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Table 2 Cause category specific mortality fraction: all deaths, age and sex sub-groups

From: Moving from medical to health systems classifications of deaths: extending verbal autopsy to collect information on the circumstances of mortality

Category of COD

Neonate (<28 d)

Infant (1–11 m)

Under 5 (1–4 y)

Child (5–14 y)

Adult (15–49 y)

Mid-age (50–64 y)

Elder (65-84+ y)

Female

Male

Total number of deaths n (%)

Infectious

 

27 (4.8)

40 (7.1)

11 (2.0)

315 (56.0)

74 (13.2)

95 (16.9)

286 (50.9)

276 (49.1)

562 (47.0)

Non-communicable

 

2 (0.4)

5 (1.1)

1 (0.2)

129 (27.6)

82 (17.5)

249 (53.2)

269 (57.5)

199 (42.5)

468 (39.1)

External

 

2 (2.3)

6 (7.0)

3 (3.5)

60 (69.8)

11 (12.8)

4 (4.7)

16 (18.6)

70 (81.4)

86 (7.2)

Indeterminate

7 (13.0)

 

2 (3.7)

2 (3.7)

26 (48.1)

5 (9.3)

12 (22.2)

34 (63.0)

20 (37.0)

54 (4.5)

Neonatal

16 (84.2)

2 (10.5)

1 (5.3)

    

9 (47.4)

10 (52.6)

19 (1.6)

Maternal

    

7 (100.0)

  

7 (100.0)

 

7 (0.6)

Female

14 (60.9)

22 (66.7)

23 (42.6)

5 (29.4)

291 (54.2)

63 (36.6)

203 (56.4)

  

621 (51.9)

Male

9 (39.1)

11 (33.3)

31 (57.4)

12 (70.6)

246 (45.8)

109 (63.4)

157 (43.6)

  

575 (48.1)

Total number of deaths n (%)

23 (1.9)

33 (2.8)

54 (4.5)

17 (1.4)

537 (44.9)

172 (14.4)

360 (30.1)

621 (51.9)

575 (48.1)

1196 (100)