TOP TEN CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. HEART DISEASE
6. TUBERCULOSIS
- 170,00 Filipinos will die / year
- MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
- Blockage of coronary artery
- Affects the lungs
- Blocked lumen on branch of left coronary
- Bacteria will multiply
artery
- Philippines ranks 34 out of nearly 200
- During yuletide season
countries
- Rank 79 in terms of death
- Hemoptysis
2. STROKE
o Blood in sputum
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Primary Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Ischemic stroke (blockage)
o Tubercles in lungs
- Hemorrhagic stroke (bursting)
- Miliary tuberculosis
- Prevented by an early diagnosis and
o Dead bacteria go to lungs
treatment of hypertension or high level of
o Causing having dots in lungs
cholesterol.
- Most cases are ISCHEMIC in nature
3. CANCER
- 50,000 cancer cases in the Philippines
- Increasing by 5%
- 16% death cases are due to breast cancer
- Top killing cancer is lung cancer
- DOH PROGRAMS FOR CANCER
o Anti-smoking
o Cancer Awareness Campaigns
 Smoking remains the top
preventable cause of cancer
in all sexes and in all ages TB DOTS
4. PNEUMONIA - Directly Observed treatment, short course
- Bacteria or viruses 7. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
- Likely to acquire after having cold or flu - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Symptoms: (COPD) before 1999
o Fever - shortness of breath caused by obstruction
o Fatigue of airways
o Cough - Three major diseases
o Shortness of breath o Chronic bronchitis
o Lack of strength o Emphysema
- Philippines ranks 48 in terms of death o Asthma
- 51 deaths/100,000 Filipinos - Chronic Bronchitis
5. ACCIDENTS o Inflammation of the bronchial
- 1.2 million people worldwide die from road tubes, the airways that carry air to
accidents lungs
- Ages 10-24 age group o Cigarette smoking is the most
- Other causes of death: common cause
o Drowning-related - Emphysema
o Occupational-related o damage to the air sacs (alveoli)

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 TOP TEN CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE PHILIPPINES
o most common cause is cigarette - Major causes:
smoking. o Diabetes
o Hypertension
- Treatments
 Inhalers
 Oxygen
10. PERINATAL CONDITIONS
 Medications
- 90% of global under-five deaths at a ratio of 34
 Surgery
per 1,000 live births.
- Asthma
- 47% is identified as deaths of infants less than
o inflames and narrows the airways
28 days old
(tubes that carry air into and out of
- Leading causes prenatal deaths:
your lungs).
o Diarrhea
o Causes recurring periods of
o Pneumonia
wheezing, chest tightness,
o Sepsis
shortness of breath, and coughing
8. DIABETES o asphyxia
- glucose or sugar levels are too high
- health complications such as heart disease,
stroke, and kidney failure
- 6 million Filipinos who will acquire diabetes
by 2030
- Children aged 5 years old diagnosed w/
type 2 diabetes
- SYMPTOMS:
o 3Ps (polyuria, polydipsia,
polyphagia)
o Unexplained weight loss
o Extreme tiredness
o Irritability
o Blurred vision
o Slow-healing cuts and bruises
9. KIDNEY FAILURE
- Major functions of kidney is to clean waste
material from the blood
- STAGE 5 patients requires dialysis
- 20% can afford the costly life-saving
operation

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