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. 2014 Oct 29;7:10.3402/gha.v7.25510. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.25510

Table 5.

Cause-specific mortality fractionsa [in %] by age group of the deceased in Matlab HDSS, 2003–2010

0–28 days
(# deaths=1116)
29 days-<1 year
(# deaths=368)
1–4 years
(# deaths=489)
5–14 years
(# deaths=265)
15–49 years
(# deaths=1429)
50–64 years
(# deaths=1974)
65+ years (# deaths=6374)
ARI or pneumonia [26.8%] ARI/pneumonia [60.9%] Injury [49.4%]
Drowning [46.4%]
Injury [33.5%]
Drowning [17.6%]
Neoplasm [20.5%] Neoplasm [22.8%] Stroke [25.8%]
Prematurity [18.6%] Malnutrition [8.5%] ARI/pneumonia [16.2%] Malnutrition [7.4%] Injury [14.0%]
Self-harm [5.8%]
Stroke [17.3%] Neoplasm [15.7%]
Birth asphyxia [11.9%] Diarrhoea [6.3%] Malnutrition (15.5%) Acute abdomen [7.4%] Tuberculosis [11.6%] Tuberculosis [12.5%] ARI/pneumonia [9.3%]
Sepsis [5.5%] Meningitis/encephalitis [3.8%] Tuberculosis [2.9%] ARI/pneumonia [7.1%] Stroke [9.6%] Cardiac diseases [11.0%] Tuberculosis [9.2%]
Meningitis/encephalitis [3.3%] Injury [3.1%] Meningitis/encephalitis [2.3%] Neoplasm [5.9%] Cardiac diseases [7.3%] COPD/asthma [7.7%] Cardiac diseases [8.2%]
Malformation [1.2%] Sepsis [2.2%] Diarrhoea [1.7%] Tuberculosis [5.0%] Acute abdomen [5.5%] ARI/pneumonia [7.4%] COPD/asthma [7.6%]
Meningitis/encephalitis [2.5%] ARI/pneumonia [5.3%] Acute abdomen [3.6%] Acute abdomen [3.1%]
Epilepsy [2.0] Maternal cause [3.4%] Injury [2.8%] Diabetes [2.7%]
COPD/asthma [2.3%] Diabetes [1.6%] Renal failure [1.2%]
Others [9.4%] Other [7.3%] Other [6.4%] Other [15.2%] Other [7.7%] Other [4.2%] Other [5.6%]
Indeterminate [23.1%] Indeterminate [7.9%] Indeterminate [6.8%] Indeterminate [14.0%] Indeterminate [12.8%] Indeterminate [9.1%] Indeterminate [11.6%]
a

Included VA with reported disease symptoms.