Table 1 Causes of death among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in Zimbabwe, 2007-08 and 2018-19
Cause of death (ICD-10 group) | 2007-08 | 2018-19 | IRR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of deaths | IR/10000 | Number of deaths | IR/10000 | ||
Certain infectious or parasitic diseases* | 3728 | 62.0 | 823 | 11.7 | 0.19 (0.18-0.21) |
HIV/AIDS* | 3568 | 59.4 | 790 | 11.2 | 0.19 (0.17-0.20) |
Malaria* | 159 | 2.6 | 32 | 0.45 | 0.17 (0.11-0.25) |
Neoplasms | 100 | 1.7 | 106 | 1.5 | 0.90 (0.68-1.2) |
Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organisms | 39 | 0.65 | 27 | 0.38 | 0.59 (0.35-1.0) |
Endocrine, nutritional, or metabolic diseases | 38 | 0.63 | 32 | 0.45 | 0.72 (0.43-1.2) |
Diseases of the nervous system | 296 | 4.9 | 103 | 1.5 | 0.30 (0.23-0.37) |
Diseases of the circulatory system | 252 | 4.2 | 122 | 1.7 | 0.41 (0.33-0.51) |
Diseases of the respiratory system | 480 | 8.0 | 103 | 1.4 | 0.18 (0.15-0.23) |
Diseases of the digestive system | 599 | 10.0 | 148 | 2.1 | 0.21 (0.17-0.25) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 25 | 0.42 | 8 | 0.11 | 0.27 (0.11-0.62) |
Diseases of the genitourinary system | 23 | 0.38 | 36 | 0.51 | 1.3 (0.77-2.4) |
Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium | 325 | 5.4 | 137 | 1.9 | 0.36 (0.29-0.44) |
Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes | 118 | 2.0 | 109 | 1.5 | 0.79 (0.60-1.0) |
Other groups** | 8 | - | 4 | - | - |
Insufficient information | 240 | - | 177 | - | - |
Unknown | 21 | - | 20 | - | - |
Total deaths | 6188 | 103.1 | 1856 | 26.4 | 0.26 (0.24-0.27) |
Population | 600344 | - | 704176 | - | - |