Estimating the pattern of causes of death in Papua New Guinea

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Composition of five broad COD groups [16]

Group	Cause (ICD-10 code)	ICD-10 code
1. Endemic Infections	Malaria	[B50-B54]
	Diarrhoea/Dysentery	[A00-A09]
	Pneumonia	[J10-J22, J85]
	Maternal	[O00-O99]
	Other infectious diseases^a
2. Emerging Infections	TB	[A15–19]
	HIV	[B20-B24]
	Cervical cancer	[C53]
3. Endemic NCDs	Chronic respiratory diseases	[J40-J46]
	Leukaemia/Lymphoma	[C81-C85; C91-C96]
	Cirrhosis	[K70–76]
	Renal failure	[N17-N19]
	Breast cancer	[C50]
	Stomach cancer	[C16]
	Oesophageal cancer	[C15]
	Colorectal cancer	[C18–21]
	Prostate cancer	[C61]
	Other NCDs^a
	Other cancers^a
	Other cardiovascular diseases^a
4. Emerging NCDs	Diabetes	[E10-E14]
	Stroke	[I60-I69]
	Ischemic heart diseases	[I20-I25]
	Lung cancer	[C34]
5. Injuries	Homicide	[X85-Y09]
	Falls	[W00-W19]
	Road traffic	[V01-V89]
	Drowning	[W65-W74]
	Fires	[X00-X19]
	Bite of venomous animal	[X20–29]
	Poisonings	[X40–49]
	Suicide	[X60-X84]
	Other injuries^a

^a Calculated as the difference between total deaths within that sub-category and the total of specific causes within that sub-category

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