Table 3.
Cause-specific mortality fractions for children (1–4 years old), by year
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| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Number of deaths | 444 | 485 | 388 | 409 | 270 | 537 | 392 | 288 |
| WHO 2012 cause of death code | ||||||||
| 01.05 Malaria | 35.81 | 41.03 | 34.28 | 26.65 | 25.93 | 46.00 | 47.19 | 44.10 |
| 01.02 Acute respiratory infection, including pneumonia | 29.05 | 17.94 | 20.10 | 19.56 | 19.26 | 11.55 | 6.38 | 8.33 |
| 01.03 HIV/AIDS-related death | 24.32 | 24.33 | 22.94 | 29.83 | 33.70 | 20.30 | 31.63 | 24.65 |
| 01.04 Diarrheal diseases | 2.48 | 7.63 | 5.67 | 8.07 | 6.30 | 6.33 | 4.34 | 6.60 |
| 01.06 Measles | 1.80 | 1.24 | 3.61 | 2.20 | 1.85 | 2.23 | 2.04 | 0.35 |
| 03.02 Severe malnutrition | 2.03 | 2.89 | 2.58 | 4.89 | 2.96 | 2.42 | 1.53 | 5.90 |
| 04.03 Sickle cell with crisis | 0.90 | 0.82 | 2.84 | 1.96 | 1.48 | 1.30 | 0.26 | 0.35 |
| 12.05, 12.06 Injuries and accidents | 0.68 | 1.24 | 2.59 | 3.18 | 1.48 | 1.31 | 1.80 | 2.43 |
| 03.01 Severe anemia | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.24 | 1.11 | – | – | – |
| 01.10 Pertussis | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.49 | – | – | – | 0.35 |
| 01.09 Pulmonary tuberculosis | 0.23 | – | – | – | – | 0.74 | – | 0.35 |
| 01.01 Sepsis (non-obstetric) | – | 0.62 | 0.26 | – | 0.74 | – | – | – |
| 06.01 Acute abdomen | 0.23 | – | 0 | 0.24 | 1.11 | 4.28 | 3.06 | 3.12 |
| 01.07 Meningitis and encephalitis | – | – | 0.77 | – | – | 0.56 | – | 1.04 |
| 06.02 Liver cirrhosis | – | – | – | – | – | 0.74 | – | 0.35 |
| 08.01 Epilepsy | – | – | – | 0.24 | – | – | – | – |
| 10.06 Congenital malformation | – | – | 0.26 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 01.99 Other and unspecified infect diseases | – | – | – | – | – | 0.19 | 0.26 | 1.04 |
| 07.01 Renal failure | – | – | – | – | – | 0.19 | 0.51 | – |
| 99 Indeterminate | 1.80 | 1.65 | 3.35 | 2.44 | 4.07 | 1.86 | 0.77 | 1.04 |
WHO=World Health Organization.