Table 3.

Possible verbal autopsy causes of death by sex in Meskan and Mareko district, Ethiopia. 1995–1999.

Possible cause	Females	Males	Total
	Number (%)	Number (%)	Number (%)
I. Communicable Diseases	149 (58.7)	164 (62.8)	313 (60.8)
Acute Febrile illnesses	63 (24.8)	67 (25.7)	130 (25.2)
Diarrheal diseases	28 (11.0)	29 (11.1)	57 (11.1)
All forms of tuberculosis	21 (8.3)	29 (11.1)	50 (9.7)
HIV/ AIDS	19 (7.5)	19 (7.3)	38 (7.4)
Pneumonia	17 (6.7)	11 (4.2)	28 (5.4)
Meningitis	1 (0.4)	9 (3.4)	10 (1.9)
II. Non-communicable Diseases	54 (21.2)	78 (26.8)	124 (25.4)
Liver diseases	26 (10.2)	32 (12.3)	58 (11.3)
Cardio-vascular diseases	14 (5.5)	18 (6.9)	32 (6.2)
Chronic obstructive lung diseases	10 (3.9)	17 (6.5)	27 (5.2)
Acute abdomen conditions	4 (1.6)	3 (1.1)	7 (1.4)
III. Maternal causes	36 (14.2)	---	36 (7.0)
IV. Injuries	3 (1.2)	6 (2.3)	9 (1.7)
Undetermined	12 (4.7)	21 (8.1)	33 (6.4)
Total	254 (100.0)	261(100.0)	515(100.0)