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Table 2 Age-specific mortality rates (per 100,000 years of exposure) among women age 15–49 in the three years preceding the survey, by causes of death, Bangladesh 2001 and 2010

From: Causes of adult female deaths in Bangladesh: findings from two National Surveys

 

Proportion of deaths

n

Maternal

Infectious

Malignancy

Circulatory disease

Suicide

Other violent causes

Miscellaneous

Not classified

Age group

2001

2010

2001

2010

2001

2010

2001

2010

2001

2010

2001

2010

2001

2010

2001

2010

2001

2010

15–19

22.8

5.2

14.0

9.9

10.2

8.5

0.0

1.5

23.2

15.5

5.8

9.7

15.3

9.8

12.2

9.3

100

95

20–24

43.9

20.9

15.3

10.1

10.7

10.3

5.5

6.0

21.2

10.4

6.6

8.7

15.3

12.4

3.9

8.7

87

103

25–29

53.4

23.8

24.5

6.4

3.5

13.3

10.5

18.7

22.7

11.2

6.3

5.7

13.3

12.4

19.7

10.3

96

100

30–34

49.9

29.3

39.6

10.4

21.3

10.1

26.8

12.5

7.4

6.2

3.0

3.5

27.4

23.2

19.9

7.5

102

85

35–39

26.2

28.6

20.0

12.4

43.3

50.3

50.2

36.2

16.7

16.4

11.2

3.9

23.6

21.4

41.3

12.0

100

134

40–44

38.7

5.6

26.8

16.2

5.6

66.7

69.1

37.0

8.3

1.7

9.0

4.5

54.5

29.1

3.8

17.2

104

110

45–49

14.9

4.2

41.1

8.8

117.8

73.9

132.1

72.5

5.9

1.6

29.4

11.1

60.7

61.2

54.4

13.5

107

119

All (15–49)

36.7

17.0*

22.9

10.3*

25.4

25.6

26.3

19.7

17.5

10.3

8.0

7.0

23.9

19.7

21.1

10.5*

696

746

  1. *p < 0.05