Causes of death in Vanuatu

Carter, Karen; Tovu, Viran; Langati, Jeffrey Tila; Buttsworth, Michael; Dingley, Lester; Calo, Andy; Harrison, Griffith; Rao, Chalapati; Lopez, Alan D.; Taylor, Richard

doi:10.1186/s12963-016-0074-4

Population Health Metrics

Table 2 Cause of death in children (both sexes), Vanuatu 2000–2007

From: Causes of death in Vanuatu

Cause of death by age group	Hospital deaths				Community health facility deaths		National weighted^a proportional mortality %
	Hospital separations		Medical certificates		Community health facility deaths
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age 0–4 years
Infection, parasitic, including	18	12.4	21	5.5	58	18.6	14.2
Diarrhea	4	2.8	8	2.1	23	7.4	5.6
Malaria	7	4.8	5	1.3	29	9.3	6.6
Endocrine, metabolic, nutrition	4	2.8	12	3.1	14	4.5	4.0
Nervous system	7	4.8	5	1.3	7	2.3	2.0
Respiratory system, including	14	9.7	31	8.1	63	20.3	16.2
Pneumonia	10	6.9	17	4.4	51	16.4	12.4
Perinatal disorders, including	71	49.0	232	60.6	115	37.0	44.9
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth	3	2.1	41	10.7	40	12.9	12.2
Low birth weight	34	23.4	84	21.9	24	7.7	12.4
Intra-uterine hypoxia, birth asphyxia	16	11.0	55	14.4	5	1.6	5.9
Congenital disorders	13	9.0	41	10.7	19	6.1	7.6
All other diseases	2	4.8	3	5.7	2	5.5	5.6
External causes	7	2.8	22	3.1	17	4.5	4.0
Total specific cause 0–4 years	145	100.0	383	100.0	311	100.0	100.0
Ill-defined excluded	2	1.4	8	2.0	90	22.4	15.6
Age 5–14 years
Infection, parasitic, including	8	22.9	8	22.2	13	23.6	23.4
Malaria	4	11.4	5	13.9	10	18.2	17.5
Neoplasms	4	11.4	3	8.3	6	10.9	10.5
Blood	1	2.9	2	5.4	3	4.1	4.3
Endocrine, metabolic, nutrition	4	11.4	0	0.0	1	1.8	1.5
Nervous system, including	4	11.4	7	19.4	5	9.1	10.7
Meningitis	3	8.6	6	16.7	1	1.8	4.1
Circulatory system	5	14.3	1	2.8	6	10.9	9.7
Respiratory system	1	2.9	2	5.6	4	7.3	7.0
Digestive system	0	0.0	1	2.8	4	7.3	6.6
Congenital disorders	3	8.6	1	2.8	0	0.0	0.4
All other diseases	1	2.9	4	11.1	0	0.0	1.7
External causes	1	2.9	7	19.4	13	23.6	23.0
Total specific cause 5–14 years	35	100.0	36	100.0	55	100.0	100.0
Ill-defined excluded	3	8.6	1	2.7	18	24.7	21.3

Cause of death according to ICDv10 General Mortality List 1 for Chapters and causes of interest with sufficient deaths. Proportional mortality by cause calculated excluding (1–094) ill-defined and unknown. Hospital deaths: Hospital Separations (HS) as deceased. Medical Certificate (MC) of death. Community Health Facility (CHF): reporting of deaths (excluding hospitals).
^aVanuatu national proportional mortality by cause weighted by data sources (MC and CHF) for age groups

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