Deaths in Singapore offset the population
increase from live births. In 2005, 16,200 people
died of various
causes, up from 15,800 the year before. The death
rate was 4.3 deaths per 1,000 population. There
are strict regulations surrounding death and treatment of the body
after death. While cancer is the number one killer
in Singapore, suicide is catching up as a
significant, non-medical, cause of death, especially among
teenagers.