Table 1.

Distribution of specific causes of death by sex, FilaBavi 1999 – 2003

Cause of death	Male		Female		Total
	Nr	%	Nr	%	Nr	%
1. Diseases of the circulatory system	193	29.4	160	28.4	353	28.9
Stroke	114	17.4	104	18.5	218	17.9
Ischaemic heart disease	12	1.8	13	2.3	25	2.1
2. Neoplasms	101	15.4	76	13.5	177	14.5
Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs	55	8.4	40	7.1	95	7.8
Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs	24	3.7	8	1.4	32	2.6
3. Infectious and parasitic diseases	80	12.2	57	10.1	137	11.2
Pneumonia and lower respiratory infections	38	5.8	21	3.7	59	4.8
Tuberculosis	17	2.6	6	1.1	23	1.9
4. Injuries	75	11.4	44	7.8	119	9.8
Drowning	30	4.6	15	2.7	45	3.7
Transport accident	16	2.4	5	0.9	21	1.7
Other unintentional injuries	23	3.5	21	3.7	44	3.6
Intentional injuries	6	0.9	3	0.5	9	0.7
5. Diseases of Digestive system	48	7.3	23	4.1	71	5.8
6. Perinatal conditions	37	5.6	22	3.9	59	4.8
Low birth weight	17	2.6	9	1.6	26	2.1
Congenital malformation	11	1.7	5	0.9	16	1.3
7. Diseases of Respiratory system	20	3.0	17	3.0	37	3.0
8. Diseases of Genito-urinary system	21	3.2	10	1.8	31	2.5
9. Diseases of nervous system	10	1.5	16	2.8	26	2.1
10. Complication of labour and delivery	-		2	0.4	2	0.2
11. Others	5	0.8	19	3.4	24	2.0
12. Unknown	67	10.2	117	20.8	184	15.1
Total	657	100	563	100	1,220	100