Table 3 Proportion of the Broad Causes of Death Categories stratified by Age and Sex
From: Application of verbal autopsy in routine civil registration in Lusaka District of Zambia
External (Injury and Accidents) | Non-Communicable | Communicable | Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Age Groups | ||||
Male | 0 | 0.0 | 25.7 | 74.3 | 113 |
1–4 | 22.9 | 6.7 | 70.5 | 105 | |
5–19 | 61.5 | 9.6 | 28.8 | 104 | |
20–34 | 52.4 | 16.9 | 30.6 | 490 | |
35–54 | 31.3 | 19.3 | 49.5 | 649 | |
55+ | 8.3 | 66.4 | 25.3 | 360 | |
Total | 31.7 | 27.1 | 41.2 | 1821 | |
Female | 0 | 0.0 | 25.5 | 74.5 | 106 |
1–4 | 15.5 | 5.2 | 79.4 | 97 | |
5–19 | 48.3 | 19.2 | 37.0 | 73 | |
20–34 | 21.4 | 19.5 | 59.1 | 159 | |
35–54 | 14.1 | 28.9 | 57.0 | 249 | |
55+ | 4.9 | 77.7 | 17.4 | 350 | |
Total | 12.9 | 40.7 | 46.4 | 1034 | |
Chi-Squared Tests | |||||
Male p < 0.0001 | Female p < 0.0001 | ||||