Brussels, 29/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - Circulatory diseases and neoplasms (tumours) were by far the most prevalent causes of death among people aged 65 and over in the European Union (EU28) in 2010, with 1,931 and 1,075 deaths respectively per 100,000 inhabitants of this age group, the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) states in a new report. Respiratory diseases (378 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants), digestive diseases (177), diseases of the nervous system (154) and deaths due to external causes (125) were the other main causes of death for the same age group. Whatever the main cause of death, mortality rates were higher in the EU28 for men over 65 than for women over 65. For the whole of the EU28 population, the rankings of the main causes of death was similar to that of the older population, while for the EU28 population aged under 65, neoplasms (86 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants of this age group) were the most frequent cause of death, followed by diseases of the circulatory system (52 deaths) and deaths due to external causes (30 deaths). (IL/transl.jl)