Table 3.

Postneonatal deaths (29–364 days) in Japan and Tohoku, 2002–2012, by cause and gender

Japan								Tohoku
Males				Females				Males				Females
Rank	Category (ICD)	Freq.	%	Rank	Category (ICD)	Freq.	%	Rank	Category (ICD)	Freq.	%	Rank	Category (ICD)	Freq.	%
1	SIDS	980	12.1	1	SIDS	671	9.9	1	SIDS	51	12.1	1	SIDS	35	10.5
2	Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality	696	8.6	2	Trisomy 18	552	8.2	2	Unspecified effects of drowning and nonfatal submersion	34	8.1	2	Trisomy 18	19	5.7
3	Asphyxia	338	4.2	3	Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality	462	6.9	3	Asphyxia	19	4.5	3	Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality	19	5.7
4	Trisomy 18	249	3.1	4	Asphyxiation	242	3.6	4	Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality	18	4.3	4	Unspecified injury	15	4.5
5	Foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified	223	2.7	5	Ventricular septal defect	212	3.2	5	Trisomy 18	12	2.8	5	Ventricular septal defect	13	3.9
	All other	5629	69.4		All other	4579	68.2		All other	288	68.2		All other	231	69.5
	Total	8115	100.0		Total	6718	100.0		Total	422	100.0		Total	332	100.0

Note. ICD International Classification of Disease, SIDS sudden infant death syndrome