"Figure 1: Number of deaths from top five leading causes, 2016","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on deaths registered in each calendar year. 2. The cause of death groups used here are based on a [list](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/methodologies/userguidetomortalitystatistics/leadingcausesofdeathinenglandandwalesrevised2016) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), modified for use in England and Wales. " "Unit","Number" "","" "","Total","Males","Females" "Dementia and Alzheimer disease (F01 F03 G30)","62948","21201","41747" "","","","" "Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)","57777","35418","22359" "","","","" "Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)","32627","13877","18750" "","","","" "Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)","31384","15749","15635" "","","","" "Lung cancer (C33 C34)","30570","16705","13865"