As can be seen from the statistics below, neoplasms (cancer) and cardiovascular disease have increased considerably since 1950.
| Year | Tuberculosis | Other Communicable Diseases | Neoplasms |
Cardiovascular Diseases | External Causes of deaths | Disease of Early Infancy | Other Causes of Deaths | Total |
| 1950 | 12.0% | 32.5% | 2.8% | 6.3% | 4.0% | 7.2% | 35.3% | 100% |
| 1955 | 9.1% | 21.7% | 6.5% | 8.5% | 4.9% | 11.1% | 38.3% | 100% |
| 1960 | 6.3% | 18.7% | 10.4% | 10.6% | 5.0% | 11.2% | 37.8% | 100% |
| 1965 | 6.2% | 12.6% | 13.9% | 13.7% | 6.5% | 9.9% | 37.2% | 100% |
| 1970 | 4.2% | 12.7% | 15.1% | 27.0% | 7.9% | 5.9% | 27.1% | 100% |
| 1975 | 3.7% | 11.7% | 18.5% | 29.4% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 29.0% | 100% |
| 1980 | 1.8% | 11.4% | 21.0% | 34.4% | 7.2% | 3.3% | 20.9% | 100% |
| 1985 | 1.3% | 11.6% | 22.0% | 34.8% | 8.1% | 2.5% | 19.7% | 100% |
| 1990 | 0.8% | 10.3% | 23.9% | 37.1% | 7.3% | 2.2% | 18.4% | 100% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | 14.3% | 25.2% | 35.7% | 7.1% | 1.3% | 15.6% | 100% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | 13.9% | 27.0% | 36.6% | 7.2% | 0.8% | 13.8% | 100% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | 17.9% | 26.5% | 33.3% | 6.3% | 0.7% | 15.1% | 100% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | 15.3% | 28.8% | 33.2% | 6.3% | 0.7% | 15.4% | 100% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | 16.1% | 27.7% | 34.0% | 6.0% | 0.5% | 15.2% | 100% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | 15.3% | 29.3% | 33.6% | 5.8% | 0.6% | 14.9% | 100% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | 16.8% | 29.3% | 32.8% | 5.7% | 0.6% | 14.3% | 100% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | 17.2% | 28.8% | 33.0% | 5.5% | 0.5% | 14.5% | 100% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | 17.7% | 30.4% | 31.7% | 4.6% | 0.5% | 14.6% | 100% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | 18.0% | 30.6% | 31.1% | 5.6% | 0.5% | 13.9% | 100% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | 19.7% | 30.9% | 30.4% | 4.9% | 0.5% | 13.3% | 100% |
Source: Ministry of Health. (2015) Total Deaths by Broad Cases | Ministry of Health. Retrieved August 27, 2015, from https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/statistics/Health_Facts_Singapore/Principal_Causes_of_Death.html