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In terms of current Causes of Death, the causes still follow very similar rankings to 2022. No. 1 is Ischemic Heart Disease increased slightly from 18.26% of COD to 18.83% of COD (increase of 3%). No. 2 is Neoplasms which increased by 5% (10.21% in 2022 to 10.72% in 2023). Cerebrovascular disease as COD dropped by 0.4%. Other notable increases include deaths from pneumonia (+23%), chronic respiratory disease (+9%), respiratory tuberculosis (+14%), diseases of the nervous system (+12%), remainder of respiratory system diseases (+19%), congenital malformations (+6%), skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases (+12%), infectious and parasitic diseases (+12%), remainder of circulatory system diseases (+11%), viral hepatitis (+18%), meningitis (+7%), and HIV (+25%), other intestinal diseases (+13%), exposure to fire, smoke and flames (+23%). Final COD % may change further in the final compilation.

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