"Figure 1: While there has been a decrease in deaths resulting from IHD, it remains the main cause of male deaths","" "Deaths registered in the UK by leading causes of death, males, all ages, 2001 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on deaths registered in the calendar year. 2. Updates to the coding framework used to code cause of death took place in 2011 and 2014. More information on these updates is available in the Measuring the data section. 3. To account for these coding changes, comparability ratios have been applied to death counts of the dementia and Alzheimer disease and influenza and pneumonia." "Unit","Deaths registered in the UK " "","" "","Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung","Ischaemic heart diseases","Influenza and pneumonia","Dementia and Alzheimer disease","Chronic lower respiratory diseases","Cerebrovascular diseases" "2001","20437","66399","15985"," - ","15674","25208" "2002","20270","64473","16284"," - ","15815","25538" "2003","19792","62400","17355"," - ","16445","24930" "2004","19502","58565","15648"," - ","15143","22969" "2005","19473","56135","15986"," - ","15333","21862" "2006","19637","52594","15091"," - ","14707","21264" "2007","19118","51386","14819"," - ","14727","18308" "2008","19883","49473","15129"," - ","15553","20323" "2009","19746","47149","14775"," - ","14933","19133" "2010","19426","46430","14025"," - ","14723","19244" "2011","19604","43040"," - ","14453","15291","16468" "2012","19304","42677"," - ","16792","16253","16153" "2013","19488","42885"," - ","18222","16941","16222" "2014","19569","41195"," - ","19179","16384","16199" "2015","19164","41778"," - ","22794","17910","16519" "2016","19328","40117","13677","23572","17671","15991" "2017","18825","40789","13746","25880","17821","15472" "2018","18587","40214","14708","26579","17988","15437"