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Table 2 Age and sex distribution of VA deaths, Solomon Islands, 2016–20

From: Generating cause of death information to inform health policy: implementation of an automated verbal autopsy system in the Solomon Islands

 

Male

Female

Total

N

%

Median age (IQR)

N

%

Median age (IQR)

N

%

Median age (IQR)

Adult (12+ yrs)

560

61.3

60 (45.0–74.0) yrs

354

38.7

65 (48.0–78.0) yrs

914

100.0

62.0 (45.8–75.0) yrs

Child (29 days – 11 yrs)

56

62.9

12 months (5–60 months)

33

37.1

12 months (6–54 months)

89

100.0

12 months (5–60 months)

Neonate (0–28 days)

20

64.5

1.0 day (0.0 to 8) days

10

32.3

0.0 days (0 to 0.3) days

31a

100.0

0.0 (0 to 5) days

  1. aThe sex was not recorded for one neonatal death