Deaths in the United Kingdom in 2013, by cause
This statistic displays the number of deaths in the United Kingdom in 2013, by cause. During this year approximately 39 thousand men and 44 thousand women died as a result of respiratory disease, one of the leading causes of death in the United Kingdom in 2013. Respiratory disease includes conditions affecting the upper respiratory tract, bronchioles, trachea, pleural cavity etc. Conditions range from the common cold to pneumonia, asthma, and lung cancer.