Table 1.

Major causes of death in developing countries (both low and middle-income) in 1998^*

Rank	5-14 yr	Rate†	15-44 yr	Rate†
1	Respiratory infections	19.7	HIV/AIDS	67.0
2	Malaria	19.4	Road traffic injuries‡	21.9
3	Road traffic injuries‡	14.5	Interpersonal violence‡	20.2
4	Drowning‡	14.5	Self-inflicted injuries‡	19.0
5	Diarrheal diseases	12.4	Tuberculosis	17.8
6	War injuries‡	5.3	War injuries‡	15.5

^*Source: Krug et al.³

^†Rates of death expressed as deaths per 100,000 per year.

^‡Injury-related causes.