Table 5.

Mortality change by main categories of causes of death, Morocco, 1987-1996

Main disease category	Mortality level (per 1,000)		Mortality change
	ECCD-1	ECCD-2	RR	p value
Target of main health interventions
Vaccine-preventable diseases	11.71	1.37	0.117	0.000∗
Diarrhoea and malnutrition	25.61	10.70	0.418	0.000∗
Other infectious diseases	24.52	11.52	0.470	0.000∗
Other categories and unknown	42.23	35.80	0.848	0.071
Total	104.1	59.4	0.571	0.000∗

∗Significant p<0.05; ECCD=Enquête sur les Causes et Circonstances de Décès; RR=Relative risk