According to the Ministry of Health's data, the majority of Indonesian Hajj pilgrims' deaths in 2015 were caused by cardiovascular disease. This disease claimed the lives of 262 pilgrims, representing 41.59 percent of the total number of pilgrims who died. Respiratory illnesses were the second leading cause of death, accounting for 40.79 percent. Furthermore, 6 percent of deaths were attributed to circulatory diseases.
In the 2015 Hajj season, 630 pilgrims died while performing the fifth pillar of Islam in the Holy Land. This number represents a sharp increase compared to the 266 and 296 deaths recorded in the 2013 and 2014 Hajj seasons, respectively. This increase was partly due to the crane collapse and Mina incident during the 2015 Hajj pilgrimage.
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