Table 3.
Deaths (in thousands), percentage of all-cause mortality, and median percentage change by cause from 1990 to 2010 for children younger than 5 years (both sexes) in China
|
1990 |
2010 |
Median %Δ in deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths (thousands) | % of total | Deaths (thousands) | % of total | ||
| All causes | 1038·9 (927·4 to 1136·5) | .. | 213·0 (179·6 to 260·7) | .. | −79·7 (−83·2 to −73·5) |
| Congenital anomalies | 109·6 (87·5 to 153·2) | 10·6 (8·6 to 14·4) | 33·2 (23·0 to 50·1) | 15·5 (11·3 to 19·9) | −69·7 (−81·8 to −49·7) |
| Preterm birth complications | 97·4 (69·2 to 131·7) | 9·4 (6·6 to 13·1) | 27·6 (20·0 to 37·3) | 13·0 (9·2 to 18·0) | −71·6 (−81·6 to −57·7) |
| Other neonatal disorders | 130·9 (77·9 to 186·4) | 12·6 (7·4 to 18·7) | 27·4 (18·0 to 40·1) | 13·0 (8·2 to 19·4) | −79·2 (−87·7 to −61·3) |
| Lower respiratory infections | 254·7 (199·2 to 298·4) | 24·5 (20·0 to 27·7) | 26·9 (20·6 to 37·4) | 12·7 (9·5 to 17·4) | −89·9 (−92·3 to −83·9) |
| Neonatal encephalopathy (birth asphyxia/birth trauma) | 109·7 (75·2 to 150·6) | 10·6 (7·2 to 14·8) | 26·8 (16·4 to 39·8) | 12·6 (7·7 to 18·9) | −75·4 (−86·4 to −60·2) |
| Other non-communicable diseases | 48·1 (37·0 to 64·5) | 4·6 (3·7 to 6·2) | 19·7 (16·1 to 24·2) | 9·3 (7·4 to 11·6) | −58·8 (−69·5 to −44·7) |
| Drowning | 63·2 (36·3 to 87·6) | 6·1 (3·8 to 8·1) | 12·5 (7·6 to 25·2) | 5·8 (3·8 to 10·4) | −81·9 (−89·4 to −42·8) |
| Other injuries | 64·5 (46·6 to 79·3) | 6·2 (4·7 to 7·7) | 11·2 (8·2 to 14·6) | 5·3 (3·7 to 7·0) | −82·7 (−87·4 to −74·5) |
| Other communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases | 12·3 (7·4 to 21·8) | 1·2 (0·7 to 2·1) | 6·0 (3·3 to 8·4) | 2·8 (1·5 to 4·1) | −46·3 (−80·3 to −10·3) |
| Road injury | 9·0 (5·5 to 15·0) | 0·9 (0·5 to 1·4) | 5·5 (3·5 to 9·2) | 2·6 (1·6 to 4·2) | −38·9 (−69·8 to 38·0) |
| Falls | 7·1 (5·0 to 12·0) | 0·7 (0·5 to 1·1) | 2·7 (1·7 to 4·2) | 1·3 (0·8 to 1·9) | −59·4 (−82·3 to −28·8) |
| Meningitis and encephalitis | 13·6 (10·6 to 17·9) | 1·3 (1·0 to 1·8) | 2·1 (1·4 to 2·8) | 1·0 (0·6 to 1·4) | −85·1 (−90·1 to −78·0) |
| Diarrhoeal diseases | 47·4 (37·9 to 58·8) | 4·6 (3·7 to 5·7) | 1·9 (1·4 to 2·7) | 0·9 (0·6 to 1·3) | −95·9 (−97·2 to −93·8) |
| Syphilis | 12·2 (6·8 to 19·9) | 1·2 (0·6 to 1·9) | 1·7 (0·8 to 3·1) | 0·8 (0·4 to 1·5) | −86·8 (−91·6 to −78·7) |
| Sepsis and other infectious disorders of the newborn baby | 5·1 (1·9 to 11·2) | 0·5 (0·2 to 1·1) | 1·6 (0·8 to 3·2) | 0·8 (0·4 to 1·5) | −65·9 (−88·3 to −21·8) |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | 2·4 (0·3 to 4·5) | 0·2 (<0·05 to 0·4) | 1·6 (0·2 to 3·1) | 0·7 (0·1 to 1·5) | −33·6 (−54·1 to −1·2) |
| Nutritional deficiencies | 6·1 (4·1 to 12·3) | 0·6 (0·4 to 1·2) | 1·4 (0·5 to 2·2) | 0·7 (0·2 to 1·1) | −74·2 (−94·8 to −54·5) |
| Tetanus | 15·3 (7·4 to 27·1) | 1·5 (0·7 to 2·5) | 0·7 (0·3 to 1·7) | 0·3 (0·1 to 0·8) | −96·0 (−98·2 to −86·7) |
| Fire, heat, and hot substances | 3·1 (2·0 to 4·6) | 0·3 (0·2 to 0·4) | 0·7 (0·4 to 1·3) | 0·3 (0·2 to 0·6) | −80·7 (−89·0 to −46·2) |
| Epilepsy | 1·6 (0·8 to 3·0) | 0·2 (0·1 to 0·3) | 0·5 (0·3 to 0·9) | 0·3 (0·2 to 0·4) | −65·6 (−84·3 to −17·6) |
| Whooping cough | 3·2 (<0·05 to 15·8) | 0·3 (<0·05 to 1·5) | 0·4 (<0·05 to 2·0) | 0·2 (<0·05 to 1·0) | −87·1 (−89·0 to −84·5) |
| HIV/AIDS | <0·05 (<0·05 to 0·05) | <0·05 (<0·05 to 0·05) | 0·4 (0·2 to 0·6) | 0·2 (0·1 to 0·3) | 4232·1 (1493·7 to 46 693·7) |
| Measles | 20·0 (6·6 to 50·9) | 1·9 (0·6 to 4·8) | 0·3 (0·1 to 0·9) | 0·2 (<0·05 to 0·4) | −98·4 (−99·0 to −97·3) |
| Tuberculosis | 2·5 (1·8 to 3·2) | 0·2 (0·2 to 0·3) | 0·2 (0·1 to 0·4) | 0·1 (<0·05 to 0·2) | −91·3 (−96·1 to −84·1) |
Data in parentheses are 95% uncertainty intervals. Cause groups are ordered by the number of deaths in 2010. %Δ=percentage change.