Objective To analyze the distribution characteristics of death causes and influence of major death causes on life expectancy of Shiqi district in 2019, and provide support to develop strategies for disease prevention and control. Methods The 2019 death causes of residents in Shiqi district were classified by International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10). The life expectancy, mortality rate, cause eliminated life expectancy, standardized mortality rate, potential years of life lost rate (PYLLR), and potential years of life lost (PYLL) were calculated. Results The mortality of residents of Shiqi district in 2019 was 636.88/10⁵. The male mortality and female mortality were 706.39/10⁵and 569.86/10⁵, respectively. The top five causes of death in Shiqi district were malignant tumors, heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and endocrine nutrition and metabolic diseases. The malignant tumors with top three death rates were lung cancer, liver cancer, and colorectal and anal cancer. The highest death rate of heart disease was ischemic heart disease. The top three causes shortening life expectancy were malignant tumors(4.40 years), heart diseases(2.76 years), and cerebrovascular diseases (1.79 years). The PYLL was 10 001.32 person-year, the PYLLR was 58.64‰ in Shiqi distric,2019. The top three causes of life loss were malignant tumors, injury and cerebrovascular diseases. The PYLLR of those three death causes were 27.80‰, 7.72‰, and 5.18‰, respectively. Conclusion Malignant tumors, heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases were the main death causes and the major diseases for life lost of residents in Shiqi district, which caused heavy disease burden and should be focused in the future. For protecting the residents from the harm due to chronic non-communicable diseases, comprehensive preventive and controling measures should be taken by government.