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Table 1 Comparison of original cause of death tabulation based on immediate cause from the medical certificate against underlying cause of death from the medical certificate†: ICD 103 cause list (selected causes), Tonga, 2008

From: Causes of death in Tonga: quality of certification and implications for statistics

Original tabulation

Underlying cause of death from medical certificate

1

 

1-001-

1-025*

1-012

1-019

1-026

1-052

1-059

1-064-

1-071+

1-065

1-067

1-069

1-072

1-080

1-082

1-084

1-087

1-092

1-093

1-094

1-095

Other

Unknown

Total

1-001 - 1-025*

3

                    

4

1-012

1

2

2

 

10

3

    

2

 

4

2

 

1

   

3

 

30

1-019

  

1

                  

1

1-026

  

1

55

                 

56

1-052

    

12

                

12

1-064 -

1-071+

   

2

9

 

37

2

5

 

6

  

1

     

1

 

63

1-067

    

6

   

28

     

1

      

35

1-069

    

2

   

1

15

        

2

  

20

1-072

3

  

4

4

 

5

  

1

34

          

51

1-080

  

5

2

       

6

         

13

1-083

 

1

          

1

        

2

1-084

 

1

 

2

         

7

       

10

1-092

               

13

     

13

1-093

                

3

    

3

1-094

2

     

5

 

1

1

  

1

  

1

 

10

1

3

 

25

1-095

                     

0

Other

1

  

2

15

1

       

2

     

10

 

31

Injury~

                  

24

  

24

Unknown

    

1

             

1

 

36

38

Total

10

4

9

67

59

4

47

2

35

17

42

6

6

12

1

15

3

10

29

17

36

431

  1. †Determined according to ICD principles [10], excluding potential impact of contributory causes (Part II) in the causal sequence (Part I)
  2. Single causes from ICD list 1 are recorded in italics, disease groups are shown in plain text.
  3. 1-001-1025 Infectious and parasitic diseases (other than septicemia and viral hepatitis)
  4. 1-012 Septicemia
  5. 1-019 Viral hepatitis
  6. 1-026 Neoplasms
  7. 1-052 Diabetes
  8. 1-059 Meningitis
  9. 1-064 - 1071 Diseases of the circulatory system (excluding rheumatic, ischemic, and cerebrovascular heart disease)
  10. 1-065 Rheumatic heart diseases
  11. 1-067 Ischemic heart disease
  12. 1-069 Cerebrovascular heart disease
  13. 1-072 Diseases of the respiratory system
  14. 1-080 Diseases of the liver
  15. 1-084 Diseases of the genitourinary system
  16. 1-087 Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium
  17. 1-092 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  18. 1-093 Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities
  19. 1-094 Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified
  20. 1-095 Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes
  21. Other All other causes