Table 1.
Cause of death by age category
| Cause of death (no.) | Subject age, ya |
X2 (P value) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32–59 | 60–86 | ||
| Tuberculosis (3) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.1) | 106.40 |
| (< 0.0001) | |||
| Residual of infectious and parasitic disease (26) | 5 (1.8) | 21 (1.3) | |
| Malignant neoplasms/cancers (475) | 97 (35.5) | 378 (23.6) | |
| Diabetes mellitus (45) | 11 (4.0) | 34 (2.1) | |
| Major cardiovascular diseases (917) | 95 (34.8) | 822 (51.3) | |
| Pneumonia and influenza (69) | 3 (1.1) | 66 (4.1) | |
| COPD and allied conditions (83) | 7 (2.6) | 76 (4.7) | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum (7) | 1 (0.4) | 6 (0.4) | |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (20) | 13 (4.8) | 7 (0.4) | |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis (19) | 2 (0.7) | 17 (1.1) | |
| Congenital anomalies (1) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | |
| All other diseases (164) | 20 (7.3) | 144 (9.0) | |
| External causesb (48) | 16 (5.9) | 32 (2.0) | |
a
Data are provided as number (% of total).
b
External causes include accidents, suicide, and homicide.