本文对南通市郊区1980～1982年居民中死亡的3036例进行死因分析。主要死因顺位为恶性肿瘤、呼吸系病、脑血管病、心血管病、传染病(结核占64%)、意外死亡和消化系病,共占死亡总数88.9%。恶性肿瘤和呼吸系病死亡率高于同期全国已统计的大多数城市和县区。恶性肿瘤有逐年升高趋势。意外死亡中,淹死、自杀、小儿闷死占71.6%。 In this paper, 3036 deaths among residents in Nantong suburb from 1980 to 1982 were analyzed. The major causes of death were malignant tumors, respiratory diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases (64% of tuberculosis), accidental deaths and digestive diseases, accounting for 88.9% of the total deaths. Malignancies and respiratory diseases have a higher mortality rate than most of the cities and counties in the country that have counted over the same period. Malignant tumors have increased year by year. Accidental death, drowning, suicide, children suffocate 71.6%.