Table 4.

Possible verbal autopsy based causes of death for the last three and half years of the recall period as compared to the total five years in Meskan and Mareko district, Ethiopia. 1995–1999.

Possible cause	Year of death
	09/01/96-12/31/99	01/01/95-12/31/99
	Number (%)	Number (%)
I. Communicable Diseases	250 (59.2)	313 (60.8)
Acute Febrile illnesses	102 (24.2)	130 (25.2)
Diarrheal diseases	47 (11.1)	57 (11.1)
All forms of tuberculosis	42 (10.0)	50 (9.7)
HIV/ AIDS	30 (7.1)	38 (7.4)
Pneumonia	22 (5.2)	28 (5.4)
Meningitis	7 (1.7)	10 (1.9)
II. Non-communicable Diseases	95 (25.4)	124 (25.4)
Liver diseases	49 (11.6)	58 (11.3)
Cardio-vascular diseases	29 (6.9)	32 (6.2)
Chronic obstructive lung diseases	23 (5.5)	27 (5.2)
Acute abdomen conditions	6 (1.4)	7 (1.4)
III. Maternal causes	29 (6.9)	36 (7.0)
IV. Injuries	4 (0.9)	9 (1.7)
Undetermined	32 (7.6)	33 (6.4)
Total	422 (100.0)	515 (100.0)