Table 4.
Cause–specific mortality fraction (CSMF): all under–5 deaths, age/sex sub–groups
| Cause of death | Age group |
Sex |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Neonate (<28 days) |
Infant (1–11 months) |
Under 5 (1–4 years) |
Female |
Male |
n (%) |
|
|
Infectious: |
27 |
40 |
38 |
29 |
67 (61) |
|
| Acute respiratory infection including pneumonia |
9 |
11 |
15 |
5 |
20 (18) |
|
| HIV/AIDS related death |
2 |
14 |
7 |
9 |
16 (15) |
|
| Malaria |
6 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
14 (13) |
|
| Diarrheal diseases |
8 |
5 |
9 |
4 |
13 (12) |
|
| Meningitis and encephalitis |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 (2) |
|
| Pulmonary tuberculosis |
1 |
1 |
1 (1) |
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| Other and unspecified infectious disease |
1 |
1 |
1 (1) |
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|
Neonatal:* |
16 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
19 (17) |
| Neonatal pneumonia |
7 |
6 |
1 |
7 (6) |
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| Congenital malformation |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 (4) |
| Prematurity |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 (3) |
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| Birth asphyxia |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 (3) |
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| Neonatal sepsis |
1 |
1 |
1 (1) |
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| Other and unspecified neonatal cause of death |
1 |
1 |
1 (1) |
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|
Indeterminate |
7 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
9 (8) |
|
|
External: |
2 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
8 (7) |
|
| Accidental drowning/submersion |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 (3) |
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| Road traffic accident |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 (2) |
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| Other and unspecified external cause of death |
2 |
2 |
2 (2) |
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| Assault |
1 |
1 |
1 (1) |
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|
Non–communicable: |
2 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
7 (6) |
|
| Acute abdomen |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 (2) |
|
| Asthma |
2 |
2 |
2 (2) |
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| Epilepsy |
1 |
1 |
1 (1) |
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| Severe malnutrition |
1 |
1 |
1 (1) |
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| Severe anemia |
1 |
1 |
1 (1) |
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| Total number (%) | 23 (21) | 33 (30) | 54 (49) | 59 (54) | 51 (46) | 110 (110) |
*Deaths due to congenital malformations include conditions that have their origin in the perinatal period even though death or morbidity occurs later [34].