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Table 5 Proportionate mortality by cause across broad age groups based on medical record review of hospital deaths in the study sample for males, Thailand, 2005.

From: Cause-specific mortality patterns among hospital deaths in Thailand: validating routine death certification

  

age group (years)

Medically certified causes of death

ICD-10 codes

<1

1-14

15-49

50-74

≥75

All ages

Cerebrovascular diseases

I60-I69

  

2.0

5.5

3.1

10.6

Transport accidents

V01-V99

 

0.4

6.8

1.3

0.4

8.9

HIV/AIDS

B20-B24

 

0.2

7.3

0.6

0.0

8.1

Ischaemic heart diseases

I20-I25

  

0.8

4.2

1.9

6.9

COPD

J40-J47

  

0.5

3.3

2.6

6.4

Diseases of the liver

K70-K76

  

3.1

2.2

0.4

5.7

Cancer of lung

C33-C34

  

0.7

2.6

0.8

4.1

Pneumonia

J12-J18

  

0.8

1.7

1.1

3.6

Diabetes mellitus

E10-E14

  

0.4

2.3

0.8

3.5

Diseases of Genito Urinary system

N17-N98

  

0.5

1.7

1.1

3.2

Cancer of liver

C22

  

0.8

2.3

0.1

3.2

Other heart diseases

I26-I51

 

0.1

0.8

1.1

0.2

2.2

Assault

X85-Y09

 

0.1

1.7

0.2

0.0

1.9

Other Cancers

*

  

0.5

1.1

0.3

1.9

Hypertensive diseases

I10-I13

  

0.2

0.8

0.8

1.8

Other dis. of digestive system

K00-K22, K28-K66, K80-K92

 

0.1

0.4

0.7

0.7

1.8

Falls

W00-W19

  

0.7

0.7

0.3

1.8

All other external causes

**

0.1

0.1

0.8

0.6

0.2

1.7

Respiratory tuberculosis

A15-A16

  

0.4

0.6

0.5

1.5

Perinatal conditions

P00-P96

1.5

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.5

All others

 

0.7

0.9

6.0

8.3

4.1

20.0

Total (%)

 

2.3

1.6

35.0

41.7

19.2

100.0

Total sample deaths

 

47

32

681

810

374

1944

  1. * Other Cancers: C37-C41, C44-C49, C51-C52, C57-C60, C62-C66, C68-C69, C73-C81, C88, C96-C97
  2. ** All other external causes: W20-W64, W75-W99, X10-X39, X50-X59, Y10-Y89
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