Table 3.

Death rates^a by broad age and cause categories in the icddr,b and government service

	Age 0–14 years		Age 15–64 years		Age 65+ years
Disease category	icddr,b	Government	icddr,b	Government	icddr,b	Government
Communicable diseases	0.72	0.99**	0.59	0.74*	10.55	13.55**
Non-communicable diseases	0.34	0.35	1.95	1.87	41.87	38.14**
Neonatal/maternal causes	13.18	1.49**	0.08	0.12$	NA	NA
Injury and external causes	0.58	0.55	0.20	0.28	0.66	0.80
Indeterminate	0.49	0.66**	0.29	0.37	6.59	7.11
All causes	3.31	4.03**	3.29	3.60	59.66	59.60
Person years	303110	306829	551789	524230	54421	53523
Number of deaths	1004	1235	1816	1886	3247	3190

^aper 1000 person years of observation;

^$p<0.1

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01, (compared between the two areas).