"Figure 4: Dementia and Alzheimer disease was the leading cause of death for deaths occurring in Wales in June 2020","" "Age-standardised mortality rate for the 10 leading causes of death, per 100,000 persons, Wales, deaths occurring in June 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures exclude deaths of non-residents. 2. Based on the date a death occurred rather than when it was registered. As more deaths are registered, the mortality rates for leading causes of death will change, so the provisional death occurrences data should be interpreted with caution. 3. Figures are provisional. 4. Age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) per 100,000 population, standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. Monthly rates in this bulletin are adjusted to allow for comparisons with annual rates. For more information, see [Section 12: Measuring the data]( https://publishing.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsinvolvingcovid19englandandwales/deathsoccurringinjune2020#measuring-the-data)." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 persons" "","" "Leading cause","June 2020","5-year average" "Dementia and Alzheimer disease","83.3","91.6" "Ischaemic heart diseases","81.5","106.2" "COVID-19","47.0","0.0" "Cerebrovascular diseases","46.8","58.4" "Malignant neoplasm of trachea
bronchus and lung","45.6","55.1" "Chronic lower respiratory diseases","35.0","50.0" "Influenza and pneumonia","30.8","51.0" "Malignant neoplasm of colon sigmoid
rectum and anus","25.0","29.6" "Symptoms signs and ill-defined
conditions","24.4","21.5" "Malignant neoplasm
of pancreas","18.9","15.4"