Table 2 Numbers of adult deaths assigned to unspecified medical causes (senility, unknown or ill-defined causes) in VSD and based on verbal autopsy for those in the special study
Age-group | Number and % of deaths assigned to senility, unknown or ill-defined causes | All deaths attributed to medical causes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |||
VSD | VA | VSD | VA | |||
No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No | No | |
25–34 | 244 (22) | 51 (5) | 187 (29) | 48 (7) | 1095 | 655 |
35–44 | 460 (21) | 39 (2) | 240 (24) | 54 (5) | 2206 | 995 |
45–54 | 790 (21) | 65 (2) | 396 (23) | 71 (4) | 3697 | 1693 |
55–64 | 2108 (38) | 291 (5) | 1349 (42) | 384 (12) | 5614 | 3182 |
65–69 | 1931 (56) | 422 (12) | 1491 (60) | 499 (20) | 3464 | 2500 |
Subtotal: | ||||||
25–69 | 5533 (34) | 868 (5) | 3663 (41) | 1056 (12) | 16076 | 9025 |
70–74 | 2184 (60) | 815 (23) | 1861 (67) | 848 (30) | 3623 | 2786 |
75+ | 5066 (69) | 2727 (37) | 6272 (75) | 4056 (49) | 7344 | 8364 |
Total deaths | 12783 | 4410 | 11796 | 5960 | 27043 | 20175 |