Table 7 Distribution of the main causes of death according to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics
Total | Communicable | Non-Communicable | Injuries | Indeterminate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p | ||
Sex | Female | 442 | 278 (48.8) | 55 (50.9) | 30 (35.3) | 79 (46.2) | 0.109 |
Male | 492 | 292 (51.2) | 53 (49.1) | 55 (64.7) | 92 (53.8) | ||
Age (years) | < 5 | 461 | 399 (70.0) | 14 (13.0) | 16 (18.8) | 32 (18.7) | <0.001 |
5–14 | 66 | 44 (7.7) | 1 (0.9) | 12 (14.1) | 9 (5.3) | ||
15–49 | 200 | 71 (12.5) | 25 (23.1) | 43 (50.6) | 61 (35.7) | ||
50+ | 207 | 56 (9.8) | 68 (63.0) | 14 (16.5) | 69 (40.4) | ||
Educationa (years) | None | 332 | 202 (38.1) | 52 (49.1) | 16 (20.3) | 62 (36.9) | 0.001 |
1 to 4 | 316 | 202 (38.1) | 27 (25.5) | 31 (39.2) | 56 (33.3) | ||
5 or more | 235 | 126 (23.8) | 27 (25.5) | 32 (40.5) | 50 (29.8) | ||
SEP index | Lowest | 186 | 121 (21.2) | 23 (21.3) | 12 (14.1) | 30 (17.6) | 0.053 |
Low | 222 | 143 (25.1) | 27 (25.0) | 13 (15.3) | 39 (22.9) | ||
Medium | 170 | 108 (18.9) | 14 (13.0) | 21 (24.7) | 27 (15.9) | ||
High | 171 | 107 (18.8) | 18 (16.7) | 16 (18.7) | 30 (17.6) | ||
Highest | 184 | 91 (16.0) | 26 (24.1) | 23 (27.1) | 44 (25.9) | ||
Residence | Rural | 180 | 88 (15.4) | 23 (21.3) | 32 (37.6) | 37 (21.6) | <0.001 |
Urban | 754 | 482 (84.6) | 85 (78.7) | 53 (62.4) | 134 (78.4) | ||
Place of death | Health facility | 490 | 338 (59.3) | 59 (54.6) | 22 (25.9) | 71 (41.5) | <0.001 |
Other/unknown | 444 | 232 (40.7) | 49 (45.4) | 63 (74.1) | 100 (58.5) |