Table 1 Cause of death from Vital Statistics Department* among adults aged ≥ 25 in Chennai, India: 1995–1997.
Traced successfully for VA (n = 48 357) | Not traced for VA (n = 18 520) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Causes of death (ICD9 codes) | Cause of death from VSD | Cause of death from VSD | ||
M (%) | F (%) | M (%) | F (%) | |
Vascular disease (390–415, 418–459) | 8319(30) | 5168(25) | 2950(27) | 1731(23) |
Neoplasm (140–239) | 1163(4) | 1002(5) | 575(5) | 443(6) |
Respiratory tuberculosis (011, 012, 018) | 1399(5) | 372(2) | 659(6) | 161(2) |
Other respiratory diseases (416, 417, 460–519) | 1088(4) | 596(3) | 659(6) | 333(4) |
Other infection (rest of 1–139, 279.8 [HIV],320–6, 590, 680–6) | 584(2) | 303(2) | 33(0.3) | 8(0.1) |
Other specified medical causes | 1899(7) | 1045(5) | 797(7) | 446(6) |
Unspecified medical causes (780–9, 797–9) | 12291(44) | 11511(56) | 4480(41) | 4066(54) |
No cause given in VSD (hence probably medical) | 983(4) | 634(3) | 770(7) | 409(5) |
Total attributed by VSD to medical causes | 27726(100) | 20631(100) | 10923(100) | 7597(100) |
*Attributed by VSD to non-medical causes | - | - | 3644 | |
1644 | ||||
Re-assigned by VA to external causes | 683 | 456 | - | - |
Assigned by VA To medical causes | 27043 | 20175 | - | - |