.16
2. Accidents	776	462	1,238	14.36
3. Diarrheas and gastoenteritis of presumed infectious origin	479	325	804	9.33
4. Congenital anomalies	356	364	720	8.35
5. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality	258	187	445	5.16
6. Malignant Neoplasms	232	183	415	4.81
7. Meningitis	197	138	335	3.89
8. Other diseases of the nervous system	172	130	302	3.50
9. Chronic lower respiratory diseases	143	149	292	3.39
10. Septicemia	139	113	252	2.92

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	884	527	1,411	13.42
2. Pneumonia	278	241	519	4.94
3. Malignant neoplasms	226	171	397	3.78
4. Congenital anomalies	143	134	277	2.63
5. Dengue fever and dengue hemmorhagic fever	97	159	256	2.43
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	137	95	232	2.21
7. Ill-defined and unkown cases of mortality	131	100	231	2.20
8. Meningitis	111	82	193	1.84
9. Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin	92	76	168	1.60
10. Tuberculosis, all forms	77	60	137	1.30

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	817	395	1,212	12.46
2. Malignant neoplasms	197	146	343	3.53
3. Diseases of the heart	177	150	327	3.36
4. Pneumonia	180	140	320	3.29
5. Congenital Anomalies	142	120	262	2.69
6. Ill-defined and unknown cases of mortality	142	115	257	2.64
7. Other diseases of the nervous system	137	81	218	2.24
8. Tuberculosis, all forms	98	63	161	1.65
9. Meningitis	81	70	151	1.55
10. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	87	62	149	1.53

Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2003

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	1,180	1,077	2,257	29.47
2. Accidents	744	438	1,182	15.43
3. Measles	449	433	882	11.52
4. Diarrheas and gastroentiritis of presumed infectious origin	459	373	832	10.86
5. Congenital anomalies	384	388	772	10.08
6. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified	300	208	508	6.63
7. Malignant neoplasms	238	152	390	5.09
8. Chronic lower respiratory diseases	182	201	383	5.00
9. Meningitis	214	155	369	4.82
10. Other diseases of the nervous system	187	133	320	4.18

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	896	506	1,402	14.89
2. Pneumonia	312	219	531	5.64
3. Malignant neoplasms	182	131	313	3.32
4. Congenital anomalies	170	139	309	3.28
5. Dengue fever and dengue hemmorhagic fever	149	133	282	2.99
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	110	161	271	2.88
7. Ill-defined and unkown cases of mortality	153	92	245	2.60
8. Meningitis	140	94	234	2.48
9. Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin	80	72	152	1.61
10. Tuberculosis, all forms	80	62	142	1.51

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	782	398	1,180	13.04
2. Malignant neoplasms	205	173	378	4.18
3. Diseases of the heart	183	167	350	3.87
4. Pneumonia	171	140	311	3.44
5. Congenital Anomalies	115	118	233	2.58
6. Symptoms, signs abd abnormal clinical and laboratory	127	95	222	2.45
7. Other diseases of the nervous system	128	94	222	2.45
8. Tuberculosis, all forms	94	82	176	1.95
9. Meningitis	89	65	154	1.70
10. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	59	69	128	1.41

Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2002

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	1,366	1,230	2,596	33.94
2. Diarrheas and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin	619	442	1,061	13.87
3. Measles	481	400	881	11.52
4. Congenital anomalies	346	350	696	9.10
5. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical findings, not elsewhere classified	325	214	539	7.05
6. Accidental drowning and sumbersion	339	183	522	6.82
7. Meningitis	229	147	376	4.92
8. Other diseases of nervous system	212	162	374	4.89
9. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and allied conditions	154	168	322	4.21
10. Other protein-calorie malnutrition	156	144	300	3.92

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	332	282	614	6.54
2. Transport accidents	282	166	448	4.77
3. Accidental drowning and submersion	248	143	391	4.17
4. Congenital anomalies	151	167	318	3.39
5. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical findings, not elsewhere classified	134	97	231	2.46
6. Meningitis	130	100	230	2.45
7. Leukemia	128	79	207	2.21
8. Other diseases of nervous system	120	85	205	2.18
9. Event of undetermined intent	117	58	175	1.86
10. Other accidents and late effects of transport and other accidents	125	46	171	1.82

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	170	186	356	3.99
2. Accidental drowning and submersion	212	128	340	3.81
3. Transport accidents	204	97	301	3.37
4. Chronic rheumatic heart disease	108	131	239	2.68
5. Leukemia	117	87	204	2.29
6. Congenital anomalies	98	101	199	2.23
7. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical findings, not elsewhere classified	123	75	198	2.22
8. Other diseases of nervous system	104	85	189	2.12
9. Other accidents and late effects of transport and other accidents	148	37	185	2.07
10. Event of undetermined intent	105	60	165	1.85

Ten (10) Leading Causes of Child Mortality
By Age-Group (1-4, 5-9, 10-14) & Sex
No. & Rate/100,000 population
Philippines, 2001

Cause	1-4 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Pneumonia	1,575	1,380	2,955	38.7
2. Accident	760	514	1,274	16.7
3. Diarrhea	698	564	1,262	16.5
4. Measles	550	462	1,012	13.2
5. Congenital anomalies	328	338	666	8.7
6. Endocrine, Nutritional & Metabolic Diseases	306	277	583	7.6
7. Symptoms, signs & abnormal clinical & laboratory findings	280	239	519	6.8
8. Meningitis	246	171	417	5.5
9. Malignant Neoplasm	219	167	386	5.1
10. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases	171	175	346	4.5

Cause	5-9 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	985	504	1,489	15.9
2. Pneumonia	376	329	705	7.5
3. Malignant Neoplasm	224	156	380	4.1
4. Diarrhea	180	139	319	3.4
5. Congenital anomalies	137	117	254	2.7
6. Other diseases of the nervous system	135	88	223	2.4
7. Meningitis	117	97	214	2.3
8. Dengue Hemmorhagic Fever	90	124	214	2.3
9. Symptoms, signs & abnormal clinical & laboratory findings	120	77	197	2.1
10. Endocrine, nutritional & metabolic diseases	107	89	196	2.1

Cause	10-14 Years
Cause	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Rate*
1. Accidents	912	432	1,344	15.3
2. Diseases of the heart	219	186	405	4.6
3. Pneumonia	226	172	398	4.5
4. Malignant neoplasm	212	184	396	4.5
5. Congenital Anomalies	122	85	207	2.4
6. Other Diseases of the nervous system	111	89	200	2.3
7. Symptoms, signs & abnormal clinical & laboratory findings, NEC	119	76	195	2.2
8. TB, all forms	98	88	186	2.1
9. Diarrhea	94	88	182	2.1
10. Meningitis	99	72	171	1.9

* rate per 100,000 population of corresponding age-group
Source: Philippine Health Statistics 2001 - 2010, DOH

Last Update: May 5, 2014