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Table 1 Sri Lanka, cause-specific adult mortality, 15–34 and 35–64 years, 1950-2006

From: Trends in Sri Lankan cause-specific adult mortality 1950–2006

 

Cause-specific mortality rates^ and proportional mortality* ++

 

Infect

Ext

Circ

Canc

Digst

Resp

Preg

Other

Ill-def

All

Males 15–34 years

1950-54

101 (47)

56 (26)

13 (6)

4 (2)

8 (4)

6 (3)

-

25 (12)

28 (12)

242

1960-64

43 (25)

64 (38)

22 (13)

6 (4)

7 (4)

3 (2)

-

25 (15)

15 (8)

184

1980-84

21 (10)

145 (66)

21 (10)

6 (3)

5 (2)

4 (2)

-

17 (8)

17 (7)

236

1992-96

16 (6)

222 (80)

17 (6)

5 (2)

7 (3)

3 (1)

-

7 (3)

19 (6)

296

2002-06

9 (6)

113 (70)

11 (7)

6 (4)

7 (4)

2 (1)

-

13 (8)

11 (6)

172

Males 35–64 years

1950-54

294 (38)

84 (11)

141 (18)

40 (5)

43 (6)

28 (4)

-

139 (18)

122 (14)

890

1960-64

150 (22)

86 (12)

193 (28)

57 (8)

45 (6)

14 (2)

-

151 (22)

81 (10)

777

1980-84

91 (13)

145 (20)

242 (34)

64 (9)

34 (5)

36 (5)

-

102 (14)

120 (14)

836

1992-96

72 (11)

168 (25)

232 (34)

58 (8)

60 (9)

35 (5)

-

60 (9)

140 (17)

825

2002-06

58 (7)

162 (21)

231 (30)

75 (10)

93 (12)

46 (6)

-

114 (15)

59 (7)

837

Females 15–34 years

1950-54

166 (47)

22 (6)

18 (5)

5 (1)

7 (2)

9 (3)

97 (27)

29 (8)

41 (10)

394

1960-64

65 (29)

29 (13)

25 (11)

7 (3)

5 (2)

4 (2)

47 (21)

43 (19)

24 (10)

249

1980-84

21 (14)

69 (48)

16 (11)

6 (4)

3 (2)

5 (3)

7 (5)

17 (12)

16 (10)

161

1992-96

13 (13)

54 (55)

12 (12)

5 (5)

2 (2)

3 (3)

2 (2)

7 (7)

14 (12)

113

2002-06

6 (7)

52 (63)

7 (8)

5 (6)

1 (1)

2 (2)

1 (1)

8 (10)

5 (6)

88

Females 35–64 years

1950-54

285 (43)

23 (3)

85 (13)

54 (8)

24 (4)

27 (4)

39 (6)

146 (22)

154 (19)

836

1960-64

148 (26)

25 (4)

118 (21)

75 (13)

21 (4)

15 (3)

21 (4)

165 (29)

104 (15)

676

1980-84

55 (14)

37 (10)

107 (28)

76 (20)

11 (3)

27 (7)

3 (1)

76 (20)

85 (18)

478

1992-96

36 (13)

36 (13)

97 (35)

56 (20)

10 (4)

21 (8)

1 (0)

34 (12)

75 (21)

365

2002-06

22 (8)

49 (17)

84 (29)

68 (24)

9 (3)

21 (7)

0 (0)

51 (18)

29 (9)

336

  1. ^Cause-specific mortality rate per 100,000 population. *Cause-specific proportional mortality (%) excluding ill-defined; ill-defined as a proportion (%) of total deaths. Infect (infection); Ext (external); Circ (circulatory); Canc (cancer); Digst (digestive); Resp (respiratory); Preg (pregnancy-related); Ill-def (Ill-defined). ++Directly age-standardised to 2001 Sri Lankan Census population. Origin of data: World Health Organisation statistical information system [12] 1950–1986 and 1997–2003; Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka [13] 1992–1995 and 2004–2006. No data for 1969–79; 1987–91; 1996.