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. 2006 Oct 14;5:13. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-5-13

Table 6.

Age-adjusted mortality and YLL by cause among three regions of Kunming, 2003 (females)

Cause group Cause Urban region Suburban region Rural region



Mortality1 (rank) YLL2 (rank) Mortality1 (rank) YLL2 (rank) Mortality1 (rank) YLL2 (rank)
Group I
Birth trauma and asphyxia 0.6 (49) 0.5 (38) 1.4 (38) 1.2 (30) 9.0 (10) 5.6 (6)
Low birth weight 0.5 (51) 0.4 (39) 1.3 (37) 1.0 (31) 6.5 (12) 3.4 (10)
Group II
Stroke 90.5 (1) 12.2 (1) 135.9 (1) 17.2 (1) 79.8 (2) 13.7 (3)
COPD* 38.3 (3) 4.1 (3) 134.9 (2) 15.7 (2) 189.1 (1) 23.2 (1)
Diabetes mellitus 42.0 (2) 7.1 (2) 14.0 (8) 2.3 (11) 1.6 (35) 0.5 (38)
Ischemic heart disease 13.1 (10) 2.1 (12) 64.8 (3) 10.4 (3) 27.7 (4) 6.0 (5)
Lung cancer 18.5 (4) 3.3 (5) 13.7 (9) 2.7 (8) 11.7 (9) 2.7 (11)
Liver cancer 9.7 (11) 2.4 (8) 11.5 (10) 3.1 (7) 3.0 (24) 1.0 (26)
Group III
Road traffic accidents 6.5 (13) 2.2 (11) 7.9 (12) 2.6 (10) 24.2 (5) 8.1 (4)
Self-inflicted injuries 5.3 (14) 2.1 (13) 18.5 (4) 7.5 (4) 43.2 (3) 20.9 (2)

All causes 492.4 82.7 549.6 108.0 636.5 129.3

* COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1 Age-adjusted/100,000 population

2 Age-adjusted/1,000 population