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Table 3 Proportionate reallocation (in%) by VA to specific causes for deaths coded to ill defined conditions (R00-R99) in the study sample for males, Thailand, 2005

From: Cause-of-death ascertainment for deaths that occur outside hospitals in Thailand: application of verbal autopsy methods

Cause

50-74 yrs

75+ yrs

Total

Cerebrovascular diseases

7.1

9.2

16.3

Chronic lower respiratory diseases

3.4

7.4

10.8

Ischemic heart disease

4.5

3.2

7.7

Diabetes mellitus

2.3

2.3

4.6

Other genitourinary diseases

1.0

3.1

4.1

Other heart diseases

1.6

2.4

4.0

Liver cancer

1.7

2.1

3.8

Lung cancer

1.7

1.9

3.6

Tuberculosis

1.2

2.0

3.2

Hypertensive diseases

0.7

1.7

2.4

Pneumonia

0.6

1.7

2.3

Other digestive diseases

0.6

1.2

1.8

Diarrhoeal diseases

0.3

1.4

1.7

Liver diseases

1.0

0.3

1.4

Other specified causes

8.5

12.9

21.4

Ill defined conditions

2.3

8.5

10.9

Total (%)

38.6

61.4

100.0

Total deaths

561

892

1453