Table 2 Specific causes of death by age, Dabat Demographic and Health Surveillance Site, northwest Ethiopia, 2007–2013
Specific causes of death | Female | Male | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15–24 | 25–49 | 50+ | 15–24 | 25–49 | 50+ | ||
Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | No (%) | |
Tuberculosis | 7 (11.7) | 36 (25.5) | 76 (21.1) | 7 (11.7) | 18 (13.6) | 63 (19.3) | 207(19.1) |
HIV/AIDS | 8 (13.3) | 34 (24.1) | 17 (4.7) | 1 (1.7) | 18 (13.6) | 18 (5.5) | 96(8.9) |
Meningitis | 1 (1.7) | 0 | 30 (8.3) | 0 | 3 (2.3) | 25 (7.7) | 59(5.5) |
Cerebrovascular diseases | 4 (6.7) | 5 (3.5) | 14 (3.9) | 8 (13.3) | 8 (6.1) | 12 (3.7) | 51(4.7) |
Unspecified causes of death | 2 (3.3) | 4 (2.8) | 20 (5.5) | 1 (1.7) | 5 (3.8) | 18 (5.5) | 50(4.6) |
Renal failure | 2 (3.3) | 2 (1.4) | 19 (5.3) | 1 (1.7) | 5 (3.8) | 17 (5.2) | 46(4.3) |
Congestive heart failure | 4 (6.7) | 3 (2.1) | 24 (6.6) | 1 (1.7) | 3 (2.3) | 10 (3.1) | 45(4.2) |
Acute lower respiratory infection | 2 (3.3) | 3 (2.1) | 18 (5.0) | 0 | 3 (2.3) | 17 (5.2) | 43(4.0) |
Intestinal infectious diseases | 1 (1.7) | 2 (1.4) | 14 (3.9) | 2 (3.3) | 1 (1.5) | 13 (4.0) | 33(3.0) |
Malaria/leishmaniasis | 1 (1.7) | 3 (2.1) | 7 (1.9) | 2 (3.3) | 3 (2.3) | 11 (3.4) | 27(2.5) |
Hypertensive disease | 4 (6.7) | 4 (2.8) | 9 (2.5) | 1 (1.7) | 2 (1.5) | 5 (1.5) | 25(2.3) |
Intentional self-harm | 0 | 0 | 12 (3.3) | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 9 (2.8) | 22(2.0) |
Assault | 4 (6.7) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (0.6) | 2 (3.3) | 6 (4.5) | 6 (1.8) | 21(1.9) |
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (3.3) | 9 (6.8) | 4 (1.2) | 17(1.6) |
Accidental fall | 1 (1.7) | 0 | 3 (0.8) | 2 (3.3) | 2 (2.3) | 9 (2.8) | 17(1.6) |
Acute abdomen | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.3) | 3 (5.0) | 5 (3.8) | 6 (1.8) | 15(1.4) |
Gastric and duodenal ulcers | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 6 (1.7) | 0 | 3 (2.3) | 5(1.5) | 15(1.4) |
Chronic liver disease | 1 (1.7) | 2 (1.4) | 5 (1.4) | 2 (3.3) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (1.5) | 14(1.3) |
Infectious diseases, unspecified | 0 | 2 (1.4) | 4 (1.1) | 0 | 2(1.5) | 5 (1.5) | 13(1.2) |
Accidental drowning and submersion | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.1) | 0 | 3(2.3) | 5 (1.5) | 12(1.1) |
Asthma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (10.0) | 3(2.3) | 2 (0.6) | 11(1.0) |
Other causes of deatha | 20 (32.3) | 36 (25.5) | 75 (20.8) | 19 (31.7) | 27 (20.5) | 55 (16.9) | 232(21.4) |
Total | 62 (5.7) | 141 (13.0) | 361 (33.4) | 60 (5.5) | 132 (12.2) | 326 (30.1) | 1082 |