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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Asia Pac J Public Health. 2013 Dec 19;27(2):NP2458–NP2470. doi: 10.1177/1010539513514433

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.