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Table 3 Adult proportional mortality by cause 15–59 years, Vanuatu 2000-2007

From: Causes of death in Vanuatu

Cause of death

Males

Females

Reported deaths

Proportional mortality (%)

Reported deaths

Proportional mortality (%)

Hospital

CHF

Hospital

CHF

 

Hospital

CHF

Hospital

CHF

 

HS

MC

HS

MC

Vanb

HS

MC

HS

MC

Vanb

Infection

21

41

32

9.3

9.8

9.6

9.7

22

27

23

10.1

9.1

8.4

8.7

 Respiratory TB

3

4

9

1.3

1.0

2.7

2.2

1

5

8

0.5

1.7

2.9

2.5

 Other TB

1

3

1

0.4

0.7

0.3

0.4

4

3

-

1.8

1.0

-

0.4

 Viral hep

6

20

7

2.7

4.8

2.1

3.0

4

4

5

1.8

1.4

1.8

1.7

 AIDS

-

1

-

-

0.2

-

0.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Malaria

4

2

10

1.8

0.5

3.0

2.2

4

5

7

1.8

1.7

2.5

2.2

Neoplasms

35

48

47

15.5

11.5

14.1

13.3

66

91

77

30.3

31.5

28.0

29.3

 Liver etc

10

20

14

4.5

4.8

4.2

4.4

5

3

8

2.3

1.0

2.9

2.2

 Breast

-

1

-

-

0.2

-

-

9

27

10

4.1

9.4

3.6

5.7

 Cervix uteri

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13

20

7

5.9

7.0

2.5

4.2

Endocrine etc.

16

41

19

7.1

9.9

5.7

7.0

29

28

31

13.3

9.8

11.3

10.7

 Diabetes

16

40

18

7.1

9.7

5.4

6.8

28

28

29

12.8

9.8

10.5

10.2

Nervous system

5

11

16

2.2

2.6

4.8

4.1

3

6

8

1.4

2.0

2.9

2.6

Circulatory dis

64

119

89

28.5

28.8

26.6

27.3

34

46

39

15.5

16.0

14.2

14.9

 Rheumatic

3

7

-

1.3

1.7

-

-

7

13

-

3.2

4.5

-

-

 Hypertensive

7

5

2

3.1

1.2

0.6

0.8

2

2

4

0.9

0.7

1.5

1.2

 IHD

15

51

2

6.7

12.3

0.6

4.3

4

7

-

1.8

2.4

-

-

 Other heart

26

33

71

11.6

8

21.2

17.0

9

10

24

4.1

3.5

8.7

6.8

 Stroke

13

21

14

5.8

5.1

4.2

4.5

12

12

11

5.5

4.2

4.0

4.1

Respiratory dis

19

34

24

8.5

8.2

7.2

7.5

16

18

19

7.3

6.2

7.0

6.7

 COPD

10

21

18

4.5

5.1

5.4

5.3

9

13

14

4.1

4.5

5.1

4.9

Alimentary dis

23

33

46

10.3

7.9

13.7

11.9

10

15

19

4.6

5.2

6.9

6.3

 Liver disease

21

29

40

9.4

7.0

11.9

10.4

7

10

16

3.2

3.5

5.8

5.0

Genito-urinary

14

21

10

6.3

5.1

3.0

3.7

23

21

11

10.5

7.3

4.0

5.2

Maternal

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

13

28

3.2

4.5

10.2

8.1

External

20

52

42

8.8

12.6

12.6

12.6

3

17

15

1.4

5.8

5.6

5.7

 MVA

9

8

3

4.0

1.9

0.9

1.2

-

1

-

-

0.3

-

-

 Drowning

3

9

9

1.3

2.2

2.7

2.5

-

-

3

-

-

1.1

0.7

 Assault

1

8

7

0.4

1.9

2.1

2.0

2

4

5

0.9

1.4

1.8

1.7

Other causes

11

40

84

4.9

9.6

25.1

20.2

13

19

59

5.9

6.5

21.5

16.0

All specific cause

224

418

335

    

219

291

275

    

 Ill-defineda excluded

4

22

74

1.8

5.0

18.1

 

7

10

54

3.1

3.3

16.4

 
  1. Cause of death according to ICDv10 Chapters and causes of interest with sufficient deaths; COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  2. HS Hospital separations as deceased; MC Medical certificate of hospital death; CHF Community Health Facility (excluding hospitals) deaths
  3. aProportional mortality by cause calculated excluding (1–094) ill-defined and unknown
  4. bVanuatu national proportional mortality by cause weighted by data sources (MC and CHF) for age group by sex
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