Table 2.

Top ten causes of premature mortality among children under the age of five years ranked by percentage contribution to the total YLL in the Nairobi DSS 2003–2005

Causes	YLL	% YLL	Rank
Pneumonia	3463	22.8	1
Diarrhoeal Diseases	2969	19.5	2
Stillbirths	2480	16.3	3
Malnutrition and Anaemia	1275	8.4	4
Birth Injury and/or Asphyxia	661	4.3	5
AIDS and TB	609	4.0	6
Malaria	537	3.5	7
Prematurity and or Low Birth Weight	529	3.5	8
Acute Febrile Illness	434	2.9	9
Measles	304	2.0	10
Total (All Causes)	15192