"Figure 4: Percentage of deaths for the 10 leading causes of death for males, 2002 and 2012","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. The cause of death groups used here are based on a list developed by the WHO, modified for use in England and Wales (Griffiths et al, 2005) 2. Figures for 2002 are given for the top 10 causes of death in 2012 as a comparison" "Unit","% of all male deaths" "","" "","2012","2002" "Malignant neoplasms of the oesophagus (C15)","1.9","1.6" "Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96)","2.6","2.3" "Malignant neoplasm of colon sigmoid rectum and anus (C18-C21)","3.3","3.0" "Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)","4.0","3.5" "Influenza and Pneumonia (J09-J18)","4.6","4.9" "Dementia and Alzheimer's disease (F01 F03 G30)","5.8","2.0" "Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)","5.9","8.9" "Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)","6.0","5.5" "Malignant neoplasm of trachea bronchus and lung (C33 C34)","7.0","6.9" "Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)","15.6","22.4"