Table 2 Causes of death in the past year according to age
From: Deaths from surgical conditions in Malawi - a randomised cross-sectional Nationwide household survey
Injury | Infected wound | Bleed from child birth | Regional Body mass | Congenital deformity | Acquired deformity | Acute Abdominal distention | Surgical deaths | Non-surgical/ Medical | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–4 yrs | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 152 |
5–17 yrs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 49 |
18–49 yrs | 14 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 60 | 115 |
Above 50 yrs | 13 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 88 |
Unknown age | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Surgical deaths: n (%) | 31 (21.5%) | 15 (10.4%) | 12 (8.3%) | 35 (24.3%) | 15 (10.4%) | 9 (6.3%) | 27 (18.0%) | 150 (26.9%) | 408 (73.1% |