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Table 2 Years of Life Lost by specific causes of death and sex, FilaBavi 1999 – 2003

From: Burden of premature mortality in rural Vietnam from 1999 – 2003: analyses from a Demographic Surveillance Site

Cause of death

Male

Female

Total

 

Nr

%

Nr

%

Nr

%

1. Diseases of the circulatory system

2170

22.8

1587

23.7

3757

23.2

   Stroke

1199

12.6

965

14.4

2164

13.4

   Ischaemic heart disease

174

1.8

148

2.2

323

2.0

2. Neoplasms

1548

16.3

1184

17.7

2732

16.9

   Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs

832

8.7

584

8.7

1416

8.7

   Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs

319

3.4

118

1.8

437

2.7

3. Infectious and parasitic diseases

1177

12.4

774

11.6

1951

12.0

   Pneumonia and lower respiratory infections

493

5.2

224

3.3

717

4.4

   Tuberculosis

222

2.3

61

0.9

283

1.7

4. Injuries

1703

17.9

785

11.7

2488

15.4

   Drowning

821

8.6

419

6.3

1240

7.7

   Transport accident

349

3.7

120

1.8

469

2.9

   Other unintentional injuries

407

4.3

178

2.7

585

3.6

   Intentional injuries

126

1.3

76

1.1

202

1.2

5. Diseases of Digestive system

727

7.6

293

4.4

1020

6.3

6. Conditions originating in the perinatal period

1121

11.8

671

10.0

1792

11.1

   Low birth weight

515

5.4

275

4.1

790

4.9

   Congenital malformation

333

3.5

152

2.3

485

3.0

7. Diseases of Respiratory system

217

2.3

129

1.9

346

2.1

8. Diseases of Genito-urinary system

348

3.7

166

2.5

514

3.2

9. Diseases of nervous system

182

1.9

206

3.1

388

2.4

10. Complication of labour and delivery

 

-

53

0.8

53

0.3

11. Others

53

0.6

260

3.9

313

1.9

12. Unknown

618

6.5

803

12.0

1421

8.8

Total

9516

100

6692

100

16208

100