Table 3.
Age standardised mortality rate per 100,000 populations by specific cause of death: the WHO estimation for Vietnam in 2002 [10] and FilaBavi data 1999 – 2003
| Cause of death | Rate per 100,000 populations | |
| WHO estimate – 2002 | FilaBavi 1999 – 2003 | |
| 1. Disease of the circulatory system | 199 | 147 |
| Stroke | 73 | 91 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 82 | 10 |
| 2. Neoplasms | 80 | 74 |
| Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs | 34 | 39 |
| Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organ | 13 | 13 |
| 3. Infectious and parasitic disease | 122 | 58 |
| Pneumonia and lower respiratory infections | 33 | 25 |
| Tuberculosis | 22 | 10 |
| 4. External causes | 60 | 50 |
| Drowning | 5 | 19 |
| Transport accident | 15 | 9 |
| Other unintentional injuries | 24 | 18 |
| Intentional injuries | 15 | 4 |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive system | 24 | 30 |
| 6. Perinatal conditions | 30 | 25 |
| Low birth weight | 14 | 11 |
| Congenital malformation | 6 | 7 |
| 7. Diseases of respiratory system | 64 | 15 |
| 8. Disease of genitor urinary system | 13 | 13 |
| 9. Disease of nervous system | 17 | 11 |
| 10. Complication of labour and delivery | 3 | 1 |
| 11. Others | 25 | 10 |
| Overall | 640 | 570 |