Table 6.
The yearly trend of the leading causes of death, 1999-2005.
| S/NO. | Underlying cause of death | Rank in | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| 1. | Road traffic accident | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - |
| 2. | Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| 3. | Protein energy malnutrition | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Septicaemia | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| 5. | Neonatal sepsis | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 6. | HIV infection | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7. | Pulmonary tuberculosis | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. | Diabetes mellitus | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. | Cerebrovascular accident | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. | Hypertensive heart disease | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - |
| 11. | Stroke (haemorrhage) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| 12. | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 13. | Typhoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 14. | Diarrhoea disease | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |