Table 1 Distribution of specific causes of death by sex, FilaBavi 1999 – 2003

1. Diseases of the circulatory system

193

29.4

160

28.4

353

28.9

   Stroke

114

17.4

104

18.5

218

17.9

   Ischaemic heart disease

12

1.8

13

2.3

25

2.1

2. Neoplasms

101

15.4

76

13.5

177

14.5

   Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs

55

8.4

40

7.1

95

7.8

   Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs

24

3.7

8

1.4

32

2.6

3. Infectious and parasitic diseases

80

12.2

57

10.1

137

11.2

   Pneumonia and lower respiratory infections

38

5.8

21

3.7

59

4.8

   Tuberculosis

17

2.6

6

1.1

23

1.9

4. Injuries

75

11.4

44

7.8

119

9.8

   Drowning

30

4.6

15

2.7

45

3.7

   Transport accident

16

2.4

5

0.9

21

1.7

   Other unintentional injuries

23

3.5

21

3.7

44

3.6

   Intentional injuries

6

0.9

3

0.5

9

0.7

5. Diseases of Digestive system

48

7.3

23

4.1

71

5.8

6. Perinatal conditions

37

5.6

22

3.9

59

4.8

   Low birth weight

17

2.6

9

1.6

26

2.1

   Congenital malformation

11

1.7

5

0.9

16

1.3

7. Diseases of Respiratory system

20

3.0

17

3.0

37

3.0

8. Diseases of Genito-urinary system

21

3.2

10

1.8

31

2.5

9. Diseases of nervous system

10

1.5

16

2.8

26

2.1

10. Complication of labour and delivery

-

2

0.4

2

0.2

11. Others

5

0.8

19

3.4

24

2.0

12. Unknown

67

10.2

117

20.8

184

15.1

Total

657

100

563

100

1,220

100