Table 2.

Cause-specific mortality fractions for infants, by year

	Infant (29 days–11 months)
	Calendar year
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Number of deaths	450	429	368	330	279	441	306	211
WHO 2012 cause of death code
01.02 Acute respiratory infection, including pneumonia	60.67	55.24	50.27	50.91	47.67	34.01	34.31	27.49
01.05 Malaria	19.11	24.01	22.28	18.48	17.20	32.65	35.62	36.49
01.03 HIV/AIDS-related death	12.22	7.23	11.96	11.52	14.70	8.39	12.09	13.74
01.04 Diarrheal diseases	3.56	6.99	8.97	11.52	10.75	11.79	7.52	9.95
01.06 Measles	1.56	3.50	2.17	3.03	1.79	1.59	2.61	1.90
01.10 Pertussis	0.22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
01.07 Meningitis and encephalitis	0.22	0.23	–	0.61	0.36	1.13	1.63	3.79
01.01 Sepsis (non-obstetric)	–	0.47	0.27	–	0.72	0.23	0.33	–
04.03 Sickle cell with crisis	0.22	–	0.27	–	1.79	0.68	0.65	–
03.02 Severe malnutrition	0.44	–	–	0.91	0.36	0.68	0.33	1.42
08.01 Epilepsy	0.44	0.23	–	–	0.72	–	–	–
12.01–12.99 Injuries and accidents (external causes of death)	0.44	0.46	1.36	1.22	1.79	–	0.99	–
10.06 Congenital malformation	0.22	0.23	0.27	0.30	–	1.13	0.33	0.47
01.99 Other and unspecified infect diseases	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.33	–
06.01 Acute abdomen	–	–	0.27	–	0.72	3.17	1.96	3.32
01.08, 10.05 Tetanus	–	–	–	–	–	0.45	–	–
99 Indeterminate	0.67	1.40	1.90	1.52	1.43	4.08	1.31	1.42

WHO=World Health Organization.