Table 3 Leading 15 cause-specific mortality fractions for all VA deaths, before and after re-distribution of undetermined causes, Solomon Islands, 2016–20
Causea | Before re-distribution | After re-distribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Females | Total | Male | Females | Total | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |
Ischemic heart disease | 108 (19.3) | 41 (11.6) | 149 (16.3) | 20.6 | 13.0 | 17.6 |
Stroke | 87 (15.5) | 45 (12.7) | 132 (14.4) | 16.6 | 14.1 | 15.7 |
Diabetes | 41 (7.3) | 33 (9.3) | 74 (8.1) | 8.0 | 10.4 | 8.9 |
Pneumonia | 32 (5.7) | 20 (5.6) | 52 (5.7) | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
Chronic respiratory disease | 24 (4.3) | 20 (5.6) | 44 (4.8) | 5.0 | 6.5 | 5.6 |
Other NCDsb | 20 (3.6) | 10 (2.8) | 30 (3.3) | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
Other injuriesc | 22 (3.9) | 6 (1.7) | 28 (3.1) | 4.4 | 2.2 | 3.5 |
Cirrhosis | 23 (4.1) | 5 (1.4) | 28 (3.1) | 4.5 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
Falls | 17 (3.0) | 10 (2.8) | 27 (3.0) | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Cervical cancer | 0 (0.0) | 25 (7.1) | 25 (2.7) | 0.0 | 7.2 | 2.8 |
Leukemia/lymphomas | 9 (1.6) | 14 (4.0) | 23 (2.5) | 1.9 | 4.2 | 2.7 |
Malaria | 14 (2.5) | 9 (2.5) | 23 (2.5) | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
Chronic kidney disease | 11 (2.0) | 9 (2.5) | 20 (2.2) | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
Breast cancer | 0 (0.0) | 17 (4.8) | 17 (1.9) | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1.9 |
Drowning | 11 (2.0) | 1 (0.3) | 12 (1.3) | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 |