grandma's condition keeps fluctuating.


one moment she's lively and eager to be going home.


the next, doctors are crowding around her and rushing around to keep her alive.


fuck.


Health Facts Singapore

Principal Causes of Death


2003
2004
2005P
Total No. of Deaths
16,036
15,860
16,217
% of Total Deaths
1. Cancer
[ICD9 : 140-208] 25.9 27.1 26.4
2. Ischaemic Heart Disease
[ICD9 : 410-414] 19.3 18.8 18.1
3. Pneumonia
[ICD9 : 480-486] 14.6 14.1 14.9
4. Cerebrovascular Disease (including stroke)
[ICD9 : 430-438] 9.7 9.8 9.9
5. Accidents, Poisoning & Violence
[ICD9 : E800-E999] 6.6 6.5 4.9
6. Other Heart Diseases
[ICD9 : 393-398,402,415-429] 5.7 4.2 4.0
7. Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
[ICD9 : 490-493, 496] 3.3 3.1 3.5
8. Diabetes Mellitus
[ICD9 : 250] 2.3 3.0 3.1
9. Urinary Tract Infections
[ICD9 : 599.0] 2.1 2.3 2.0
10. Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis
[ICD9 : 580-589] 1.4 1.6 1.6




cancer is the no. 1 killer in singapore.



FUCK.



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