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Table 6 Selected causes and age group & sex-specific death rates/100 000 population (in mid 1996) based on VA reports in Chennai

From: Verbal autopsy of 48 000 adult deaths attributable to medical causes in Chennai (formerly Madras), India

  

Age – group

Causes of death (ICD 9)

Sex

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–64

65–69

70–74

75+

35–69

All medical causes

M

145.7

342.2

927.0

2153.5

4844.1

8298.6

20710.1

1670.0

 

F

94.5

180.6

466.5

1347.3

3777.6

7245.0

26011.5

1109.5

Tuberculosis

M

27.3

64.5

130.1

189.5

293.7

405.4

603.5

151.7

(011,012,018)

F

10.0

16.7

31.7

41.5

117.9

119.6

245.7

42.5

Other respiratory diseases

M

4.4

14.4

47.4

128.1

383.2

558.9

1274.6

109.0

(416,417, 460–519)

F

3.6

8.4

25.4

72.4

207.0

275.7

951.6

59.9

HIV

M

1.5

1.1

0.8

0.0

0.0

2.3

0.0

0.5

 

F

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

Other infective causes

M

15.2

24.2

47.9

77.5

191.6

274.9

899.6

70.1

(1–139,320–6,590,680–6)

F

9.4

11.8

16.0

60.1

167.7

325.1

1219.1

49.1

Neoplasm

M

11.6

302

99.5

249.3

478.3

662.0

902.4

176.6

(140–239)

F

11.4

37.2

106.1

205.8

395.9

595.5

842.8

156.3

Cardiovascular M 39.0

  

119.6

385.1

941.3

1903.2

2899.8

5662.6

685.0

(390–415,418–29,440–59)

F

24.2

63.4

177.5

532.7

1450.6

2319.7

6484.2

428.3

Cerebrovas-cular(stroke)

M

2.7

10.1

36.6

115.5

299.3

577.2

1308.5

89.1

(430–39)

F

3.2

3.6

18.2

74.9

240.3

517.5

1645.2

62.0

Peptic ulcer

M

1.1

1.6

4.0

7.3

14.0

34.4

45.1

5.7

(531–3)

F

1.0

1.3

1.7

5.1

18.1

26.0

49.8

4.9

Diabetes

M

1.2

5.1

16.0

82.9

198.6

455.8

995.5

58.1

(250)

F

1.3

3.3

24.0

78.8

195.0

522.7

1035.6

58.2

Hepatic

M

17.4

38.5

75.0

113.9

186.0

226.8

296.1

91.5

(570–3)

F

7.5

9.1

15.7

29.6

45.3

62.4

130.6

22.0

Renal

M

6.8

11.8

32.6

69.4

138.4

153.5

609.1

52.3

(580–99)

F

6.2

7.6

19.3

52.9

117.9

166.4

391.9

39.6

Complications of pregnancy (630–76)

F

4.2

1.3

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

All non-medical causes

M

112.8

114.0

134.5

148.2

154.4

192.7

370.8

135.4

(E800–E999, 800–999)

F

78.9

43.6

35.4

51.5

75.9

140.4

373.4

48.1