2014
2009
2005
Ischaemic heart diseases
20,173
22,587
23,570
Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease
11,965
8,280
4,653
Cerebrovascular diseases
10,765
11,216
11,513
Trachea, bronchus and lung cancer
8,251
7,786
7,399
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
7,810
5,984
5,428
Diabetes
4,348
4,176
3,529
Blood and lymph cancer (including leukaemia)
4,275
3,811
3,614
Colon, sigmoid, rectum and anus cancer
4,169
4,068
4,171
Heart failure
3,447
3,219
2,739
Diseases of the urinary system
3,136
3,315
2,948
Prostate cancer
3,102
3,111
2,946
Influenza and pneumonia
2,873
1,790
3,034
Intentional self-harm
2,861
2,335
2,101
Breast cancer
2,844
2,799
2,736
Pancreatic cancer
2,547
2,204
2,018
Accidental falls
2,301
1,450
996
Hypertensive diseases
2,225
1,845
1,445
Cardiac arrhythmias
2,131
1,552
1,265
Skin cancers
2,067
1,837
1,678
Cirrhosis and other diseases of liver
1,754
1,548
1,427

Dementia as a cause of death has more than doubled since 2005.