Table 2.
Percentage distribution of causes of death by age at death, region of residence and sex of the child, 1994-99
| Age at death (months) | Region | Sex | Total | |||||||
| first month | 1–11 | 12–59 | North | Middle | Middle Euphrates | South | Male | Female | ||
| Number of deaths (n) | (2744) | (1600) | (568) | (1029) | (1974) | (937) | (972) | (2645) | (2267) | (4912) |
| Accident, injuries and Poisoning | 0.8 | 1.9 | 19.3 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| Sudden death | 11.9 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 17.8 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| Congenital malformation | 10.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 6.6 |
| Illness | ||||||||||
| Diarrhea | 5.7 | 49.8 | 43.4 | 26.3 | 23.3 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 23.6 | 25.4 | 24.4 |
| Vomiting | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Cough/difficult breathing | 42.3 | 26.6 | 14.8 | 29.1 | 36.7 | 35.1 | 32.7 | 33.2 | 35.0 | 34.0 |
| Fever | 2.8 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| Rash | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Convulsion | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Other illness | ||||||||||
| Endocrine nutrition/metabolism, | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Infectious & parasitic diseases | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Oncology, Hematology/ | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Central nervous, Digestive, Jaundice, Uro-genital diseases | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Disorders of pregnancy, difficult labor & perinatal conditions | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Prematurity, | 10.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Unknown | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 |