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Table 1 Population and non-communicable disease mortality statistics from 2001 to 2010

From: Increase in premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases in Sri Lanka during the first decade of the twenty-first century

	Both sexes - all age groups				Males - all age groups				Females - all age groups
Year	Mid-year population	Total deaths from 4 NCDs^a	Death rate^a	ASMR	Mid-year population	Total deaths from 4 NCDs	Death rate	ASMR	Mid-year population	Total deaths from 4 NCDs	Death rate	ASMR
2001	18,797,000^b	41,808	2.2	2.1	9359,000^b	25,526	2.7	4.8	9438,000^b	16,282	1.7	3.7
2002	18,921,000	42,485	2.2	1.4	9,350,000	25,963	2.8	3.7	9,571,000	16,522	1.7	2.1
2003	19,173,083	45,350	2.4	1.5	9,475,000	27,358	2.9	3.9	9,698,083	17,992	1.8	2.3
2004	19,433,360	47,856	2.5	1.6	9,676,883	28,798	3.0	4.0	9,756,478	19,058	1.9	2.4
2005	19,643,474	49,013	2.5	1.6	9,782,497	29,488	3.0	4.0	9,860,977	19,525	1.9	2.4
2009	20,476,000	60,880	3.0	1.8	10,174,000	34,830	3.4	4.4	10,302,000	26,050	2.5	3.0
2010	20,675,000	62,565	3.0	1.8	10,273,000	35,584	3.5	4.4	10,402,000	26,981	2.6	3.0

ASMR Age standardized death rates
^aDeath rates per 1000 population ^bEstimated mid-population (2001 census was done only in 18 districts out of 25)

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