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Table 2 Proportion of ICD-10 deaths with age or sex unspecified by cause (leading 15 causes only)

From: A composite metric for assessing data on mortality and causes of death: the vital statistics performance index

Cause

Percent with unspecified age or sex

Collective violence

5.1%

Assault by other means

2.1%

Other neonatal conditions

1.7%

Assault by firearm

1.6%

Legal intervention

1.3%

Yellow fever

1.2%

Exposure to forces of nature

1.2%

Assault by sharp object

1.1%

Malaria

1.1%

Neural tube defects

1.1%

Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers

1.0%

Neonatal encephalopathy (birth asphyxia and birth trauma)

0.9%

Pedestrian injury by road vehicle

0.9%

Syphilis

0.8%

Cholera

0.7%