Table 3.

Leading causes of death at ages 15-49 years, Thailand, 2005.

Males		Females
Cause of death	% of deaths	Cause of death	% of deaths
HIV/AIDS	22.6	HIV/AIDS	30.7
Road traffic accidents	19.0	Road traffic accidents	6.5
Cirrhosis of the liver	6.6	Cervix cancer	5.8
Suicide	5.7	Stroke	4.1
Homicide	4.8	Diabetes mellitus	3.6
Stroke	3.9	Suicide	3.3
Liver cancer	3.2	Cirrhosis of the liver	3.0
Ischaemic heart disease	2.7	Liver cancer	2.9
Drowning	2.3	Breast cancer	2.8
Lower respiratory infections	1.9	Nephritis and nephrosis	2.5
Other causes	27.3	Other causes	34.9
Total (N)	83,419	Total (N)	36,503
Ill-defined*	1.7	Ill-defined*	0.3

* Redistributed across specific cause