Table 1.

Mortality rate according to cause of death. Pelotas, Southern Brazil, 1982 – 2006.

Cause of death	Death during infancy	Death between 1-4 years	Death between 5-14 years	Death between 15-24 years
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Some parasitic and infectious diseases	43 (20.0%)	9 (31.0%)	2 (10.5%)	1 (4.0%)
Neoplasias	0	0	2 (10.5%)	2 (8.0%)
Endocrinal, nutritional and metabolic diseases	0	0	2 (10.5%)	0
Diseases of the nervous system	0	0	1 (5.3%)	1 (4,0%)
Diseases of the circulatory system	0	0	4 (21,1%)	4 (16.0%)
Diseases of the respiratory system	26 (12.1%)	7 (24.1%)	1 (5.3%)	0
Diseases of the digestive system	0	0	1 (5.3%)	0
Conditions originated in the perinatal period	92 (42.8%)	0	0	0
Congenital malformations, deformities and chromosome anomalies	26 (12.1%)	2 (6.9%)	0	0
Ill-defined	23 (10.7%)	4 (13.8%)	0	1 (4.0%)
External causes	0	0	3 (15.8%)	16 (64.0%)
Other	5 (2.3%)	7 (24.1%)	1 (5.3%)	0
Total	215	29	19	25