Table 2. Cause of death (COD) list with absolute death counts by VA dataset *.
| Groups | Causes | Agincourt | Matlab | MDS | PHMRC
All Sites Adult |
PHMRC
Indian Adults |
PHMRC
All Sites Children |
PHMRC
Indian Children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acute respiratory | 110 | 11 | 3392 | 304 | 81 | 532 | 141 |
| 2 | HIV/AIDS | 2012 | NA | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 3 | Diarrhoeal | 66 | 29 | 2711 | 101 | 41 | `256 | 112 |
| 4 | Pulmonary TB | 690 | 43 | 78 | 177 | 21 | NA | |
| 5 | Other and
unspecified infections |
432 | 79 | 2514 | 622 | 174 | 376 | 187 |
| 6 | Neoplasms (cancer) | 244 | 352 | 96 | 497 | 19 | 28 | 15 |
| 7 | Nutrition and
endocrine |
70 | 90 | 372 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 8 | Cardiovascular
Diseases |
381 | 714 | 18 | 928 | 242 | 76 | 25 |
| 9 | Chronic Respiratory | 27 | 129 | 21 | 84 | 52 | NA | NA |
| 10 | Liver cirrhosis | 89 | 100 | 112 | 234 | 59 | NA | NA |
| 11 | Other non-
communicable diseases |
221 | 244 | 1345 | 697 | 125 | 186 | 80 |
| 12 | Neonatal conditions | NA | NA | 410 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 13 | Road and transport
injuries |
219 | 49 | 95 | 124 | 32 | 92 | 64 |
| 14 | Other injuries | 366 | 68 | 659 | 471 | 218 | 324 | 259 |
| 15 | Ill-defined | 711 | 35 | 397 | NA | NA | 194 | 65 |
| 16 | Suicide | 125 | 34 | NA | 70 | 33 | NA | NA |
| 17 | Maternal | 60 | 23 | NA | 345 | 136 | NA | NA |
*MDS, Agingcourt and Matlab had CODs assigned by physician review of VA datasets and PHMRC is based on physician review of clinical diagnostic criteria.