The Centre for Health Protection of Hong Kong estimated that 39.6% of persons aged 15 or above reported one or more doctor-diagnosed chronic conditions in year 2014/2015. There were 9 types of significant non-communicable diseases covered in the population health survey conducted by this centre, including hypertension, high blood cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, asthma, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and dementia. Among them, the top 3 most self-reported conditions in 2017 were hypertension (male 17.6%, female 17.9%), high blood cholesterol (male 14.8%, female 14.0%), and diabetes mellitus (male 5.4%, female 5.6%) (Centre for Health Protection, 2017). The next round of population health survey in Hong Kong will be conducted in year 2020.

The Department of Health reported the ten leading causes of death by gender in 2017 (HealthyHK, 2018, July 19). The top 3 leading causes for both genders were: 1. malignant neoplasms, 2. pneumonia, and 3. disease of heart. Dementia was the 8^th and 5^th leading cause of death for males and females respectively.

References:

Centre for Health Protection. (2017). Report of Population Health Survey 2014/15. Retrieved from https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/static/51256.html

Healthy HK. (2018, July 19). Leading cause of all deaths.