Ischaemic heart diseases remained as the principal causes of death in Malaysia with 16,325 deaths or 15.0 per cent of total medically certified deaths, said chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

He said there were 11,330 (69.4 percent) deaths caused by Ischaemic heart diseases involving males, while 4,995 (31.6 percent) were females in 2019...