Table 1.
Profile of deaths in the Kampala database
| Category | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
| Total deaths (n = 3303) | ||
| Mulago Hospital mortuary | 2520 | 76.0 |
| Kampala City Council mortuary | 783 | 24.0 |
| Mechanism (n = 3303) | ||
| Injury | 812 | 25.0 |
| Noninjury | 2491 | 75.0 |
| HIV/AIDS | 602 | 18.0 |
| Tuberculosis | 314 | 9.5 |
| Malaria | 151 | 4.6 |
| Anemia | 138 | 4.0 |
| Opportunistic Infections | 24 | 0.7 |
Categories are not exclusive. For example, a death could have been from both human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and malaria and so would be captured in both categories in this table