Table 2 Proportion of the Main Leading Causes of Death grouped in the Three Broad Cause Groups: Communicable, Non-Communicable and External Causes and Age Group
From: Application of verbal autopsy in routine civil registration in Lusaka District of Zambia
Type of Cause of Death | Number | < 1 Yr | 1–4 Yrs | 5–19 Yrs | 20–34 Yrs | 35–54 Yrs | 55+ Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communicable, Maternal | 1230 | % | % | % | % | % | |
HIV/AIDS related deaths | 568 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 3 | 21.8 | 54.9 | 8.8 |
Pneumonia | 152 | 19.1 | 9.9 | 3.9 | 16.4 | 28.3 | 22.4 |
Tuberculosis | 115 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 28.7 | 34.8 | 33.9 |
Malaria | 89 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 24.7 | 40.4 | 22.5 |
Diarrhea/Dysentery | 63 | 9.5 | 58.7 | 9.5 | 1.6 | 12.7 | 7.9 |
Meningitis/ Sepsis | 53 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Infectious Diseases | 52 | 0 | 25 | 7.7 | 34.6 | 25 | 7.7 |
Maternal | 37 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 56.8 | 29.7 | 0 |
Stillbirth | 34 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Meningitis | 25 | 24 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Defined Causes of Death | 42 | 38 | 40 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Non-communicable Diseases | 914 | ||||||
Stroke | 328 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 18.6 | 69.2 |
Ischemic Heart Disease | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 21.4 | 64.1 |
Other Non-communicable Diseases | 115 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 30.4 | 34.8 | 30.4 |
Diabetes | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 24.2 | 64.7 |
Other Cardiovascular Diseases | 50 | 72 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Chronic Respiratory | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 26.8 | 65.9 |
Prostate Cancer | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 95.7 |
Renal Failure | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 33.3 | 44.4 |
Leukemia/Lymphomas | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 23.5 | 41.2 | 29.4 |
Cirrhosis | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 50 | 42.9 |
Breast Cancer | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 46.2 | 46.2 |
Cervical Cancer | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 76.9 |
Other Digestive Diseases | 12 | 41.7 | 33.3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Congenital malformation | 8 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Cancers | 25 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 60 |
Preterm Delivery | 7 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
External Causes | 711 | ||||||
Road Traffic | 227 | 0 | 2.6 | 11.9 | 37.9 | 36.1 | 11.5 |
Homicide | 153 | 0 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 47.1 | 32 | 6.5 |
Poisonings | 91 | 0 | 4.4 | 9.9 | 51.6 | 31.9 | 2.2 |
Other Injuries | 91 | 0 | 2.2 | 13.3 | 35.6 | 44.4 | 4.4 |
Suicide | 84 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 48.8 | 32.1 | 4.8 |
Drowning | 44 | 0 | 34.1 | 38.6 | 15.9 | 9.1 | 2.3 |
Falls | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 | 21.4 | 50 | 0 |
Fires | 7 | 0 | 42.9 | 14.3 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 |
Undetermined Causes | 523 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 5.5 | 21.4 | 27.2 | 22.9 |
Missing Age | 33 |