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Table 6 Proportionate mortality by cause across broad age groups based on medical record review of hospital deaths in the study sample for females, 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

  

1.2

5.7

6.4

13.3

Ischaemic heart diseases

I20-I25

  

0.2

5.5

4.0

9.7

Diabetes mellitus

E10-E14

  

0.8

5.6

3.0

9.5

HIV/AIDS

B20-B24

  

6.5

0.6

0.1

7.3

Diseases of GU system

N17-N98

  

0.7

2.5

2.1

5.3

Pneumonia

J12-J18

 

0.1

0.4

1.3

1.4

3.1

Other heart diseases

I26-I51

  

0.7

1.3

1.0

2.9

Transport accidents

V01-V99

 

0.4

1.6

0.7

0.2

2.9

Cancer of cervix uteri

C53

  

0.8

1.5

0.4

2.7

Diseases of the liver

K70-K76

  

0.9

1.6

0.2

2.7

COPD

J40-J47

   

1.3

1.3

2.5

Hypertensive diseases

I10-I13

  

0.1

1.3

1.0

2.4

Cancer of lung

C33-C34

  

0.2

1.5

0.7

2.3

Other dis. of digestive system

K00-K22, K28-K66, K80-K92

   

1.2

1.0

2.1

Dis of muscle & connective tissue

M00-M99

  

1.2

0.6

0.3

2.1

Cancer of colon

C18-C21

  

0.1

1.1

0.5

1.7

Cancer of liver

C22

  

0.2

1.0

0.5

1.7

Cancer of breast

C50

  

0.4

1.1

0.1

1.6

Perinatal conditions

P00-P96

1.4

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.4

Septicaemia

A40-A41

  

0.3

0.4

0.5

1.3

All others

 

0.7

1.1

5.6

9.2

4.9

21.5

Total (%)

 

2.1

1.6

21.8

45.0

29.4

100.0

Total sample deaths

 

30

23

297

614

401

1365