Table 1.

Age-sex distribution of hospitals deaths (in %), according to registration data and in the study sample, Thailand, 2005.

Age Group	Males		Females
	Vital Registration	Field Sample	Vital Registration	Field Sample
< 1 year	3.3	2.3	3.7	2.1
1 - 14 years	2.3	1.6	2.2	1.6
15 - 49 years	35.3	35	22.7	21.8
50 - 74 years	41.0	41.7	43.5	45
> 75 years	18.1	19.2	27.9	29.4
All ages (100%)	82601	1944*	57930	1365*

*Excluding 2 male and 5 female deaths for which age could not be verified