Table 2 Cause specific under-5 mortality rates/100,000 population for both sexes in Ethiopia, 1990–2013

Lower respiratory infections

1

747.13

360.99

1090.91

1

270.62

163.08

387.19

−0.64

Diarrheal diseases

3

640.25

205.52

1042.36

2

156.40

64.21

257.15

−0.76

Preterm birth complications

5

327.21

217.78

458.98

3

143.16

88.83

201.66

−0.56

Neonatal encephalopathy due to birth asphyxia and trauma

6

323.85

209.21

458.69

4

121.43

75.25

175.19

−0.63

Neonatal sepsis and other neonatal infections

9

192.10

101.28

305.83

5

113.31

65.51

186.76

−0.41

Malaria

4

435.17

147.25

827.19

6

107.58

42.88

204.27

−0.75

Whooping cough

8

213.41

0.30

1030.06

7

100.16

0.18

406.44

−0.53

Measles

2

716.98

30.15

2313.28

8

87.10

2.74

433.88

−0.88

Congenital anomalies

12

158.87

69.25

383.39

9

82.84

50.83

139.11

−0.48

Other neonatal disorders

11

165.04

98.34

280.19

10

70.93

39.21

115.49

−0.57

Protein-energy malnutrition

7

238.58

52.12

450.43

11

67.63

26.52

114.93

−0.72

Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV

13

11.69

49.77

218.89

12

62.99

29.68

113.23

−0.46

Meningitis

10

190.98

72.36

342.00

13

52.09

26.88

85.66

−0.73

HIV/AIDS

21

20.05

14.17

28.11

14

16.67

12.82

21.23

−0.17

Tubercolosis

16

56.45

22.15

97.05

15

12.25

6.48

19.43

−0.78

Iron-deficiency anemia

15

64.03

10.19

153.72

16

11.07

2.76

25.82

−0.83

Intestinal infectious diseases

24

11.58

2.35

22.96

17

10.15

3.29

19.56

−0.12

Road injuries

19

25.60

5.44

49.26

18.

9.45

3.45

17.50

−0.63

Drowning

20

22.71

6.41

44.23

19

8.85

3.73

20.09

−0.61

Tetanus

17

46.53

26.17

113.78

20

8.60

4.78

15.40

−0.82

Fire, Heat, and hot substances

18

26.11

5.54

52.89

21

8.60

3.42

17.24

−0.67

Exposure to mechanical forces

25

11.15

4.59

20.38

22

7.48

2.88

18.55

−0.33

Hemoglobinopathies and hemolytic anemias

22

16.68

2.23

39.55

23

5.98

2.18

11.19

−0.64

Other neoplasms

31

7.65

3.04

16.47

24

5.56

2.68

8.62

−0.27

Other infectious diseases

23

13.40

5.87

24.67

25

4.84

2.47

8.79

−0.64

Collective violence and legal intervention

14

86.87

86.21

87.56