Table 2 Cause of death from various local records in Villupuram district and based on Verbal Autopsy of 32 000 adult deaths (aged ≥ 25) in Villupuram (rural), south India: 1997–98
From: Verbal autopsy of 80,000 adult deaths in Tamilnadu, South India
Causes of death (ICD9 codes) | Cause of death in local records | Cause of death based on Verbal Autopsy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
M (%) | F (%) | M (%) | F (%) | |
Vascular disease (390–415, 418–459) | 3351 (20.3) | 1614 (14.4) | 3928 (24.6) | 2404 (22.0) |
Respiratory tuberculosis (TB) (011, 012, 018) | 1659 (10.1) | 686 (6.1) | 1841 (11.5) | 671 (6.1) |
Other respiratory diseases (416, 417, 460–519) | 717 (4.4) | 471 (4.2) | 1044 (6.5) | 728 (6.6) |
Neoplasm (140–239) | 415 (2.5) | 594 (5.3) | 488 (3.1) | 664 (6.1) |
Infection except respiratory & TB (rest of 1–139, 279.8 [HIV], 320-6, 590, 680-6) | 1818 (11.0) | 1584 (14.1) | 1954 (12.2) | 1411 (12.9) |
Unspecified medical causes (780-9, 797-9) | 5829 (35.4) | 4565 (40.7) | 4173 (26.1) | 2737 (25.0) |
Other specified medical causes | 2237 (13.6) | 1346 (12.0) | 2570 (16.1) | 2334 (21.3) |
No cause given (hence probably medical) | 451 (2.7) | 343 (3.1) | Nil | Nil |
Total deaths – medical | 16 477 | 11 203 | 15 998 | 10 949 |
External causes | 2817 | 1291 | 3296 | 1545 |
Total deaths (medical causes+external causes) | 19 294 | 12 494 | 19 294 | 12 494 |