Table 2.

Leading Causes of Death, by Age Group and Gender, Among 10 632 Children Younger Than 15 Years, in 25 Villages of Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia, From March 2009 to August 2010, N = 32 Death Cases.

	Children Younger Than 5 Years								5–14 Years
	0–11 Months		12–59 Months		Total Younger Than 5 Years				Total
Leading Cause of Death	All		All		All		Female	All	All
Title (ICD10 Blocks)	n	Percentage	n	Percentage	n	Percentage	Percentage	MR (‰)	n	Percentage
Communicable diseases	7	47	6	46	13	46	38	2.53	1	25
Acute lower respiratory diseases (J09-J22)	3		4		7	25	43	1.36	0
Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)	2		0		2	7	50	0.39	0
Arthropod-borne viral fevers (A90-A99)	2		0		2	7	0	0.39	0
Tetanus (A35)	0		0		1	4	100	0.19	1
Septicemia, unspecified (A41)	0		1		1	4	100	0.19	0
Varicella (B01)	0		1		1	4	0	0.19	0
Perinatal conditions	6	40	0	0	6	21	67	1.17	—	—
Complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery (P00-P04)	3		0		3	11	67	0.58	0
Metabolic and digestive disorders (P70-P78)	2		0		2	7	100	0.39	0
Other disorders (P90-P96)	1		0		1	4	0	0.19	0
Noncommunicable diseases	0	0	3	23	3	11	100	0.58	0	0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-D48)	0		1		1	4	100	0.19	0
Diseases of the blood (D50-D89)	0		1		1	4	100	0.19	0
Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99)	0		1		1	4	100	0.19	0
External causes of mortality	0	0	4	31	4	14	25	0.78	3	75
Transport accidents (V01-V99)	0		1		1	4	100	0.19	1
Accidental drowning (W70)	0		3		3	11	0	0.58	2
Unknown or unspecified	2	13	0		2	7	0	0.39	0
No leading cause identified	1		0		1	4	0	0.19	0
No verbal autopsy conducted	1		0		1	4	0	0.19	0
Total	15		13		28	100	—	—	4

MR: mortality rate per 1000 person-years of same age. Percentage: number of deaths by cause in the age group, divided by the number of deaths in the age group.